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October 01, 2006 ovcs.blogspot.com/2006/10/child-prostitution-in-addis-ababa.html [accessed 12 May 2011] KEY FINDINGS OF THE STUDY - This study has identified types
of child prostitution: working on the streets; working in small bars; working
in local arki or alcohol houses; working in rented
houses/beds and; working in rent places for chat/drugs use. Each location
exposes the children to different risks and hazards. In terms of background, all the
interviewed children engaged in
prostitution were girls, aged between 13 to 18 years. ***
ARCHIVES *** ECPAT Global Monitoring Report on the status of action
against commercial exploitation of children - ETHIOPIA [PDF] ECPAT 2007 www.ecpat.net/A4A_2005/PDF/AF/Global_Monitoring_Report-ETHIOPIA.pdf [accessed 12 May 2011] Child prostitution is growing in
both urban and rural areas of The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on the Worst Forms
of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/ethiopia.htm [accessed 4 February 2011] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - According to reports, the commercial sexual exploitation of
children is increasing in Human Rights Reports » 2005 Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61569.htm [accessed 4 February 2011] CHILDREN - According to international
NGOs, child prostitution was a growing problem, particularly in urban areas.
According to an NGO report, 60 percent of persons exploited in prostitution
were between the ages of 16 and 25. Underage girls worked as hotel workers,
barmaids, and prostitutes in resort towns and rural truck stops. Pervasive
poverty, migration to urban centers, early marriage, HIV/AIDS and sexually
transmitted diseases, and limited educational and job opportunities
aggravated the sexual exploitation of children. TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS - NGOs reported that houses of
prostitution recruited impoverished girls as young as age 11 and kept them
uninformed of the risks of HIV/AIDS infection and other sexually transmitted diseases.
A 2003 Family Health International Report indicated that customers
particularly sought younger girls because customers believed they were free
of sexually transmitted diseases. Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of
the Child (CRC)[DOC] UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1 November 2006 [accessed 4 February 2011] [73] The Committee welcomes the initiatives by the
State party to combat sexual exploitation of children, including provisions
for stricter penalties in the revised Criminal Code and the establishment of
a national plan of action against sexual exploitation of children. Nevertheless, the Committee is concerned
that a high number, especially girls, are victims of sexual exploitation and
sexual abuse, and that the majority of cases remain in impunity. Furthermore, the Committee is deeply
concerned at the lack of information in the State party report on the extent
of the problem and the number of children affected. Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of
the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 26 January 2001 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/ethiopia2001.html [accessed 4 February 2011] [72] The Committee is deeply concerned
at reports of sexual exploitation, prostitution, rape and other sexual abuse
of children. Child Prostitution in www.childexploitation.org/prostitution3.html [Last access date unavailable] "I've been working on the
street for 3 years because I had a conflict with my parents. My stepfather
used to get drunk and beat us. Also, he used to favour
my sister who is his real daughter. I met some girls on the street and I
began to get close with them. I became friends with them, and we're still friends.
Two of the older girls used to work and give us the money to live. All I used
to think about was my family, but these people were good to me so I followed
them. I was really hurt by my family experience and these people were nice to
me. UN Integrated Regional Information Networks IRIN www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=44932 [accessed 12 May 2011] The children often blamed lack of
work, family deaths, poor education or unwanted pregnancy for driving them
towards prostitution. Many of the
child prostitutes had been victims of serious sexual and physical abuse.
Almost half the children said they had been raped prior to ending up on the
streets and a third had fallen pregnant – with some resorting to back street
abortions. “The abortions were
performed mainly by traditional medicine and in the street illegally,” said
the report. “The dangers of this are numerous and include death.” The reversal of a boy's HIV status is the road to new
life. He's one of lucky ones [PDF] Jonathan Clayton in cfsc.trunky.net/_uploads/Publications/The_reversal_of_a_boys_HIV_status_is_the_road_to_new_life.pdf [accessed 20 April 2012] There are estimated to be 50,000
street children in the centre of Five Years After ECPAT: Fifth Report on
implementation of the Agenda for Action ECPAT International, November 2001 www.no-trafficking.org/content/web/05reading_rooms/five_years_after_stockholm.pdf [accessed 13 September 2011] [B]
COUNTRY UPDATES – Report by Special Rapporteur [DOC] UN Economic and Social Council Commission on Human Rights,
Fifty-ninth session, 6 January 2003 www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/0/217511d4440fc9d6c1256cda003c3a00/$FILE/G0310090.doc [accessed 12 May 2011] [41] Criminal liability is
incurred by a person selling or trafficking children under the Penal Code,
and the right of children not to be subjected to exploitative practices is
enshrined in the Constitution. Child pornography is addressed through the
criminalization of a number of offences, excluding possession, relating to
writings, images, posters or films which are obscene or grossly indecent.
Children under the age of 9 incur no criminal responsibility. Criminal
liability may be incurred by a young person between the ages of 9 and 15 if
they use others for the purpose of prostitution, or if they use child
pornography against others for the purpose of gain. If such an
offence is committed, the court follows a special procedure for juvenile
delinquents. Children over 15 are tried under the ordinary
provisions of the Penal Code for adults. Sanctions for those
between the ages of 9 and 15 include measures to ensure the best possible
treatment of a young person and may include supervised education, reprimand,
school or home arrest, or admission to a corrective
institution. Efforts are being made to give on-the-job training in
dealing with juvenile offenders to most judges and prosecutors. Education Key to Fighting Child
Trafficking, says UNICEF UN Integrated Regional Information Networks IRIN, www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=44305 [accessed 12 May 2011] Ljungqvist said that many children drop out
of school and are forced into dangerous work or prostitution simply because
they have no alternatives. The UN says that child labor is a result of a
massive demand for cheap and malleable labor. Often work involves domestic
duties, or it can be prostitution. The ILO, UNICEF and International
Organization for Migration (IOM) aim to combat the danger of children being
exploited through promoting education and ensuring better law enforcement. Child Prostitution - in Nasir Al-Amin,
October 01, 2006 ovcs.blogspot.com/2006/10/child-prostitution-in-addis-ababa.html [accessed 12 May 2011] KEY FINDINGS OF THE STUDY - This study has identified types
of child prostitution: working on the streets; working in small bars; working
in local arki or alcohol houses; working in rented
houses/beds and; working in rent places for chat/drugs use. Each location
exposes the children to different risks and hazards. In terms of background, all the
interviewed children engaged in
prostitution were girls, aged between 13 to 18 years. Child prostitutes brought to SA Mandy Rossouw, Beeld, www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Child-prostitutes-brought-to-SA-20030219 [accessed 12 May 2011] Child prostitution is flourishing
in ECPAT: Child Protection Units in ECPAT International, "Child Protection Units in At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 12 May 2011] In 1997, a pilot project was
started in four police stations around the capital: Ethiopian NGO Fights Child
Prostitution Ghion Hagos, Panafrican News Agency PANA, www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/33/077.html [accessed 12 May 2011] Child prostitution and sexual
exploitation in Combating Child Prostitution: The Learning Point for Child
Rights Organizations Eshetu Alemu(
ANPPCAN-U Chapter), Oct 31 2002 www.fk-world.com/en/Blog/My-Blog/?userId=12&entryId=13195 [accessed 12 May 2011] Even though almost all countries
of the world have ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child, putting
into action of the provisions enshrined in the Convention has remained a wide
loophole. ANPPCAN- Ethiopia Chapter is
running a project focusing on the Rehabilitation and Prevention of child
prostitution in one of the districts in the capital- Addis Ababa. The
specific activities include; community out-reach awareness and sensitization,
family-based counseling to improve family tie, support for the beneficiary
children for skills training, schooling, basic needs and start-up fund as it
applies. Analysis Of The Situation of Sexual Exploitation of
Children in the Eastern and Southern Draft Consultancy Report Prepared as a component of the
UNICEF – ESARO & ANPPCAN
Partnership Project on Sexual Exploitation and Children’s Rights, October,
2001, www.unicef.org/events/yokohama/csec-east-southern-africa-draft.html [accessed 17 June 2011] 6.1
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