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FEATURED ARTICLE *** ECPAT: ECPAT International [access information unavailable]] Child prostitution, mainly for
survival, is on the increase and it takes place mainly in clubs, bars and
hotels and these places have no control over their activities. The local
press often reports incidents of rape, pedophilia and pornography involving
children. There is no specific law
that protects children against CSEC. The Government does not see the issue as
a priority and it is only NGOs that are taking some positive actions,
especially in the areas of information and sensitization campaigns, education
and training. ***
ARCHIVES *** The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on the Worst Forms
of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/guinea-bissau.htm [accessed 8 February 2011] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - In addition, commercial sexual exploitation of children occurs, but
the extent of the problem is unknown. Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices U.S. Dept of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and
Labor, March 8, 2006 www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61574.htm [accessed 8 February 2011] CHILDREN - Child marriage occurred among
all ethnic groups, but no reliable data existed to quantify the problem.
Girls who fled arranged marriages often were forced into prostitution to support themselves.
Local NGOs worked to protect the rights of women and children and operated
programs to fight child marriage and to protect the victims of child
marriage. Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of
the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 7th June 2002 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/guineabissau2002.html [accessed 8 February 2011] [54] The Committee is concerned by
the lack of information regarding the activities of the very high proportion
of children who do not go to school. There are indicators that these children
may, in urban areas, be involved in prostitution or may spend much time on
the street where they are vulnerable to many kinds of exploitation (for
example, in drug-trafficking, sexual exploitation, drug abuse). 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 – ECPAT: ECPAT International [access information unavailable]] Child prostitution, mainly for
survival, is on the increase and it takes place mainly in clubs, bars and hotels
and these places have no control over their activities. The local press often
reports incidents of rape, pedophilia and pornography involving
children. There is no specific law
that protects children against CSEC. The Government does not see the issue as
a priority and it is only NGOs that are taking some positive actions,
especially in the areas of information and sensitization campaigns, education
and training. All material used herein
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