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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
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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
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