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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Saving Sex Workers in Pilirani Semu-Banda,
The WIP Internet News Service, October 13, 2008 thewip.net/contributors/2008/10/saving_sex_workers_in_malawi.html [accessed 17 June 2011] Twenty-seven year-old Lima Wochi from Wochi says she was forced into
prostitution by abject poverty. “I found sex work lucrative and I thought it
was a very easy way of making money.” She left her rural village in southern
Malawi and moved to the country’s capital, Lilongwe. She immediately started
roaming around the city’s drinking places and hotels plying the sex trade. “I don’t want to be a prostitute
anymore. I am fed up with everything that comes with it, but my main problem
is that I never went to school and I can never get good employment,” she
worries. ***
ARCHIVES *** UNICEF – www.unicef.org/infobycountry/malawi.html [accessed 17 June 2011] The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on the Worst Forms
of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/malawi.htm [accessed 19 February 2011] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61579.htm [accessed 19 February 2011] CHILDREN - The government took steps to
respond to a March 2004 UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) study that showed a
number of girls entered into sexual relationships with teachers for money,
became pregnant, and subsequently left school. The study also found that many
girls left school because of violent behavior by some teachers. In response,
the government expanded legal protection of students subjected to
exploitation and inappropriate relationships at school. On November 11, the The trafficking of children for
sexual purposes was a problem, and child prostitution also occurred. The
belief that children were unlikely to be HIV positive and the widespread
belief that sexual intercourse with virgins can cleanse an individual of
sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS, contributed to the sexual
exploitation of minors Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of
the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1 February 2002 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/malawi2002.html [accessed 19 February 2011] [61] The Committee is concerned at
the lack of knowledge about sexual exploitation and abuse of children and at
the increasing number of child victims of commercial sexual exploitation,
including prostitution and pornography.
Concern is also expressed at the insufficient programs for the
physical and psychological recovery and social reintegration of child victims
of such abuse and exploitation. Saving Sex Workers in Pilirani Semu-Banda,
The WIP Internet News Service, October 13, 2008 thewip.net/contributors/2008/10/saving_sex_workers_in_malawi.html [accessed 17 June 2011] Twenty-seven year-old Lima Wochi from Wochi says she was forced into
prostitution by abject poverty. “I found sex work lucrative and I thought it
was a very easy way of making money.” She left her rural village in southern
Malawi and moved to the country’s capital, Lilongwe. She immediately started
roaming around the city’s drinking places and hotels plying the sex trade. “I don’t want to be a prostitute
anymore. I am fed up with everything that comes with it, but my main problem
is that I never went to school and I can never get good employment,” she
worries. Child Prostitution worsens in Cities Pilirani Semu-Banda,
Nation Online, Jun 04, 05 [accessed 17 April 2012] Three months ago, 15-year-old M.
C. trekked to Children's Rights Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation, 2004 At one time this article had been archived and may possibly
still be accessible [here] [accessed 17 June 2011] Early in 2004, the outgoing UNICEF
resident representative decried child prostitution that was shown to be on
the increase in UN Integrated Regional Information Networks IRIN, www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=49630 [accessed 19 February 2011] "Sexual exploitation - in
particular, prostitution - is the most widely documented form of exploitation
for women and children trafficked within and from Africa," said the
report. In certain instances it has
been "exacerbated also by a demand from foreigners", such as in
holiday resorts in Malawi, where
children are reported to be sexually exploited by European tourists, or sent
to Europe as sex slaves. – htcp 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] [2.1] SEX
TOURISM AND SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN - In [3.1]
MAGNITUDE OF THE PROBLEM - In Malawi, lack of research and statistical information about the
nature and extent of commercial sexual exploitation of children hinders the
knowledge regarding the magnitude of the problem. Seduction, Sale & Slavery: Trafficking
In Women & Children For Sexual Exploitation In Jonathan Martens, Maciej ‘Mac’ Pieczkowski, & Bernadette van Vuuren-Smyth,
Pretoria SA, International Organization for Migration IOM, May 2003 www.unicef.org.mz/cpd/references/40-TraffickingReport3rdEd.pdf [accessed 23 April 2012] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - The major findings may be
summarized as follows: Mozambican victims include both
girls and young women between the ages of 14 and 24. They are offered jobs as
waitresses or sex workers in Johannesburg, and pay their traffickers ZAR 500
to smuggle them across the border in minibus taxis either at Komatipoort or Ponta do Ouro. They stay in transit houses along South Africa’s
border with Mozambique and Swaziland for one night where they are sexually
assaulted as an initiation for the sex work that awaits them. Once in
Johannesburg, some are sold to brothels in the Central Business District
(CBD) for ZAR 1000. Others are sold as slaves on private order for ZAR 550,
or shopped around to mineworkers on the West Rand as ‘wives’ for ZAR 650. An
estimated 1000 Mozambican victims are recruited, transported, and exploited
in this way every year, earning traffickers approximately ZAR 1 million
annually. All material used herein
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