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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Traffickers profit from vulnerability of
street children in Mongolia Daryhand Bayar, United
Nations Children's Fund UNICEF This article has been archived by World Street
Children News and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 21 June 2011] According to an
assessment by UNICEF of street and unsupervised children, migrant girls who
live and/or work on the streets are often recruited into prostitution.
Research by CHRD indicates that highly organized criminals take advantage of
the girls’ vulnerability on the streets and force them down this path in
order to profit from their exploitation. The organizers are not necessarily
unknown to the girls – they are often family members or other girls who have
previously engaged in prostitution. The rate of prostitution is highest in
Ulaanbaatar, but it is also prevalent in provinces near Mongolia’s borders.
The implication is that children forced into prostitution in these provinces
may also become victims of cross-border trafficking. ***
ARCHIVES *** ECPAT Global Monitoring Report on the status
of action against commercial exploitation of children - Mongolia [PDF] ECPAT International, 2006 www.ecpat.net/A4A_2005/PDF/EAP/Global_Monitoring_Report-MONGOLIA.pdf [accessed 21 June 2011] The study
Perception, Trends, and Nature of Child Prostitution, conducted in 2001 in Factors pushing
children into prostitution include sexual abuse, poor living onditions, and being lured, forced or influenced by
others. The high rates of divorce and domestic violence (often accentuated by
alcohol abuse) also lead many children to run away from abusive home
environments to find themselves in highly vulnerable situations. At the end
of the Soviet occupation, Mongolia experienced a severe economic collapse,
but the various changes in the country’s economic structure were not
accompanied by social welfare programmes targeting
children and young people. – sccp The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on
the Worst Forms of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/mongolia.htm [accessed 21 February 2011] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - There are increasing numbers of children living on
the streets in CHILD
LABOR LAWS AND ENFORCEMENT - The Criminal Code prohibits prostitution of
individuals under the age of 16, and penalties apply to facilitators,
procurers, and solicitors of prostitution. Human Rights
Reports » 2004 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41652.htm [accessed 1 March 2011] TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS
– In 2003, the national police documented 148 cases of underage
prostitution. In May, the former
Ministry of Infrastructure, which had oversight responsibility for the
tourist industry, worked with UNICEF and tourist companies to develop a
voluntary code of conduct to protect minors from sexual exploitation in the
travel and tourist industry. The primary
targets of trafficking schemes were middle-class girls and young women,
ranging in age from 14 to approximately 28, who were lured abroad by offers
to study or work. Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 3
June 2005 sim.law.uu.nl/SIM/CaseLaw/uncom.nsf/0/6665ba6cee999821c12570350028974c?OpenDocument [accessed 21 February 2011] [64]
The Committee is deeply concerned at the increasing number of children
engaged in prostitution. While noting that trafficking in children is a
relatively new human rights problem in Mongolia, the Committee is concerned
about certain risk factors, including persisting poverty, the high rate of
unemployment, difficult family circumstances leading to run-away from home
and a growth in tourism, which may and often does increase sexual
exploitation and trafficking in children. Street Children Remain Neglected Damien Dawson, 06 April 2007 This article has been archived by World
Street Children News and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 21 June 2011] Although homeless
and orphans, these children consider themselves lucky. "Some children
are sent out to beg by their parents who use the money they get to buy
alcohol, even if they’re not homeless," Nara tells me. These children do
not want their names or their faces to be seen in Mongolian newspapers
because of the shame this will bring to their families. They at least are
trying to retain their national pride. Others that they consider less
fortunate than themselves are those forced into selling themselves on the
streets, while their pimps are protected by corrupt policemen, who in some
cases control the prostitutes themselves. 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 – MONGOLIA – The Mongolian Centre for Child
Rights has said that the main obstacle to implementing the Agenda for Action
is the lack of reliable data on both the number of street children and the
number of CSEC victims. Programs implemented by the government and NGOs in
recent years have focused on awareness raising and the prevention of sexually
transmitted diseases including HIV/AIDS. 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 21 June 2011] [55] The
new Criminal Code approved in January 2002 makes the sale and trafficking of
children a criminal offence and provides for 5-10 years’ imprisonment where
the crime is committed for remuneration for sexual exploitation involving
minors. The General Police Department reported 11 cases of arrests
for using children in prostitution in 2001, and 5 cases
in 2002. Concerning the use of children in pornography, the police
reported 14 cases in 2001 and 8 cases in 2002. Traffickers profit from vulnerability of
street children in Mongolia Daryhand Bayar, United
Nations Children's Fund UNICEF This article has been archived by World
Street Children News and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 21 June 2011] According to an
assessment by UNICEF of street and unsupervised children, migrant girls who
live and/or work on the streets are often recruited into prostitution.
Research by CHRD indicates that highly organized criminals take advantage of
the girls’ vulnerability on the streets and force them down this path in
order to profit from their exploitation. The organizers are not necessarily
unknown to the girls – they are often family members or other girls who have
previously engaged in prostitution. The rate of prostitution is highest in NGOs' Perspectives of Children's Rights in Save the Children At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 21 June 2011] Alarmingly, child
prostitution cases are increasing drastically. Most girls involved are former victims of
sexual abuse themselves. Prevent Under-age
Prostitution with The World Bank, Competition: 2003 Global
DM: Services for the Poor, Project No. 2003-0283 wbi.worldbank.org/developmentmarketplace/idea/prevent-under-age-prostitution-skill-building [accessed 21 June 2011] RATIONALE - The Crime Of
Trafficking Of Women And Children In G.Urantsooj, L.Ariunchimeg, & D.Tsend-Auysh,
Centre for Human Rights and Development CHRD,
and P.Oyunchimeg,
Centre for Human Rights and Development NHRCM, www.childtrafficking.com/Docs/nhrcm_2002_mongolia_trafficking_report_3.pdf [accessed 21 June 2011] FOREWORD - The rate of
trafficking in women and children all over the world has increased and The Dark Side of
Casino Lights [access information unavailable] Bolor said she hopes the
government will take measures against prostitution and to protect girls who
live on the street. She said that
street girls as young as 14 and 15 years-old are often trafficked to Supporting Street Children In Save the Children At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 21 June 2011] Poor health is
common among both street children and children who work. They often risk
injury from dangerous work, poor living conditions and gang violence.
Children are also exposed to sexually transmitted diseases - especially girls
working in the sex industry. But many children are unaware of the risks, and
often don't even realize they are ill. Even if they recognize symptoms, it's
often impossible to get professional help. Many of them are not officially
registered, or have lost proof of identity. Without it, they can't get free
health cover, and hospitals are reluctant to treat them because they won't
get paid. All
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