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Prostitution in Viktoria Perschler-Desai,
African Security Review Vol 10 No 4, 2001 www.iss.co.za/Pubs/ASR/10No4/Perschler.html [accessed 23 June 2011] INTRODUCTION - Most of the empirical
information in this paper is based on the results of both the RA and of
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ARCHIVES *** ECPAT Global Monitoring Report on the status of action
against commercial exploitation of children - MOZAMBIQUE [PDF] ECPAT International, 2007 www.ecpat.net/A4A_2005/PDF/AF/Global_Monitoring_Report-MOZAMBIQUE.pdf [accessed 23 June 2011] Since the 1990s, child prostitution
has grown significantly in urban areas of While the majority of children
involved in prostitution in Mozambique appear to be girls, there are reports
of prostitution of boys, although not much information on this phenomenon is
readily available. The Committee on the Rights of Child has noted that boys
are less protected from abuse than girls. The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on the Worst Forms
of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/mozambique.htm [accessed 22 February 2011] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - The number of children in prostitution is growing in both urban and
rural regions, particularly in Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61583.htm [accessed 1 March 2011] TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS – Child prostitution
appeared to be most prevalent in 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/mozambique2002.html [accessed 22 February 2011] [66] The Committee is concerned
that: (a) Child prostitution is
practiced and, according to recent evidence is increasing, especially in the (b) Some children are victims of
trafficking for the purposes of prostitution; (c) As noted by the State party in
its initial report (para. 646), “the police’s
poor knowledge of the main legislation protecting children from
prostitution … their ignorance of children’s rights” and the “lack of
guidance on the role of police intervention in this field, as well as the
absence of institutions dedicated to the recovery of the child
victims” are factors contributing to the vulnerability of children to
exploitation. UN Integrated Regional Information Networks IRIN, Chimuara , 7 November 2006 www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportID=61502 [accessed 23 June 2011] "At the barracas
there are also a number of rooms that are rented out by the hour. There is a
lot going on - children also work in the bars - and there is nearly no
monitoring by authorities," Engering
commented. A former barraca owner quoted in 'A Bridge Across the Zambezi', a
recent report by SC-UK assessing the social consequences of the bridge
construction project, admitted to profiting from child prostitution: "I
had six girl sex workers working for me, and I had rooms in the back ...
others continue to have bars and rooms available and hire girl sex
workers." One 12-year-old was quoted as
saying, "Many young girls in this area chat with men. They get pregnant
and make abortions here by the river ... they do not know how to use condoms
and do not want to go to school."
The SC-UK report estimated HIV/AIDS prevalence in Caia
and Chimuara at over 20 percent. AIDS, Pregnancy and Poverty Trap
Ever More African Girls Sharon Lafraniere, New York
Times, Patrice Lumumba Click [here]
to access the article. Its URL is not
displayed because of its length [accessed 15 September 2011] But for the last 25 years, the
trends had been positive. African girls, like girls elsewhere, were marrying
later, and a growing percentage were in school. The AIDS epidemic now threatens to take
away those hard-won gains. Orphaned and impoverished by the deaths of
parents, girls here are being propelled into sex at shockingly early ages to
support themselves, their siblings and, all too often, their own children. Flora said she remembers how her
father's earnings from work in 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 – Childhood on the Market -
Teenage Prostitution in Viktoria Perschler-Desai,
African Security Review Vol 10 No 4, 2001 www.iss.co.za/Pubs/ASR/10No4/Perschler.html [accessed 23 June 2011] INTRODUCTION - Most of the empirical
information in this paper is based on the results of both the RA and of
investigations carried out in Comparative Criminology - A
comparative Criminology Tour of the World Dr. Robert Winslow, www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/rwinslow/africa/mozambique.html [accessed 23 June 2011] TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS - Child prostitution appeared to
be most prevalent in Child Prostitutes brought to SA Mandy Rossouw, Beeld, www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Child-prostitutes-brought-to-SA-20030219 [accessed 3 August 2011] Child prostitution is flourishing
in Child Trafficking Projects in southern Africa 01. 06. 2005 At one time this article had been archived and may possibly
still be accessible [here]
[accessed 15 September 2011] In Seduction, Sale & Slavery:
Trafficking In Women & Children For Sexual Exploitation In Jonathan Martens, Maciej ‘Mac’ Pieczkowski, & Bernadette van Vuuren-Smyth,
International Organization for Migration IOM Pretoria SA, 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. Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey, Pravda.Ru,
english.pravda.ru/news/russia/15-10-2001/34487-0/ [accessed 22 February 2011] Children are being kidnapped or
sold in Mozambique and are being used in prostitution rings and forced labor
rackets in Zimbabwe and South Africa. Others are less fortunate – they are
killed before their vital organs are removed and sold for transplantation. Child Protection - Progress and challenges United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF, February 14, 2011 www.unicef.org/mozambique/protection.html [accessed 23 June 2011] VIOLENCE, EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE - Sexual exploitation and abuse against
children and women also occur at home and in the workplace. In a study done
by the Ministry of Women and Social Action, as many as 34 per cent of women
surveyed reported having been beaten and ten per cent of the respondents
reported to have been subjected to some form of sexual abuse. Sexual abuse and harassment is
also a problem in schools. Case studies suggest that 8 per cent of primary
school children have been sexually abused and another 35 per cent have
experienced sexual harassment. Children of Conflict - Child
Workers BBC World Service www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/people/features/childrensrights/childrenofconflict/work.shtml [accessed 23 June 2011] PROSTITUTION - For such children, living a
hand to mouth existence on the streets selling their bodies, gives them
access to much larger amounts of money. In this way, children can often earn
more than adults in regular employment. 9-year-old Mariazinha,
lost a leg in a car accident and uses crutches. The easiest way for Mariazinha to earn money is to have sex with white
tourists visiting Protection Project: The www.protectionproject.org/human_rights_reports/report_documents/mozambique.doc [accessed 2009] Factors pushing girls into
prostitution in Government Reaffirms Commitment to Children - 1997 Mozambique News Agency, AIM Reports, Number 112, 18th June
1997 www.poptel.org.uk/mozambique-news/newsletter/aim112.html#story4 [accessed 23 June 2011] Deputy Social Welfare Minister Filipe Manjate urged society as
a whole to "protect children against prostitution and sexual abuse", saying this should be Mozambicans' top priority.
"Domestic violence, sexual abuse of children, child prostitution and
drug consumption by minors must be fought against", he said. All material used herein reproduced under the
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