C S E C The Commercial Sexual
Exploitation of Children In the early years of the 21st Century, 2000 to
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and accompanying text have been culled from the web to illuminate the
situation in Namibia. Some of these
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misleading or even false. No attempt
has been made to validate their authenticity or to verify their content. HOW TO USE THIS WEBPAGE Students If you are looking for
material to use in a term-paper, you are advised to scan the postings on this
page and others to see which aspects of child prostitution are of particular
interest to you. You might be
interested in exploring how children got started, how they survive, and how
some succeed in leaving. Perhaps your
paper could focus on runaways and the abuse that led to their leaving. Other factors of interest might be poverty,
rejection, drug dependence, coercion, violence, addiction, hunger, neglect,
etc. On the other hand, you might
choose to write about the manipulative and dangerous adults who control this
activity. There is a lot to the
subject of Child Prostitution. Scan
other countries as well as this one.
Draw comparisons between activity in adjacent countries and/or
regions. Meanwhile, check out some of
the Term-Paper
resources that are available on-line. Teachers Check out some of
the Resources
for Teachers attached to this website. *** ARCHIVES *** ECPAT Regional
Overview: The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in Africa [PDF] ECPAT International,
November 2014 www.ecpat.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Regional%20CSEC%20Overview_Africa.pdf [accessed 5September
2020] Maps sexual
exploitation of children in travel and tourism (SECTT), online child sexual
exploitation (OCSE), trafficking of children for sexual purposes, sexual
exploitation of children through prostitution, and child early and forced
marriage (CEFM). Other topics include gender inequality, armed conflicts,
natural disasters, migration, and HIV/AIDS. Human
Rights Reports » 2019 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices U.S. Dept of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and
Labor, March 10, 2020 www.state.gov/reports/2019-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/namibia/ [accessed 5
September 2020] SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN - The law criminalizes child pornography, child
prostitution, and the actions of both the client and pimp in cases of sexual
exploitation of children younger than age 18. NGOs reported HIV/AIDS orphans
and other vulnerable children engaged in prostitution without third-party
involvement due to economic pressures. The government
enforced the law; perpetrators accused of sexual exploitation of children
were routinely charged and prosecuted. The penalties for conviction of
soliciting a child younger than age 16 for sex, or more generally for
commercial sexual exploitation of a child (including through pornography),
are a fine of up to N$40,000 ($2,750), up to 10 years’ imprisonment, or both.
Penalties for conviction in cases involving children ages 16 and 17 are the
same as for adults. The law makes special provisions to protect vulnerable
witnesses, including individuals younger than age 18 or against whom a sexual
offense has been committed. An adult convicted
of engaging in sexual relations with a child younger than age 16 in
prostitution may be sentenced for up to 15 years’ imprisonment for a first
offense and up to 45 years’ imprisonment for a repeat offense. Any person
convicted of aiding and abetting trafficking in persons–including child
prostitution–within the country or across the border is liable for a fine of
up to N$ one million ($69,400) or up to 50 years’ imprisonment. Conviction of
solicitation of a prostitute, living off the earnings of prostitution, or
keeping a brothel carries penalties of N$40,000 ($2,750), 10 years’
imprisonment, or both. The minimum legal
age for consensual sex is 16. The penalty for conviction of statutory
rape–sex with a child younger than 14 when the perpetrator is more than three
years older than the victim–is a minimum of 15 years’ imprisonment if the
victim is younger than 13 and a minimum of five years’ imprisonment if the
victim is 13. There is no minimum penalty for conviction of sexual relations
with a child between ages 14 and 16. Possession of or trade in child
pornography is illegal. The government trained police officers in handling
child sex abuse cases. Centers for abused women and children worked to reduce
the trauma suffered by abused children. 2018 Findings on
the Worst Forms of Child Labor Office of Child Labor,
Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking, Bureau of International Labor Affairs,
US Dept of Labor, 2019 www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ILAB/child_labor_reports/tda2018/ChildLaborReportBook.pdf [accessed 5
September 2020] Note:: Also check out this country’s report in the more recent edition DOL
Worst Forms of Child Labor [page 845] Children are
trafficked within Namibia for forced labor in agriculture, cattle herding,
domestic work, and commercial sexual exploitation. San children are
particularly vulnerable to forced labor on farms or in homes. (1,8) Some Angolan children are trafficked into Namibia for
forced labor in cattle herding. (1,8) The government
has not collected and published data on child labor, including its worst
forms, to inform policies and social programs. The Protection
Project - Namibia [DOC] The www.protectionproject.org/human_rights_reports/report_documents/namibia.doc [accessed 2009] FORMS OF TRAFFICKING - A recent study
by the ***
EARLIER EDITIONS OF SOME OF THE ABOVE *** The Department of Labor’s 2006 Findings on
the Worst Forms of Child Labor [PDF] www.dol.gov/ilab/programs/ocft/PDF/2006OCFTreport.pdf [accessed 9 December
2010] Note:: Also check out this country’s report in the more recent edition DOL
Worst Forms of Child Labor INCIDENCE AND NATURE
OF CHILD LABOR
- In 1999, approximately 15.5 percent of boys and 13.9 percent of girls ages
5 to 14 were working in Human Rights Reports
» 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61584.htm [accessed 10
February 2020] CHILDREN
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Child prostitution occurred, and parents as well as perpetrators were liable
in such cases. The growing number of HIV/AIDS orphans increased the
vulnerability of children to sexual abuse and exploitation. Numerous children orphaned by HIV/AIDS
engaged in prostitution as a means of survival. All
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