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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Story that touches the heart : Why
prostitution rate is rising Chioma Obinna,
Vanguard OnLine, December 31, 2005 At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 27 June 2011] MY FIRST ENCOUNTER - Before my first
visit to the brothel, I used to think that prostitution was mainly for older
women but it beats my imagination when I stepped into the brothel and saw
girls of 12, 13 and 14 years. I can’t imagine myself because at that age, I
was still in secondary school and was like a baby to my parents. The only
thought that came into mind was that, why should these ones be here? So after
my project, I tried to pry into their private life to find out why they are
into sex work at such a tender age, some of them told me some pathetic
stories of their lives. And a lot of them gave me stories that I was grieved
about. ***
ARCHIVES *** ECPAT Global Monitoring Report on the
status of action against commercial exploitation of children - NIGERIA [PDF] ECPAT International, 2007 www.ecpat.net/A4A_2005/PDF/AF/Global_Monitoring_Report-NIGERIA.pdf [accessed 27 June 2011] The Committee on
the Rights of the Child has reported that a growing number of children are
being forced into prostitution and/or trafficked within or from UNICEF
– www.unicef.org/infobycountry/nigeria.html [accessed 27 June 2011] Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on the
Worst Forms of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/nigeria.htm [accessed 13 December 2010] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Commercial sexual exploitation of children occurs in
many cities in Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61586.htm [accessed 13 December 2010] CHILDREN - Cases of child
abuse, abandoned infants, child prostitution,
and physically harmful child labor practices remained common throughout the
country. Concluding Observations of the Committee on
the Rights of the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child,
28 January 2005 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/nigeria2005.html [accessed 13 December 2010] [63] The Committee
is concerned about the situation of refugee and internally displaced children
living in refugee camps, and regrets the paucity of information with regard
to these children in the State party report and the State party’s position
that the issue of asylum-seeking children do not arise in Nigeria. The
Committee is particularly concerned about reports of sexual exploitation of
refugee girls and women within and outside of the camps, including female
teenagers who are forced into prostitution. The Committee is also concerned
that incidence of teenage pregnancy is high in the camp. [71] The Committee
is of the view that implementation of the existing legislation is not
effective, and is deeply concerned that the number of children who fall
victim to sexual exploitation is on the increase in the State party. The
Committee also notes with concern that reports of sexual assaults and rape of
young girls are on the increase, especially in the north. The Committee is
concerned that children victims of sexual exploitation often do not receive
adequate protection and/or recovery assistance, but may even be treated as
perpetrators of a crime. Sonnie Ekwowusi,
This Day, 5 October 2010 allafrica.com/stories/201010060483.html [accessed 27 June 2011] Among the most
disturbing aspects of child labour is child prostitution. Under the guise of
being offered a juicy employment abroad, under-aged Nigerian girls are
recruited, whisked away abroad and forced into child prostitution by
syndicates and paid agents. Such kids forced into such unspeakable lifestyle
are threatened not to tell truth to their parents or may feel too ashamed to
speak up in front of their parents. A Agency rescues under-age sex slaves from Oladapo Shofu,
Punch, Jul 11, 2008 www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art20080712021890 [accessed 27 June 2011] NAPTIP officials,
who early Tuesday morning raided the hotel located in the midst of residential
houses, rescued six girls within its walls. Items like clothes, photographs
and used and unused condoms were found in most of the rooms. The head of the
Lagos Zone of NAPTIP, Mr Godwin Morka,
told Saturday Punch that six out of twelve girls that were rescued from the
hotel in January turned out to be HIV positive. “Most of the girls we rescued
are between 11 and 16 years old. Two girls aged 12 and 14 were pregnant. They
don’t even know who the fathers of their unborn babies are. “It is really saddening,”
he said. Ahmed Mohammed, Daily Trust, 8 February
2008 allafrica.com/stories/200802080545.html [partially accessed 27 June 2011 - access
restricted] The 'anti human
trafficking piracy special Investigation unit' of the FCT police command has
so far rescued 105 teenagers between the ages of five to thirteen years from
human traffickers, in different places in Abuja. He said the
children were trafficked from Nassarawa, Lagos,
Kano, Kwara and some villages within the FCT to be
used as sex slaves and child labourers within the
Motor Parks, Markets and restaurants in Abuja, which contravenes section 19
of the 'Trafficking Act in Persons'. Musa disclosed
further that one of the suspects, Amina Adamu actually confessed that she kidnapped the victims
to the FCT for prostitution as well as to be used as slaves, for her to get
money. Italian police break up child prostitution
network Radio At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 27 June 2011] Italian police have
made scores of arrests and rolled up a child prostitution network. Fifty-one
people were arrested in Italy and 15 in other countries, mainly the
Netherlands. They are accused of human trafficking, exploitation and
kidnapping. In Nigeria, Nigerian
women took very young children from orphanages to work in the drug trade and
as prostitutes. The children are also believed to have been taken from asylum
centres in the Netherlands. The police operation
began in October 2007 when, at the request of the Dutch government, 22
Nigerians were detained in Nigeria, various European countries and the US. Nigeria/West Adeze Ojukwu,
Deputy News Editor, Daily Champion ( [accessed 24 April 2012] With increasing
incidence of trafficking in children, particularly girls for sex and domestic
work, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) estimates that the
incidence of child labour in Nigeria for persons aged 10 to 14 years is
approximately 12 million. "In the
South-West, a greater number of girls and women end up in prostitution, while
in the East, the problem affects mainly boys who find themselves trafficking
into agricultural, domestic, trading and apprenticeship jobs," the
report said. Also 60 per cent of
women trafficking victims for commercial sex in Italy are Nigerians. Story that touches the heart : Why
prostitution rate is rising Chioma Obinna,
Vanguard OnLine, December 31, 2005 At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 27 June 2011] MY FIRST ENCOUNTER - Before my first
visit to the brothel, I used to think that prostitution was mainly for older
women but it beats my imagination when I stepped into the brothel and saw
girls of 12, 13 and 14 years. I can’t imagine myself because at that age, I
was still in secondary school and was like a baby to my parents. The only
thought that came into mind was that, why should these ones be here? So after
my project, I tried to pry into their private life to find out why they are
into sex work at such a tender age, some of them told me some pathetic
stories of their lives. And a lot of them gave me stories that I was grieved
about. 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: CSEC in ECPAT International Newsletters, Issue No :
34 1/March/2001 At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 27 June 2011] VULNERABLE VULNERABLE
CHILDREN
- Generally, the profile of victims and perpetrators of CSEC are the same
throughout the region. The victims are children from very poor families,
street children, refugees and internally displaced children, child hawkers of
petty wares, children who are beggars, school dropouts and children of
migrants. PERPETRATORS - The majority of
perpetrators are rich local nationals like civil servants, politicians and
businessmen. In ECPAT: CSEC Overview – ECPAT International At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 27 June 2011] CSEC is reported to
be a serious problem in NGO Periodic Report for ANPPCAN Child Rights Monitoring Center www.crin.org/docs/resources/treaties/crc.38/Nigeria_ANPPCAN_ngo_report.doc [accessed 27 June 2011] Commercial sexual
exploitation has become a problem of special concern in Trafficking
nightmare for Nigerian children Ian Pannell, BBC News, 10 January, 2001 news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/841928.stm [accessed 27 June 2011] Ian Pannell of the
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