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FEATURED ARTICLES *** Pacific Island News Association (Fiji)
Pacnews, Wellington, 15 Dec 2006 lyris.spc.int/read/attachment/51266/1/htmlversion.html [accessed 3 July 2011] Children in The report, by the UN Children's Fund Pacific, the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific and End Child Prostitution, and Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes, is based on studies in 2004 and 2005 in Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. The report in its
summary said the five studies confirmed that in each country children were
sexually abused by family members and neighbours,
and that child prostitution, child pornography, early marriage, child sex
tourism and trafficking occurred. Consideration of Reports Submitted by
States Parties UN Convention on the Rights of the Child,
23 April 2002 www.law.yale.edu/rcw/rcw/jurisdictions/oceania/melanesia/papuanewguinea/Papua_CRC.htm [accessed 6 October 2012] [392] Child prostitution
has also become an important means of economic survival in Papua New Guinea’s
urban centres and in rural areas where large
resource exploitation projects are in operation (mining, logging, fishing,
etc.). Child prostitution was common in colonial times, when many girls were
trafficked among the colonial administrators and business personnel, even in
the remote rural areas. Child prostitution has always been visible but
tolerated and there has been little systematic State intervention or sanctions.
Prostitution by young women is now obvious in the large urban centres and in the centres and
camps associated with mining and logging enclaves. In the capital, there are
many allegations of abduction, rape and other abuses of young prostitutes by
police. Child prostitution attracted attention in the 1990s because of the
awareness of AIDS and concerns about its transmission. ***
ARCHIVES *** The Department of Labor’s 2005 Findings on
the Worst Forms of Child Labor [PDF] www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2005/tda2005.pdf [accessed 15 December 2010] CURRENT GOVERNMENT
POLICIES AND PROGRAMS TO ELIMINATE THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR - The Government
of Papua New Guinea has a “National Child Protection Service” to combat the
commercial sexual exploitation of children.
UNICEF, with the support of the government, is also implementing a
child protection program that includes advocacy for the elimination of the
worst forms of child labor, with a particular focus on commercial sexual
exploitation. Human Rights
Reports » 2006 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2006/78787.htm [accessed 15 December 2010] CHILDREN
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Sexual abuse of children was believed to be frequent. There were cases of
commercial sexual exploitation of children in urban areas, including children
working in bars and nightclubs. Concluding Observations of the Committee on
the Rights of the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child,
30 January 2004 www.universalhumanrightsindex.org/documents/829/501/document/en/text.html [accessed 15 December 2010] [59] The Committee,
while noting with appreciation the recent amendments to relevant legislation
and the formulation of a draft National Plan of Action to combat the
commercial sexual exploitation of children and sexual exploitation in its
wider context, remains concerned at the seemingly high incidence of child
prostitution in the State party and the lack of accurate data and adequate
policies in this regard. Cops crack child sex ring www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-164123581.html [partially accessed 3 July 2011 - access
restricted] Police in Madang have uncovered a child prostitution and sex trade
involving local underage girls and foreigners The source said
more than five girls under the ages of 15 were taken to a house under the
guise of being employed as cooks, cleaners and house girls. The source in their
investigations found that the girls were employed as housegirls
and cleaners but were allegedly forced to have paid sex with foreign men.
This had been going on even before October last year, when police were first
informed of the incident. lyris.spc.int/read/attachment/51266/1/htmlversion.html [accessed 3 July 2011] Children in The report, by the
UN Children's Fund Pacific, the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia
and the Pacific and End Child Prostitution, and Child Pornography and
Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes, is based on studies in 2004 and
2005 in Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. The report in its
summary said the five studies confirmed that in each country children were
sexually abused by family members and neighbours,
and that child prostitution, child pornography, early marriage, child sex
tourism and trafficking occurred. Report on the Pacific Regional Workshop on
Combating Poverty and Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Youth [PDF] Inter-Agency Group (IAG) consisting of
ESCAP, UNICEF-EAPRO and ECPAT International,
Nadi Fijii, 15-19
September, 2003 Click [here]
for more information about the article.
Its URL is not displayed because of its length www.unescap.org/esid/GAD/Issues/CSEC/Pacific_Regional_Consultation_report_Sept2003.pdf [accessed 10 June 2011] [p.42] CSEC - Sex work is
widespread in PNG addresses CSEC within
the wider context of the sexual exploitation of children regardless of a
commercial interest, however most cases of child abuse go unreported. There
are many factors which encourage the under-reporting of sexual violence and
abuse including feelings of hopelessness, cultural taboos that encourage
complacency, fear of retribution from the perpetrator and their family, and a
lack of awareness of the issue. The Protection
Project - The www.protectionproject.org/human_rights_reports/report_documents/papua.doc [accessed 2009] FACTORS THAT
CONTRIBUTE TO THE TRAFFICKING INFRASTRUCTURE – Five 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 –
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – The Department
of National Planning and Monitoring, in conjunction with other sectors, is committed
to developing a National Plan of Action for Children for the period
2001-2010. To this end, a leadership forum was recently convened to provide
cross-sectoral and citizen input into the
development process. It is not known whether this general plan will include
CSEC provisions. Consideration of Reports Submitted by
States Parties UN Convention on the Rights of the Child,
23 April 2002 www.law.yale.edu/rcw/rcw/jurisdictions/oceania/melanesia/papuanewguinea/Papua_CRC.htm [accessed 6 October 2012] [392] Child
prostitution has also become an important means of economic survival in Delegates agree to strengthen efforts to
reduce demand for CSEC Joint Media Release: ECPAT International,
UNESCAP, UNICEF, 11 November 2004, At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 17 September 2011] In the Fight Child Prostitution By Curbing Demand Marwaan Macan-Markar,
Inter Press Service News Agency IPS, www.aegis.com/news/ips/2004/IP041105.html [accessed 3 July 2011] In the Asia-Pacific
region, there are a number of cultural practices that make it difficult to
combat demand … Part of that has been fed by the belief pervasive among men
in parts of Asia and the Pacific that sex with a virgin or child ensures
safety against contracting the killer disease AIDS. "In All
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