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and accompanying text have been culled from the web to illuminate the
situation in Papua New Guinea. Some of
these links may lead to websites that present allegations that are
unsubstantiated, 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. ***
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 *** ECPAT National
Child Protection Systems in the East Asia & Pacific Region [PDF] Thompstone, Crispin, Tassone & Casey, Child Frontiers Ltd., 2014 www.ecpat.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Child%20protection%20System_full_2014June11_FINAL.pdf [accessed 6
September 2020] Mapping and assessments
of the child protection systems in 14 East Asian and Pacific countries.
Includes recommendations to strengthen these structures. 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/
papua-new-guinea/ [accessed 6
September 2020] SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN - The minimum age for consensual sex is 16. The maximum
penalty for violators is 25 years’ imprisonment or, if the victim is younger
than age 12, life imprisonment. Child pornography is illegal; penalties range
from five to 15 years’ imprisonment, but enforcement remained a problem.
There were cases of sex trafficking of children in urban areas, including of
minors working in bars and nightclubs. There were reports of exploitation of
children through the production of pornography and that both local and
foreign children were subjected to sex trafficking. Although the law
criminalizes child pornography, it does not specifically prohibit using,
procuring, and offering a child for pornographic performances. NGOs reported
increased prevalence of child sex trafficking. 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 6
September 2020] Note:: Also check out this country’s report in the more recent edition DOL
Worst Forms of Child Labor [page 940] Research was unable
to determine whether the government carried out programs specifically
designed to assist children engaged in commercial sexual exploitation,
domestic work, or mining. Neither the Government of Papua New Guinea nor NGOs
funded specific human trafficking victim services. (35,2,44) While 1-Tok Kaunselin Helpim Lain was
inoperable during the reporting year, the International Organization for
Migration maintained a hotline that also provided anti-human trafficking
information and resources. (35,45) 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. 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. 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 Papua New Guinea,
men believe that if they have sex with a virgin they won't get AIDS,"
said Alastair Wilkinson of the Economic and Social Commission for ***
EARLIER EDITIONS OF SOME OF THE ABOVE *** 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] Note:: Also check out this country’s report in the more recent edition DOL
Worst Forms of Child Labor 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 2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2006/78787.htm [accessed 10
February 2020 CHILDREN
- 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. All
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