C S E C The Commercial Sexual
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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Girls offer sex to
earn pocket money childexploitation.org At one time this
article had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 18 July
2011] Increasing numbers
of young girls in Singapore are offering sex for sale on Internet chatrooms,
shrugging the transaction off without any remorse or fear of AIDS. Although
the situation here is less dire than in Japan, counsellors and social workers
cite cases of girls as young as 13 having no qualms over paid sex to obtain
pocket money. They blame the nonchalant attitude on neglectful parents, the
lack of stigma on losing one's virginity, the pervasive message of one-night
stands on television and advertisements that encourage instant gratification. ***
ARCHIVES *** ECPAT Country
Monitoring Report [PDF] Alessia Altamura, ECPAT
International, 2011 www.ecpat.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/a4a_v2_eap_singapore_2nd_edition.pdf [accessed 7
September 2020] Desk review of
existing information on the sexual exploitation of children (SEC) in
Singapore. The report looks at protection mechanisms, responses, preventive
measures, child and youth participation in fighting SEC, and makes
recommendations for action against SEC. 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/singapore/ [accessed 7
September 2020] SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN - The law criminalizes human trafficking, including
child sex trafficking, and authorities enforced the law. The age of consent
for noncommercial sex is 16 years. Sexual intercourse with a person younger
than 16 is punishable by a maximum of 10 years in prison, a fine, or both,
and if the victim is 14 or younger punishable by as long as 20 years in
prison and a fine or caning. Authorities may
detain (but generally do not prosecute) persons younger than 18 whom they believe
to be engaged in prostitution. They prosecute those who organize or profit
from prostitution, bring women or girls to the country for prostitution, or
coerce or deceive women or girls into prostitution. The law is ambiguous
regarding employment of persons ages 16 to 18 in the production of
pornography. Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 3 October
2003 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/singapore2003.html [accessed 8 March 2011] [14] The Committee
notes with appreciation the considerable proportion of the national budget
devoted to health and education. Yet,
it is concerned that resources allocated for social services for children are
insufficient to respond to national and local priorities for the protection
and promotion of children’s rights and are not commensurate with budgetary
allocations of other States at a similar level of economic development. [46] The Committee
notes that the State party has not ratified the Optional Protocols to the
Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child
prostitution and child pornography, and on the involvement of children in
armed conflict. tough to castrate
child sex tourism Charles At one time this
article had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 18 July
2011] Laws against child prostitution are easy to legislate but difficult to implement What of Singapore?
It has been accused by non-governmental organisations
of closing its eyes to Singaporeans visiting Batam
where there are many underage sex workers. Currently, there is no law to
prosecute those involved in child sex overseas, although the act is strictly
prohibited by domestic law. Reuters, singabloodypore.wordpress.com/2005/10/04/singapore-to-criminalise-paid-u-18-sex/ [accessed 18 July
2011] Anyone caught
paying for sex with girls under 18 years of age in Sex Tourism Measuroo At one time this
article had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 18 July
2011] CHILD
PROSTITUTION
- Several countries have severe laws making sex with children a serious offense
if practiced abroad (even if it is not forbidden by the laws of the foreign
country). Adopt-A-Poster National Committee
for UNIFEM, At one time this
article had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 18 July
2011] They are hoping to
raise money to place the posters/postcards at strategic locations all over Thai families
partners in child sex trade - Border area's products are drugs and daughters Andrew Perrin, San
Francisco Chronicle, Mae Sai, www.sfgate.com/news/article/Thai-families-partners-in-child-sex-trade-2877185.php [accessed 16 August
2012] The agents also
approach the thousands of girls from Devi Asmarani, The Straits Times, 8 June 2004 yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/indonesias-shameful-export [accessed 18 July
2011] The UNICEF says as
many as 70,000 Indonesian children have been sold across the country's
borders as sex commodities. They are employed in countries such as ***
EARLIER EDITIONS OF SOME OF THE ABOVE *** Human
Rights Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61626.htm [accessed 11
February 2020] CHILDREN
- Some
child prostitution occurred. In 2004, 35 of the more than 5,239 foreign women
arrested for prostitution were believed to be under the age of 18. Sexual
intercourse with girls under the age of 16 is illegal, but there is no legal
prohibition on commercial sex with "consenting" partners ages 16
and 17. The authorities have the power to detain persons under the age of 21
who are believed to be engaged in prostitution, as well as to prosecute those
who organize or profit from prostitution, who bring women or girls to the
country for prostitution, or who coerce or deceive women or girls into prostitution. All
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