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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Girls offer sex to earn pocket money childexploitation.org At one time this article had been archived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 *** Human
Rights Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61626.htm [accessed 22 December 2010] 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. 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. 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 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, www.financialexpress.com/old/latest_full_story.php?content_id=104550 [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 All
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