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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
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resources that are available on-line. Teachers Check out some of
the Resources
for Teachers attached to this website. ***
ARCHIVES *** ECPAT Regional
Overview: The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in Africa [PDF] ECPAT International,
November 2014 www.ecpat.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Regional%20CSEC%20Overview_Africa.pdf [accessed 7
September 2020] Maps sexual
exploitation of children in travel and tourism (SECTT), online child sexual
exploitation (OCSE), trafficking of children for sexual purposes, sexual
exploitation of children through prostitution, and child early and forced
marriage (CEFM). Other topics include gender inequality, armed conflicts,
natural disasters, migration, and HIV/AIDS. 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/somalia/ [accessed 7
September 2020] SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN - The law does not expressly prohibit using, procuring,
and offering a child for prostitution, pornography, or pornographic
performances. Additionally, children exploited in prostitution are not
protected from criminal charges under the law. There is no statutory rape law
or minimum age for consensual sex. The law does not expressly prohibit child
pornography. The law on sexual exploitation was rarely enforced, and such
exploitation reportedly was frequent. 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 7
September 2020] Note:: Also check out this country’s report in the more recent edition DOL
Worst Forms of Child Labor [page 1056] The law does not
expressly prohibit using, procuring, and offering a child for prostitution,
pornography, or pornographic performances. Additionally, children exploited in
prostitution are not protected from criminal charges under the law. There is
no statutory rape law or minimum age for consensual sex. The law does not
expressly prohibit child pornography. The law on sexual exploitation was
rarely enforced, and such exploitation reportedly was frequent. Laws related to the
commercial sexual exploitation of children are not sufficient, because using,
procuring, and offering a child for prostitution, pornography, and
pornographic performances are not criminally prohibited. (26) The Penal Code
requires extensive updating. Many fines in the Code equal less than $1, which
does not serve as an effective deterrent. (26,33)
Furthermore, it appears that under Article 405, children involved in
prostitution would not be protected from criminal charges. (26) Background United Nations
Children's Fund UNICEF www.unicef.org/infobycountry/somalia_865.html [accessed 20 July
2011] ACTIVITIES
AND RESULTS FOR CHILDREN - UNICEF and its partners have created an innovative
network of child-protection advocates to aid vulnerable children in more than
75 communities. Action plans have been developed on issues like sexual abuse,
female genital mutilation and child prostitution. Backgrounder:
Rights of the Child Backgrounder [access information
unavailable] WHAT
IS THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD? - The CRC has been
ratified by 192 countries, making it the most universally accepted human
rights instrument in history. Only the ***
EARLIER EDITIONS OF SOME OF THE ABOVE *** The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on
the Worst Forms of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/somalia.htm [accessed 23
December 2010] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Children are conscripted by armed Somali militias
and used for forced labor or sexual exploitation. Boys as young as 14 or 15
have participated in combat and many belong to gangs who raid
indiscriminately. Trafficking networks exist that transport children to Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61592.htm [accessed 11
February 2020] CHILDREN - Child
prostitution was practiced; however, because it is culturally proscribed and
was not reported, there are no statistics on its prevalence. ECPAT: CSEC
Overview – www.ecpat.net/eng/ecpat_inter/Country/CSECOverview/Somalia.html [Last access date
unavailable] Young Somalis are forced
into commercial sex in Arab countries, sold by impoverished parents into
Western Europe, and trafficked into neighboring Djibouti where French and
international military presence sustains a large sex industry. Somali
children have also become victims of child sex tourism in All
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