C S E C The Commercial Sexual
Exploitation of Children In the early years of the 21st Century, 2000 to
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CAUTION: The following links
and accompanying text have been culled from the web to illuminate the
situation in St. Vincent & the Grenadines. 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. ***
ARCHIVES *** 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 [accessed 8
September 2020] SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN - The law does not prohibit the use of children for
prostitution, pornography, or pornographic performances. The law prohibits
girls younger than age 15 and boys younger than age 16 from engaging in
consensual sexual relations, and the government enforced the law. The law
prohibits statutory rape, with special provisions for those younger than age
13. Observers noted that male and female teenagers engaged in prostitution
and transactional sex. NGO and government representatives reported some
mothers pressured their daughters to have sexual relations with older men as
a way to generate family income. Government officials conducted sensitization
workshops in the community and schools to address the problem. 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 8
September 2020] Note:: Also check out this country’s report in the more recent edition DOL
Worst Forms of Child Labor [page 1004] Limited research
and information received from various sources suggest that some children in Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines are subjected to commercial sexual exploitation,
including by their relatives, in exchange for money or goods. (3,9,16,17) The Protection
Project - St. Vincent & The www.protectionproject.org/human_rights_reports/report_documents/vincent.doc [accessed 2009] FACTORS THAT
CONTRIBUTE TO THE TRAFFICKING INFRASTRUCTURE - The growth of the sex tourism industry
in the Caribbean and FORMS OF TRAFFICKING - Trafficking in
women and children for sexual exploitation is a growing concern in the entire
Caribbean region. Millions of children in the region are victims of
commercial sexual exploitation, sex tourism, pornography, underage domestic
labor, and trafficking. GOVERNMENT RESPONSES - The constitution
of St. Vincent and the Grenadines prohibits slavery and forced labor. The Employment of Women, Young Persons,
and Children Act of 1935 (as revised in 1990) makes the employment of
children in industrial undertakings and ships illegal. Use of children and women for night work
also is prohibited. The act defines a child as a person younger than 14
years. Study of Child
Vulnerability in UNICEF Office for www.unicef.org/barbados/cao_resources_vulnerability.pdf [accessed 25 July
2011] [page 14] STREET CHILDREN - Children living
or working on the street were not identified by the Coordinating Committee as
a major area of vulnerability and the issue did not emerge as a significant
concern among respondents – adults or children – interviewed for this study
or during the National Consultations.
There appears to be no data on the issue in the three countries,
although information from the Division of Human Services in St. Lucia
suggested that some children were without adult supervision. This leaves them
vulnerable to sexual and other kinds of abuses. In St. Vincent, the Minister for Social Development, the Family,
Gender and Ecclesiastical Affairs has pointed to an increase in the number of
street children and proposed that laws be revised to prosecute their parents
for child abuse and neglect. His concern echoed that of the UNCRC Committee,
which commented on the sexual exploitation of children, including boys and
street children, for payment. ***
EARLIER EDITIONS OF SOME OF THE ABOVE *** The Department of Labor’s 2006 Findings on
the Worst Forms of Child Labor [PDF] www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/tda/tda2006/Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.pdf [accessed 25
December 2010] Note:: Also check out this country’s report in the more recent edition DOL
Worst Forms of Child Labor INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - There is concern that child prostitution is becoming
a larger problem in CURRENT
GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND PROGRAMS TO ELIMINATE THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR - Research has not
identified any policies or programs by the Government of Saint Vincent and
the Human Rights Reports
» 2008 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2008/wha/119173.htm [accessed 11
February 2020] WOMEN
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Although prostitution is illegal, a local human rights group reported that it
remained a problem among young women and teenagers. All
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