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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Assessment for
Aboriginal Taiwanese in Taiwan Minorities At Risk Project, Center for
International Development and Conflict Management, www.cidcm.umd.edu/mar/assessment.asp?groupId=71301 [accessed 28 July 2011] RISK
ASSESSMENT
- The average income of the Aboriginals is less than half of the national
average. Poverty and the increasing inability to earn a livelihood through
traditional methods such as hunting and felling trees have helped to promote
widespread child prostitution and alcoholism. Further, ***
ARCHIVES *** ECPAT Global Monitoring Report on the
status of action against commercial exploitation of children - TAIWAN [PDF] ECPAT International, 2006 www.ecpat.net/A4A_2005/PDF/EAP/Global_Monitoring_Report-TAIWAN.pdf [accessed 28 July 2011] Teenagers who drop
out of school often find employment in sex-related industries: tea shops,
pubs, night clubs, call centres, ‘enjo kosai’, illegal brothels,
etc. Most of them are engaged in the sex industry in a ‘disguised’ manner,
working as “spicy waitresses”, attendants, “betel nut beauties”, karaoke
girls, and so on. Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61606.htm [accessed 28 December 2010] CHILDREN
- Child
prostitution was a problem, particularly among aborigine children. The law
provides for up to two years incarceration for customers of prostitutes under
the age of 18. As of November 799 persons were indicated for this crime, and
858 were convicted, including cases from previous years. In 2004, 952 persons
were indicted, and 794 were convicted. The law also requires the publication
of the names of violators in newspapers. The law prohibits the media from
running advertisements involving the sex trade and imposes penalties on
citizens arrested abroad for having sex with minors; these laws were enforced
in practice. WOMEN – Prostitution,
including child prostitution,
was a problem. Prostitution is illegal. There were reports of a growing trend
of teenagers and young women being lured into prostitution by Internet
advertisements promising employment, large salaries, and adventure. Human Rights
Reports » 2004 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/42641.htm [accessed 9 March 2011] CHILDREN
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Although no reliable statistics were available, child prostitution was a
problem, particularly among aboriginal children. Most child prostitutes ranged in age from
12 to 17 years. The juvenile welfare law enables juvenile welfare bodies,
prosecutors, and victims to apply to courts for termination of guardianship
of parents and the appointment of qualified guardians if parents have forced
their children into prostitution. According to
well-informed observers, the practice of aboriginal families selling their
children into prostitution no longer existed.
According to some reports, brothel owners used violence, drug
addiction, and other forms of coercion to prevent child prostitutes from
escaping. The law provides for up to 2
years' incarceration for customers of prostitutes under the age of 18. In 2003, 1,072 persons were indicted, and 1,259
were convicted (including some indicted in previous years) for violation of
the law. Human Rights
Reports » 1999 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/1999/286.htm [accessed 9 March 2011] f. TRAFFICKING IN
PERSONS
- The sale of Aboriginal girls into prostitution by their parents is also a problem.
However, reports have indicated that in the period from June 1994 to July
1995, the percentage of all arrested child prostitutes who were of Aboriginal
origin dropped from 15 percent to 5 percent. This reduction may have come
about due to intensive efforts on the part of social workers and
nongovernmental organizations to combat the practice of selling female
children into prostitution. The NPA also coordinated the formation of police
task forces in local jurisdictions to investigate and prevent the sale of
Aboriginal girls into prostitution. From the beginning of 1998 through April,
46 Aboriginal girls were found to have been engaged in prostitution. False sex-related job ads remain rampant:
civic groups Central News Agency CNA, www.chinapost.com.tw/business/asia/%20taiwan/2008/07/17/165843/False-sex-related.htm [accessed 28 July 2011] Fake job ads allegedly
placed by employers in the sex industry continue to occupy the classified
pages of Taiwanese newspapers, leaving teenagers vulnerable to forced
prostitution, a local civic alliance devoted to child and juvenile sex trade
prevention said yesterday. At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 28 July 2011] According to 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 – The The www.goh.org.tw/english/aboutusbackground.htm [accessed 28 July 2011] The Report by Special
Rapporteur [DOC] UN Economic and Social Council Commission
on Human Rights, Fifty-ninth session, 6 January 2003 www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/0/217511d4440fc9d6c1256cda003c3a00/$FILE/G0310090.doc [accessed 28 July 2011] [81] Concerning
child prostitution, 1,069 cases were prosecuted in 2001, resulting in 582
convictions, and of 1,221 prosecutions in 2002, 925 persons were found
guilty. The penalty for engaging in remunerated sexual relations
with a child is a minimum of five years’ imprisonment and a fine. Central News Agency CNA www.taiwanembassy.org/UK/TaiwanUpdate/nsl151105v.htm [accessed 28 July 2011] Chi Hui-jung, CEO of the Garden of Hope Foundation (GOH)
became the first The Asian Times, May 15 - 21, 1999 At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 28 July 2011] Assessment for
Aboriginal Taiwanese in Minorities At Risk Project, Center for International
Development and Conflict Management, www.cidcm.umd.edu/mar/assessment.asp?groupId=71301 [accessed 28 July 2011] RISK
ASSESSMENT
- The average income of the Aboriginals is less than half of the national
average. Poverty and the increasing inability to earn a livelihood through
traditional methods such as hunting and felling trees have helped to promote
widespread child prostitution and alcoholism. Further, All material
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