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for Teachers attached to this website. HELP for Victims Ministry of Interior ***
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] www.refworld.org/docid/469f3ad9c.html [accessed 15
November 2016] 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 Country
Monitoring Report [PDF] Veyoma Hevamange,
ECPAT International, 2011 www.ecpat.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/a4a_v2_eap_taiwan.pdf [accessed 8
September 2020] Desk review of existing
information on the sexual exploitation of children (SEC) in Taiwan. 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/taiwan/ [accessed 8
September 2020] SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN - The law prohibits the commercial sexual exploitation of
children and child pornography. November 2017 amendments to the Child and
Youth Sexual Exploitation Prevention Act (CYSEPA) stipulate a perpetrator who
films an underage person engaging in sexual intercourse or obscene acts or
produces pictures, photographs, films, videotapes, compact discs, electronic
signals, or other objects that show an underage person engaging in sexual
intercourse or obscene acts, shall be subject to imprisonment for between one
and seven years, and could face a maximum fine of NT$1.0 million ($32,600). The minimum age for
consensual sexual relations is 16 years. Persons who engage in sex with
children younger than 14 face sentences of three to 10 years in prison. Those
who engage in sex with minors between 14 and 16 receive a mandatory prison
sentence of three to seven years. Solicitors of sex with minors older than 16
but younger than 18 face a maximum of one year in prison or hard labor or a
maximum fine of NT$3 million ($97,700). While authorities
generally enforced the law domestically, elements of the law that treat
possession of child pornography as a misdemeanor rather than a felony
hampered enforcement in some cases. Authorities also did not investigate or
prosecute any cases of child sexual exploitation committed by citizens while
traveling abroad, although the law permits this. In February 2018
police arrested two men in connection with an international child pornography
distribution ring. Police uncovered mobile hard drives that contained an
estimated 2,500 pornographic videos of minors, including infants. The
suspects were charged with violating the CYSEPA and sentenced respectively to
two months in jail, which can be commuted to a fine of NT$60,000 ($1,960),
plus a two-year probation. NGOs raised
concerns about online sexual exploitation of children and reported sex
offenders increasingly used cell phones, web cameras, live streaming, apps,
and other new technologies to deceive and coerce underage girls and boys into
sexual activity. There were reports
of minors 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] gardenofhopefoundation.org/about-us/ [accessed 15
November 2016] The Garden of Hope
Foundation is a non-government, non-profit group established in 1988 to help disadvantaged
girls and young women. In
particular, we target girls caught in the sex industry, victims of sexual
abuse and family violence. Many of our clients have been subjected to more
than one form of abuse. From one
halfway house, our services have grown to include shelters and service
centers island-wide providing everything from counseling and temporary
housing, to employment training, social work and legal aid. This includes
outreach programs for “at-risk” teenagers, services for immigrant spouses and
family counseling. For emergency help in Taiwan call 113 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. 2005 World of
Children Awards Winners Announced World of Children,
Nov 10, 2005 yubanet.com/life/2005_World_of_Children_Awards_Winners_Announced_27611_printer.php [accessed 21 June
2113] www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/2005-world-of-children-awards-winners-announced-55529282.html [accessed 15
November 2016] Hui-jung Chi of Taiwan, China, received the $100,000
Kellogg's Child Development Award for her lifetime contributions toward
helping children learn and grow. Chi, a former journalist, has worked
tirelessly for the past 13 years as a child advocate and devotee to social
reform in Taiwan. Boldly addressing issues such as child prostitution,
domestic violence and sexual abuse, Chi's voice has compelled the government
of Taiwan to take action. As a result, the anti child-prostitution
law was passed, helping keep an estimated 13,000 children out of the sex
industry since 1992. Chi also initiated the revitalization of the Garden of
Hope Foundation in 1992, transforming one shelter into a network of
counseling centers, short-term emergency shelters, and long-term halfway
houses that provide outreach and job programs, and advocacy services. Chi's
work has directly benefited the lives of 100,000 children in Taiwan and has
spread to New York City where a Garden of Hope has been established. Taiwan: Child-Sex
Offenders To Feel Force Of Law 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] ***
EARLIER EDITIONS OF SOME OF THE ABOVE *** 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 2009-2017.state.gov/j/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 2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/42641.htm [accessed 5 April
2020] CHILDREN
-
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 2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/1999/286.htm [accessed 5 April
2020] 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. All
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