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FEATURED ARTICLE *** The Situation Of Children In Ukraine And
Their Vulnerability To Commercial Sexual Exploitation [PDF] Julia. Galustyan,
Head of Centre for Gender Studies, PhD. in Sociology & Valentina. Novitskaya, Research
Fellow, Centre for Gender Studies, ECPAT International, Ukrainian Institute
Of Social Research, 2003 At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 5 August 2011] According IOM data,
of 1355 Ukrainian victims of trafficking who asked for help, 10% were
adolescents (mostly aged from 12 to18).
In September 2003, in the There are rare
cases when parents themselves sell their children: In Yevpatoria,
Flourishing of child prostitution in
Ukraine Juan Miguel Petit, Special Rapporteur on
the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, Mar 22, 2007 [URL of the report has been withheld due to
a suspected virus threat at that location] [Last access date unavailable] Juan Miguel Petit said that Ukrainian child prostitution has increased for recent years. According to the research of Ukrainian Institute of Social Investigation, there are 11% of children at the age of 12-15 and 20% of children at the age of 16-17 among women who are engaged in sexual service. Petit pointed out that there are even 10 years old girls who are involved in prostitution. The UNO chairman
worries about the way the procurers, trafficking dealers and producers of
pornography use children. He learned from mass media and different booklets
for tourists that there are many announcements about weddings and meetings
which are not controlled. He emphasized that with visa free entrance for
majority of west countries Ukraine is turning into an open country for
sex-tourism. The Commission's Special Rapporteur apprehends that there are
many juveniles, exploited in this spreading activity. ***
ARCHIVES *** ECPAT Global Monitoring Report on the
status of action against commercial exploitation of children - UKRAINE [PDF] ECPAT International, 2006 www.ecpat.net/A4A_2005/PDF/Europe/Global_Monitoring_Report-UKRAINE.pdf [accessed 7 August 2011] Ukraine is a
country from which children are trafficked for sexual purposes. Minors are
trafficked primarily to Russia and other Commonwealth of Independent States
(CIS) countries, as well as to western European countries. Ukraine is also a
destination country, and during the summer months in particular, many minors
from CIS countries are trafficked to the Crimea and the Azov sea coast for
prostitution. This phenomenon is directly connected to child sex tourism,
which is practised by Ukrainian citizens and
foreigners alike and seems to be on the rise. Research has shown
that between 30 and 40 per cent of sex workers in Ukraine are between 11 and
18 years old. Most of them are prostituted in tourist resorts in the Black
Sea during the summer months, particularly in the Odessa and Crimea regions.
This suggests a strong link between the prostitution of children and child
sex tourism within the country. Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61682.htm [accessed 5 January 2011] CHILDREN - Children
continued to be victims of violence and abuse. The Voice of Ukraine newspaper
reported that, in response to a January 2004 poll by the State Institute of
Family and Youth, 43 percent of minors said that they had been victims of
some form of violence. During 2003, 300 criminal cases were opened against
parents for neglect of parental duties. The majority of complaints of abuse
of children related to child prostitution,
pornographic video sales, child molestation, and illegal child labor. The commercial
sexual exploitation of children remained a serious problem. According to
domestic and foreign law enforcement officials, a significant portion of the
child pornography available on the Internet continued to originate in Concluding Observations Of The Committee On
The Rights Of The Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 17
November 1995 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/crc-ukraine95.htm [accessed 5 January 2011] [14] The Committee
regrets that appropriate measures have not yet been taken to effectively
prevent and combat ill treatment of children in schools or in institutions
where children may be placed. The Committee is also preoccupied by the
existence on a large scale of child abuse and violence within the family and
the insufficient protection afforded by the existing legislation and services
in that regard. The problem of sexual exploitation of children also requires
special attention. Concluding Observations of the Committee on
Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights International Covenant on Economic, Social,
and Cultural Rights, 24/09/2001 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/esc/ukraine2001.html [accessed 19 September 2011] [11] The Committee
is concerned at the large-scale trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation
of women and children. [29] The Committee
encourages the State party to strengthen its efforts to combat the
trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of women and children. It
recommends that the State party vigorously pursue the enforcement of criminal
laws in this regard; ensure that victims are not penalized and are provided
with rehabilitation; ensure that the National Coordination Council against
Trafficking is adequately resourced and staffed; and reinforce its
cooperation with international and regional organizations, as well as on a
bilateral basis. The Committee recommends that the State party, in its fifth
periodic report, provide full information on the trafficking and commercial
sexual exploitation of women and children, including data on the scale of the
phenomenon. helping to feed Cassandra Jardine,
The Telegraph, 24 Jan 2009 [accessed 8 August 2011] At night, they emerge
to steal, forage and earn money from prostitution; by day, they cuddle up to
the giant hot water pipes that serve public buildings. These are the street
children of Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine. As many as 200,000
such unaccounted-for children live rough in a country where daytime
temperatures can be -20C (-4F). They live under manholes that cover the
maintenance points for the city’s heating system and conditions are cramped,
insanitary and dangerous – many are burnt by the scalding pipes. But it is their
only means of survival in a country which has been beset by problems since
independence from the Wisdom Dzidedi Donkor, Public Agenda ( allafrica.com/stories/200711051563.html [partially accessed 8 August 2011 - access
restricted]] RESEARCH FINDINGS - In the Ukraine, a
survey conducted by the group "La Strada-Ukraine"
in 2001-2003, based on a sample of 106 women being 'trafficked' out of
Ukraine found that 3% were under 18, and the US State Department reported in
2004 that incidents of minors being trafficked was increasing. The Situation Of Children In Julia. Galustyan,
Head of Centre for Gender Studies, PhD. in Sociology & Valentina. Novitskaya, Research
Fellow, Centre for Gender Studies, ECPAT International, Ukrainian Institute
Of Social Research, 2003 At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 5 August 2011] According IOM data,
of 1355 Ukrainian victims of trafficking who asked for help, 10% were
adolescents (mostly aged from 12 to18).
In September 2003, in the There are rare
cases when parents themselves sell their children: In Yevpatoria,
Flourishing of child prostitution in
Ukraine Juan Miguel Petit, Special Rapporteur on
the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, Mar 22, 2007 [URL of the report has been withheld due to
a suspected virus threat at that location] [Last access date unavailable] Juan Miguel Petit
said that Ukrainian child prostitution has increased for recent years.
According to the research of Ukrainian Institute of Social Investigation,
there are 11% of children at the age of 12-15 and 20% of children at the age
of 16-17 among women who are engaged in sexual service. Petit pointed out
that there are even 10 years old girls who are involved in prostitution. The UNO chairman
worries about the way the procurers, trafficking dealers and producers of pornography
use children. He learned from mass media and different booklets for tourists
that there are many announcements about weddings and meetings which are not
controlled. He emphasized that with visa free entrance for majority of west
countries Ukraine is turning into an open country for sex-tourism. The
Commission's Special Rapporteur apprehends that there are many juveniles,
exploited in this spreading activity. UN children rights expert gives UN News Service, 31 October 2006 www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=20430&Cr=child&Cr1=rights [accessed 8 August 2011] UN Special
Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography,
Juan Miguel Petit, said the country needs “to build a new model of protection
for children’s rights,” one that allows a greater role for non-governmental
organizations (NGOs) and private sector initiatives, to make up for diminished
state capabilities. One key
institutional gap is the “absence of a separate juvenile justice system” to
deal with child prostitution, trafficking and street children, Mr. Petit
said. Joint East West Research on Trafficking in
Children for Sexual Purposes in Edited by: Muireann
O’Briain, Anke van den
Borne & Theo Noten, ECPAT Europe Law
Enforcement Group, Programme against Trafficking in
Children for Sexual Purposes in Europe, www.childcentre.info/projects/traffickin/dbaFile11169.pdf [accessed 5 January 2011] [page 35] Only a few prostituted minors in Ukraine
work in hotels, casinos and restaurants; most of them offer their services at
stations, on highways and in marketplaces. The report refers to the dangerous
and unhygienic conditions in which minor prostitutes in Ukraine work,
particularly those who operate on the highways and the streets. For this
reason, many prostituted children get ill with sexually transmitted diseases. 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 – Ukrainian National Consultation on the
Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children ECPAT International, Situational Analysis
Research, At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 8 August 2011] Research shows that
of all those engaged in prostitution in the country, 11% are girls aged
between 12 and 15, and 20% are aged 16 to 17. Furthermore, 18% of street
children in ECPAT: Trafficking in Children for Sexual Purposes ECPAT International Newsletter, Issue No :
33 1/December/2000 At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 13 September 2011] EASTERN EUROPE - The Way Home The Way Home - At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 5 August 2011] WHAT IS HAPPENING? - How do the
children survive out in the street? They united into groups, worked out their
rules and habits. They earn their living in every possible way honestly and
not very honestly. They wash cars, carry heavy things, beg, steal, get
engaged in prostitution… Naturally, the children who stay out of doors do not
go to school. LifeNets Commits to Helping
Orphans and Street Children in Vinogradov Victor Kubik, LifeNets, July 26, 2001 www.lifenets.org/vinogradov/072601.htm [accessed 5 August 2011] Children have had
to fend for themselves. Many of them
are orphans or have lost one of their parents. It is sad, but many of the children know
their parents only as alcoholics and know only sickness, cold and
hunger. The children's lives are often
accompanied with beatings, addition to drugs, criminality, prostitution and
begging. Constantly we see children searching through garbage cans to
something edible. All
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