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Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery In the first ten years of the 21st
Century - 2000 to 2009
Ecuador is a source, transit, and destination country for
men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of commercial sexual
exploitation and forced labor. The majority of trafficking victims are
believed to be children trafficked within the country from border and central
highland areas to urban centers for commercial sexual exploitation as well as
for domestic servitude, forced begging, and forced labor in mines and other
hazardous work. - U.S. State Dept
Trafficking in Persons Report, June, 2009 [full country report] |
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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Smuggled Women, Modern Slaves, Tell Their Tales in New York Just weeks ago, the women said, they suffered thirst, hunger, and other abuses from smugglers, who had shepherded them from small villages in Ecuador to "stash houses" in Los Angeles, where they were held captive. *** ARCHIVES
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Dept of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - The commercial sexual exploitation of children occurs in Bur of Democracy,
Human Rights & Labor - Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS – Anecdotal
evidence showed that traffickers lured young victims romantically or with
promises of dignified employment and then forced them into prostitution. Some
poverty-stricken parents also sold their children, wittingly or unwittingly,
into prostitution or forced labor in agriculture, including banana
plantations, or mines. Anecdotal evidence indicated that
some of those willing to pay up to $12 thousand to be smuggled out of the
country were also victims of trafficking, and women were susceptible to sexual
abuse by smugglers. Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2005 [69] The Committee takes note with
appreciation of the considerable efforts undertaken by the State party, and
the various studies conducted by different institutions regarding the issue
of sexual exploitation and trafficking of children, as reported by the State
party. The Committee expresses its deep concern at the high number of children
involved in commercial sexual exploitation and at the insufficient measures
adopted by the State party in this regard. Smuggled
Women, Modern Slaves, Tell Their Tales in New York Just weeks ago, the women said,
they suffered thirst, hunger, and other abuses from smugglers, who had
shepherded them from small villages in perspicacityonline.com/Articles/2005/06/Modernslavery050603.htm At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] Mr. Miller said that since the new
report was compiled, one Third Tier country, ECUADOR - On August 25 and 26, the
Government of Ecuador and the OAS organized a training and awareness-raising
seminar on trafficking in persons, held at the Supreme Court building in
Quito. The OAS was assisted at this event by The
Protection Project - Ecuador [DOC] FORMS OF TRAFFICKING - Ecuadorians have been trafficked
into the sex industry in Venezuela. Most Ecuadoran
children trafficked into Venezuela come from the provinces of Chimborazo and Canar in the
Andean region, a predominately indigenous area. Children from Ecuador who are either sold
by their parents or lured by false employment opportunities are trafficked
for work in domestic service or prostitution in Venezuela. Freedom
House Country Report - Political Rights: 3 Civil Liberties: 3 Status: Partly Free Human Rights Overview by Human
Rights Watch – Defending Human Rights Worldwide U.S. Library of Congress
- Country Study Four Nations Move Against Trafficking in Response to U.S. Report Bangladesh, Ecuador, Guyana and Sierra Leone have acted rapidly over the last
few months to reduce human trafficking in their borders. In so doing, they
have avoided U.S.-imposed sanctions, according to a White House announcement
September 10. Tainted
Harvest - Child Labor and Obstacles to Organizing on Ecuador's Banana
Plantations CHILD WORKERS - Human Rights Watch interviewed
forty-five children who had worked or were working on banana plantations in
Ecuador. Forty-one of them began in the banana sector between the ages of
eight and thirteen, most starting at ages ten or eleven. They described
workdays of twelve hours on average and hazardous conditions that violated
their human rights, including dangerous tasks detrimental to their physical
and psychological well-being. The children reported being exposed to
pesticides, using sharp tools, hauling heavy loads of bananas from the fields
to the packing plants, lacking potable water and restroom facilities, and
experiencing sexual harassment. Ecuador appoints child labour
inspectors www.antislavery.org/homepage/news/ecuador160404.htm At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here]
Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation Between Venezuela and
Ecuador www.survivorsrightsinternational.org/sri_news/alert_sexual_exploit.mv At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here]
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