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Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery Republic of Ecuador [ Country-by-Country
Reports ] The Ecuador is a source, transit, and
destination country for 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 from coastal and border areas
to urban centers for sexual exploitation. Ecuadorian children are trafficked
into hazardous forms of labor, domestic servitude, forced to beg on the
streets, work in the hospitality and commercial sectors, and perform hard
labor in mines. Some children are trafficked to neighboring countries and to
European countries, including Spain and Italy. Women are trafficked to
Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, and Western Europe, particularly Spain and Italy,
for sexual exploitation. Although most trafficking occurs within the country,
Colombian women and adolescent girls are trafficked into Ecuador for sexual
exploitation.
- U.S. State Dept Trafficking in Persons Report, June, 2008 [full country
report] |
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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 *** U.S.
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 U.S.
Report On Human Trafficking Reveals
Scope Of Modern-Day Slavery 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 Ecuador's Labour Ministry has
appointed 12 child labour inspectors as of 2 April; a positive move in a
country that, up until late last year, had none. It has taken two years for any progress to
be made in this area. In spring 2002, a Human Rights Watch report highlighted
the Government's failure to implement international labour standards and
found there were no child labour inspectors, even though the law calls for 22
- one for each province. Trafficking
and Sexual Exploitation Between Venezuela and Ecuador BACKGROUND - Women and children are also
trafficked into Venezuela. Women from countries like Colombia are trafficked
into Venezuela through prostitution trade networks originating in Colombia. Children from Ecuador are trafficked into Venezuela to serve as prostitutes and
work as street vendors and housemaids.
The victims are usually children who are kidnapped, sold by their
parents, or deceived by false employment opportunities. These children are first exploited through
prostitution at the average age of 12.
Children as young as 7 years old have been found to be sexually
exploited. Of the 40,000 sexually
exploited children in Venezuela, 78% are girls between the ages of 8 and 17. All material used herein
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