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Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery Republic of El Salvador [ Country-by-Country
Reports ] The El Salvador is a source, transit, and
destination country for women and children trafficked for the purposes of
commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor. Most victims are Salvadoran
women and girls trafficked within the country from rural to urban areas for
sexual exploitation. The majority of foreign victims are women and children
from Nicaragua and Honduras who travel to El Salvador in response to job
offers, but are subsequently forced into prostitution or domestic servitude.
Some Salvadorans are trafficked to Guatemala, Mexico, and the United States
for commercial sexual exploitation. There are reports of men and children
from neighboring countries who are subject to forced agricultural labor in El
Salvador.
- U.S. State Dept Trafficking in Persons Report, June, 2008 [full country
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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Testimony
of Sonia Beatriz Lara Campos About 800 people work there.
There are 8 production lines, with 60 to 63 people in each, plus other
sections. The work shift is
Monday to Friday, beginning at 6:50am. They give us between 12 and
12:55 for lunch, with no other break. Leaving time is 7pm. On
Saturdays we worked from 6:50am to 4pm. Last year in April we began to
work at night. We worked from Monday to Friday 6:50am to 7pm, and from
7:30pm to 10:30pm. On Saturdays we worked from 6:50am until 7pm.
And on Sunday we worked from 6:50am to 5pm. Or, if we weren’t going to
work on Sunday, we would work on Saturday all night until 5:00 on Sunday
morning. The overtime hours, and working on
Sundays, was obligatory. As an inspector, I was required to work all
these hours on my feet. El Salvador: Where are the "disappeared" children ? Thousands of people disappeared in El Salvador during the armed conflict that shattered the country between 1980 and 1991. Hundreds, probably thousands, of them were children. Their families have been looking for them, as experience has shown that many are alive but unaware of their circumstances and identity. Government authorities are not helping. ***
ARCHIVES *** U.S.
Dept of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Bur of Democracy,
Human Rights & Labor - Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS – Although
there were no firm estimates on the extent of trafficking, the country was a
point of origin and destination for international trafficking in women and
children, particularly the harboring of child prostitutes. There was evidence
that the country was a transit point for girls trafficked to According to immigration
authorities, the principal traffickers in the country were employment
agencies, which offered inducements for work in beauty salons, as models, in
gyms, as maids, or in factories. The PNC reported that the most common
methods of obtaining victims were kidnapping, lucrative job offers, and
inducement into prostitution by family, friends, and smugglers. Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2004 [63] The Committee is concerned
about the extent of sexual exploitation and trafficking in the State party
and about the lack of effective programs to address this problem. It also
regrets the lack of information on assistance and reintegration programs for
children who have been subject to sexual exploitation and trafficking. Salvadoran child may be victim of human trafficking But what would a small Salvadoran
be doing in Belize unaccompanied? That's the scary question police are now
trying to answer. If you have any information that may assist authorities,
please contact the nearest police station or call 0-800-922-TIPS. Freedom
House Country Report - Political Rights: 2 Civil Liberties: 3 Status: Free Human Rights Overview by Human
Rights Watch – Defending Human Rights Worldwide U.S. Library of Congress
- Country Study Last year, Soto enhanced his
criminality by becoming a slaveowner: He told women (from El Salvador and Honduras) that they
couldn't leave his safe houses until they had "worked off" the debt
they owed for being smuggled into the United States. Soto meant no such
thing. During the day, the women worked as domestics for no pay. When night
fell, the raping began. Children
Trade School for Sugar Fields Twelve-year-old Joel Rivera missed
school all last year after he slashed his leg to the bone with a machete
working in El Salvador sugar fields to help his mother and three siblings
survive. "I've been working since I was 9," Joel said proudly. He
is among an estimated 5,000 to 30,000 children--some as young as 8--trading
school for dangerous work on the nation's sugar plantations. El Salvador:
Where are the "disappeared" children ? Thousands of people disappeared in
El Salvador during the armed conflict that shattered the country between 1980
and 1991. Hundreds, probably thousands, of them were children. Their families
have been looking for them, as experience has shown that many are alive but
unaware of their circumstances and identity. Government authorities are not
helping. U.S.
Apparel Companies Hide Starvation Wages Behind Local Minimum Wage Hoax Columbia University graduate
students have documented that the “legal” minimum wage in El Salvador was
arbitrarily set. In an in-depth case study of El Salvador, they show that the
legal minimum wage provides less than one-third of the basic living costs for
the averaged-sized family of 4.3 people. Testimony
of Sonia Beatriz Lara Campos About 800 people work there.
There are 8 production lines, with 60 to 63 people in each, plus other
sections. The work shift is
Monday to Friday, beginning at 6:50am. They give us between 12 and
12:55 for lunch, with no other break. Leaving time is 7pm. On
Saturdays we worked from 6:50am to 4pm. Last year in April we began to
work at night. We worked from Monday to Friday 6:50am to 7pm, and from
7:30pm to 10:30pm. On Saturdays we worked from 6:50am until 7pm.
And on Sunday we worked from 6:50am to 5pm. Or, if we weren’t going to
work on Sunday, we would work on Saturday all night until 5:00 on Sunday
morning. The overtime hours, and working on
Sundays, was obligatory. As an inspector, I was required to work all
these hours on my feet. Testimony
of Maria Eva Nerio Ponce At this factory, you are required
to work from 6:40am to 7pm every day, with a small 15-minute break in the
morning, and lunch from 11:45 to 12:40. Saturdays you work until 11am
or until 4pm. When there was work, at times one was obligated to work until
11pm. They paid us the minimum wage of 538 colones every two weeks plus
production and a small bonus for working overtime. I usually could earn
950 colones, or at the most, working many overtime hours, 1,100. All material used herein
reproduced under the fair use exception of 17 USC § 107 for noncommercial,
nonprofit, and educational use |
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