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Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery In the early years of the 21st
Century - 2000 to 2010 gvnet.com/humantrafficking/Gambia.htm
The Gambia is a source, transit,
and destination country for children and women trafficked for the purposes of
forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation. Within The Gambia, women and
girls and, to a lesser extent, boys are trafficked for commercial sexual
exploitation, in particular to meet the demand for European child sex
tourists, as well as for domestic servitude. Anti-trafficking activists
report that in the last few years commercial sexual exploitation of children
has moved from large hotels to small guest houses and private homes as a
result of large hotels’ enforcement of a voluntary code of conduct against
child sex tourism. Boys are trafficked within the country for forced begging
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FEATURED ARTICLE *** GHANA-GAMBIA: Sex slave children trafficked by Ghanaian
fishermen Integrated Regional Information Networks IRIN, www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=48765 [accessed 5 September 2011] According to the Gambian National
Intelligence Agency, the girls were smuggled into the country without
official papers to work as sex slaves for their Ghanaian masters. Ceesay confirmed this. She said the girls
were forced to “satisfy the sexual desires of older men” and some were
working full-time as prostitutes within the 5,000-strong Ghanaian community. The Gambian authorities said that
the girls were also made to work long hours smoking fish and selling gari, a
popular Ghanaian staple made from cassava. Some boys smuggled into the ***
ARCHIVES *** The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on the Worst Forms
of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/gambia.htm [accessed 6 February 2011] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Child trafficking is also a problem. As a transit and destination
country, the Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61571.htm [accessed 6 February 2011] TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS – Most
trafficking victims were forced into prostitution and/or begging; a few
became domestic servants. Trafficking victims mostly came from
conflict-ravaged countries, such as Concluding Observations of the
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2001 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 12 October 2001 sim.law.uu.nl/SIM/CaseLaw/uncom.nsf/0/591a51d686b9a0dcc1256aed0044ea6a?OpenDocument [accessed 6 February 2011] [62] In light of the current
economic situation and the increasing number of school drop-outs, the
Committee is concerned about the large number of children engaged in labor
and the lack of information and adequate data on the situation of child labor
and economic exploitation within the State party. The Committee also notes
with concern that there is no legal minimum age for employment in accordance
with ILO Convention No. 138 concerning Minimum Age for Admission to
Employment. Grave concern is expressed about the increasing number of child
laborers, including domestic servants. The Protection Project - The The www.protectionproject.org/human_rights_reports/report_documents/gambia.doc [Last accessed 2009] FORMS OF TRAFFICKING - Nigerian girls have been lured to The Gambia with
promises of legitimate jobs, but instead the girls end up working in bars and
are forced to provide sexual services to customers. Children are taken from CAUTION … This link may pose a threat to your PC …
www.iccle.org/newsletter_children/0508/index.php3#7 [accessed 11 November 2010] The problem of trafficking in
children in The Gambia is underreported and this can be attributed to lack of
awareness of the general public of what trafficking is, how it is done,
mode/type and who are involved. The
first case of child trafficking that was reported to the Department of Social
Welfare was the High human trafficking profits increases practice in Ghana www.modernghana.com/news/124311/1/high-human-trafficking-profits-increases-practice-.html [accessed 6 February 2011] Statistics from the United
Nationa’s Children’s Fund (UNICEF) indicated that human trafficking was rated
the World’s third most profitable illicit business venture apart from drugs
and prostitution. Subsequently, the
number of children trafficked from Afram Plains in the Eastern, Yeji in the
Brong Ahafo, and Atitekpo in the Volta Regions countries such as The Gambia and Alieu Badara Mansaray, The Daily Observer ( www.ginsc.net/main.php?option=view_article&mode=0&article=3059&lang=ge [accessed 6 February 2011] The governement did even better in
opening a shelter in Human Trafficking, A Serious Crime - Says Dr Henry
Carrol Alhagie Mbye & Yusupha Jallow, The Point Newspaper, 20
December 2006 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 5 September 2011] According to Dr Carrol, as far as
the Laws of The Gambia are concerned, there is presently no law on our
Statute Books which prohibits the trafficking of adult persons. He
therefore expressed the urgent need for the Gambia Government to
expeditiously pass the required legislation in the National Assembly, with a
certificate of urgency, to combat this fast growing menace. Freedom House Country Report - Political Rights: 5 Civil Liberties: 4 Status: Partly Free 2009 Edition www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=22&year=2009&country=7611 [accessed 6 February 2011] The State of Ejatou Jallow, The Independent ( www.globalmarch.org/clns/clns-apr-2004-details.php#5-3 [accessed 6 February 2011] The Gambian child today like many
other children on the African continent is faced with so many difficulties
such that it is very difficult to determine the extent of their predicament.
Gambian children are faced with problems such as child labour, child
trafficking, child exploitation, child sexual abuse to name a few. GHANA-GAMBIA: Sex slave children trafficked by Ghanaian
fishermen Integrated Regional Information Networks IRIN, www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=48765 [accessed 5 September 2011] According to the Gambian National
Intelligence Agency, the girls were smuggled into the country without
official papers to work as sex slaves for their Ghanaian masters. Ceesay confirmed this. She said the girls
were forced to “satisfy the sexual desires of older men” and some were
working full-time as prostitutes within the 5,000-strong Ghanaian community. The Gambian authorities said that
the girls were also made to work long hours smoking fish and selling gari, a popular
Ghanaian staple made from cassava. Some boys smuggled into the Report For The WTO General Council Review Of The Trade
Policies Of International confederation of Free Trade Unions ICFTU, www.icftu.org/displaydocument.asp?Index=991218932&Language=EN [accessed 6 February 2011] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - All material used herein
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