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Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery In the first
ten years of the 21st Century
- 2000 to 2009
Guyana is a source country for men, women, and children
trafficked for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation and forced
labor … Women and girls are lured with offers of well-paying jobs, and are
subsequently exploited and controlled through threats, withholding of pay or
insufficient pay, and physical violence. In coastal areas, traffickers
promise rural women and girls jobs as domestic
servants, then coerce them into working in shops or homes for little or no
pay, or sell them to brothels. Many trafficking victims along the coast are
Amerindian teenagers, targeted by traffickers because of poor education and
job prospects in their home regions.
- U.S. State Dept Trafficking in Persons Report, June, 2009 [full country report] |
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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Trafficking
in Persons: USAID’s Response [PDF] [page 25] ***
ARCHIVES *** U.S.
Dept of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - The Bur of Democracy,
Human Rights & Labor - Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS – The
country was a source and destination for trafficked women and children,
although most trafficking in persons occurred internally. Trafficking
reportedly took place in the interior, where there was little government
oversight and law enforcement was lacking. Most trafficking originated in
impoverished Amerindian communities, although some victims came from the
larger coastal cities. Some women trafficked into the country came from the
northern regions of neighboring Concluding Observations
of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 2004 [49] The Committee expresses its
concern at the increasing prevalence of child labour
in the State party. www.humanrightsinitiative.org/london/hr_in_caribbean/human_trafficking_in_the_caribbean_june_2009.pdf
GUYANA 4. It is concerning that Guyana
has been placed on Tier 2 of the Watch List for a third consecutive year. The
evidence presented shows a persistent failing to provide evidence of increasing
efforts to combat trafficking, particularly in the area of law enforcement
actions against trafficking offenders. Although, the government of Guyana has
increased support for victims of trafficking its enforcement remains poor. Guyana has yet to prosecute any trafficking
offenders under its 2005 anti-trafficking law. 5. Guyana is a source, transit,
and destination country for people (including children) trafficked for the
purposes of sexual exploitation and forced labour.
According to the TIP Report official reporting of human trafficking is
limited; the majority of trafficking appears to take place in remote mining
camps where Amerindian girls are trafficked to brothels near the camps and to
coastal areas for sexual exploitation and domestic servitude. Also, young
Amerindian men are exploited for forced labour.
Other countries trafficking reports point to the trafficking of Guyanese
women and girls for sexual exploitation to neighbouring
countries such as Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Brazil, Suriname, and
Venezuela. Reports also indicate that Guyanese men and boys are subject to labour exploitation in construction and agriculture in
these same countries. Trafficking victims from Suriname, Brazil, and
Venezuela transit Guyana en route to Caribbean destinations. 6. According to the TIP Report,
the Government of Guyana does not fully comply with the minimum standards for
the elimination of trafficking; furthermore the report has found cases of
official complicity in human trafficking. perspicacityonline.com/Articles/2005/06/Modernslavery050603.htm At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] He said several countries listed
in the bottom category last year, including Trafficking
in Persons: USAID’s Response [PDF] [page 25] [scroll down] Guyana accuses
US of being unfair in report on human trafficking Shadick said Guyanese police and other
authorities have been raiding mining camps and other areas to rescue mainly
indigenous women from prostitution, cheap and forced labour,
as well as prosecuting offenders under existing laws. Freedom
House Country Report - Political Rights: 2 Civil Liberties: 3 Status: Free U.S. Library of Congress - Country Study Moving Up The Tiers www.guyanaonline.net/news/index.php?C=Editorials&F=Details&A=17927 At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here]
With the release of the report the
government was quick to counter that it had been addressing the problem in
spite of the daunting difficulties the State Department report recognized. There is no evidence that
trafficking in persons here is in any way near the proportions that it is
elsewhere in the world but steps must be taken to root out the practice
wherever it has sprung up in Guyana. He added that once it has been recognised that the government has adopted measures that
have been successfully implemented and create the requisite environment to
deal with trafficking in persons, a reclassification “would be in order.” 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. www.washingtontimes.com/world/20040830-091411-2023r.htm At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] "The initial reaction was one
of shock," said Mr. Ishmael, the most senior Latin American or Caribbean
envoy in The ambassador noted that Guyana's
minister of human services and social security, Bibi
Shadick, complained that Washington failed to
recognize the government's efforts to draw international attention to human
trafficking in forums such as the Organization of American States and the
Inter-American Commission of Women.
"Minister Shadick has personally
plunged herself into a countrywide campaign to investigate the issue and to
educate various communities in the remote interior of the country of problems
associated with human trafficking," Mr. Ishmael said. "This is very commendable since it is
very unusual for a Cabinet minister in the Latin America and Caribbean
region, or anywhere else, to be involved so directly in trying to stamp out a
social scourge." Guyana determined
to combat TIP The Government is concerned about
the increasing incidence of Trafficking in Persons that has been gripping the
country. But it has not been silent on the issue. In fact, it has adopted a proactive
approach to effectively deal with the problem, according to Minister of Human
Services and Social Security Bibi Shadick. “We have
been putting so much effort into this problem from the time we understood
what it is,” she said. She added that
her Ministry’s Departments such as the Probation and Family Welfare and Labour Departments were always dealing with many TIP
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