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Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery Co-operative Republic of Guyana [ Country-by-Country
Reports ] The
Co-operative Republic of Guyana [map], located in NE South America, is bordered by the Atlantic
Ocean (N), by Suriname (E), by Brazil (S & W), and by Venezuela (W). The capital and largest city is Guyana is a source, transit, and
destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes
of commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor. While official reports of
human trafficking may be limited, most trafficking appears to take place in
remote mining camps in the country’s interior. Amerindian girls are
trafficked to brothels near the mining camps and to coastal areas for sexual
exploitation and domestic servitude. Young Amerindian men are exploited under
forced labor conditions in mining and logging camps. Some women and girls
trafficked into brothels in the interior are from northern Brazil. Reporting
from other nations suggests Guyanese women and girls are trafficked for
sexual exploitation to neighboring countries such as Barbados, Trinidad and
Tobago, Brazil, Suriname, Venezuela, and that Guyanese men and boys are
subject to labor exploitation in construction and agriculture in these same
countries. Trafficking victims from Suriname, Brazil, and Venezuela transit
Guyana en route to Caribbean destinations. - U.S. State Dept Trafficking in
Persons Report, June, 2008 [full country report] |
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from the web to illuminate the situation in *** FEATURED
ARTICLE *** Trafficking
in Persons: USAID’s Response [PDF] [page 25] GUYANA: SHELTER FOR
TRAFFICKING VICTIMS,TRAINING POLICE AND OMMUNITY MEMBERS,AND RAISING PUBLIC
AWARENESS - Much of
the trafficking in Guyana involves AmerIndian girls and takes place from
hinterland communities to transportation and commercial nodes in coastal and
hinterland areas for prostitution and involuntary domestic servitude. Girls
are duped into prostitution with promises of employment as waitresses and bar
attendants at coastal establishments and in gold and diamond mining areas;
young men are exploited under forced labor conditions in timber camps. *** 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. U.S.
Report On Human Trafficking Reveals
Scope Of Modern-Day Slavery He said several countries listed
in the bottom category last year, including Trafficking
in Persons: USAID’s Response [PDF] [page 25] GUYANA: SHELTER FOR
TRAFFICKING VICTIMS, TRAINING POLICE AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND RAISING
PUBLIC AWARENESS -
Much of the trafficking in Guyana involves AmerIndian girls and takes place
from hinterland communities to transportation and commercial nodes in coastal
and hinterland areas for prostitution and involuntary domestic servitude.
Girls are duped into prostitution with promises of employment as waitresses
and bar attendants at coastal establishments and in gold and diamond mining
areas; young men are exploited under forced labor conditions in timber camps. US HUMAN
RIGHTS REPORT HIGHLIGHTS PROGRESS IN FIGHT AGAINST TIP - GEORGETOWN, GINA, MARCH 06, 2007 - The Ministry of Human Services
and Social Security has been actively involved in sensitization campaigns
countrywide, informing Guyanese on ways to protect themselves, and what
measures to take if they become a victim. 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 Human Rights Overview by Human
Rights Watch – Defending Human Rights Worldwide U.S. Library of Congress - Country Study 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. "The initial reaction was one
of shock," said Mr. Ishmael, the most senior Latin American or Caribbean
envoy in Washington. 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
issues such as sexual exploitation. All material used herein
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nonprofit, and educational use |
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