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Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery In the
early years of the 21st Century - 2000 to 2010 gvnet.com/humantrafficking/Jordan.htm
Jordan is a destination and transit country for women and
men from South and Southeast Asia for the purpose of forced labor. There were
some reports of women from Morocco and Tunisia being subjected to forced prostitution
after arriving in Jordan to work in restaurants and night clubs. Women from
Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, and the Philippines migrate willingly to
work as domestic servants, but some are subjected to conditions of forced
labor, including unlawful withholding of passports, restrictions on movement,
non-payment of wages, threats, and physical or sexual abuse. During the
reporting period, the Government of the Philippines continued to enforce a
ban on new Filipina workers migrating to Jordan for domestic work because of
a high rate of abuse of Filipina domestic workers by employers in Jordan. At
the end of the reporting period, an estimated 600 Filipina, Indonesian, and
Sri Lankan foreign domestic workers were sheltered at their respective embassies
in Amman; most of whom fled some form of forced labor. - U.S. State Dept
Trafficking in Persons Report, June, 2009 [full country report] |
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ARTICLE *** Embassies urge greater policing of agencies that traffic
migrant workers www.friends-partners.org/partners/stop-traffic/1999/1496.html [accessed 16 February 2011] Since 1996, the Philippine
government limits employment of nationals within ***
ARCHIVES *** The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on the Worst Forms
of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/jordan.htm [accessed 16 February 2011] CHILD
LABOR LAWS AND ENFORCEMENT - Compulsory labor is prohibited by the Constitution of Jordan. While the law does not specifically prohibit
forced or bonded labor by children, such practices are not known to
occur. A Jordanian law specifically
prohibits trafficking in children, and there is no indication that children
were trafficked, to, from, or within the country. Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61691.htm [accessed 16 February 2011] TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS – The law
prohibits trafficking in children; however, it does not specifically prohibit
trafficking in other persons. Other criminal statutes prohibit slavery and
indentured servitude. In October Western media reported the August 2004
killing of 12 Nepali migrant workers in In 2004 to reduce the potential
for abuse of foreign domestic workers (FDWs), the
government adopted new and stricter procedures that regulate the importation
of such labor (see section 6.e.). While these changes improved the legal
framework to protect FDWs, lack of awareness among
employers and employees remained a problem. The government has undertaken a
cooperative program with the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) to raise
the awareness of FDWs on the new protections
afforded them. The Ministry of Labor (MOL) regularly visits the employment
agencies that hire and import FDWs to ensure
compliance with the law. Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of
the Child (CRC) [DOC] UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, September 29,
2006 [accessed 16 February 2011] [92] The Committee regrets the lack of data on the
extent and magnitude of commercial sexual exploitation of children and
trafficking in children for exploitative purposes in the State party. It also
regrets the insufficient legal protection of boys below the age of 18 against
commercial sexual exploitation and the absence of a specific legal framework
to protect children from trafficking. [86] While noting the high number of migrant workers in
the State party, and particularly the estimated number of undocumented workers and the weak
protection against exploitation and abuse provided to them, the Committee is
concerned at the situation and vulnerability of their children residing in
Jordan. [88] The Committee commends the State party for its
cooperation with ILO/IPEC, including for signing the Memorandum of
Understanding with ILO for the implementation of IPEC Country Programme. It welcomes the various measures taken to
address the issue of child labour in Jordan, including the 2002 amendment of
the Labour Code provision on the minimum age for employment of children
working in hazardous occupations which raised the minimum age to 18 years.
Despite these positive measures, the Committee remains concerned about the
prevalence of child labour in the State party. It notes with particular
concern information that the employment of children has steadily grown in
recent years, especially in agriculture. The Committee is further concerned
that the protection provided by the Labour Code does not apply for children
working in the informal sector (for example, in small family enterprises,
agriculture and domestic labour). Investigate Human Trafficking in Janess Ann J. Ellao,
Bulatlat.com, [accessed 16 February 2011] Sometime in May 2009, Nheljean said they got a phone call from her sister,
telling them her employer was beating her up and had even pointed a gun at
her. She ran away and was taken under custody of her recruitment agency in But the harsh conditions she had
to live with in the custody of the recruitment agency, for instance the
insufficient food and chance to change her clothes, even, had pushed her to
escape from its custody. Jean reportedly escaped by sliding down a pipe from
the fifth floor of her agency’s building. This time, she went to the
Philippine Overseas Labor Office – Overseas Workers Welfare Association
office to seek help. Jean wanted to go home. Going home, however, is easier
said than done. Upon arriving at POLO-OWWA office in Hearing :: Combating Trafficking for Forced Labor Purposes
in the OSCE Region Click [here]
to access the article. Its URL is not
displayed because of its length [accessed 7 September 2011] For example, a contract labor
agency in The Protection Project - Jordan [DOC] The www.protectionproject.org/human_rights_reports/report_documents/jordan.doc [accessed 2009] FORMS OF TRAFFICKING - The purpose of trafficking in Freedom House Country Report - Political Rights: 5 Civil Liberties: 5 Status: Partly Free 2009 Edition www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=22&year=2009&country=7634 [accessed 16 February 2011] Human Rights Overview Human Rights Watch www.hrw.org/middle-eastn-africa/jordan [accessed 16 February 2011] Library of Congress Call Number DS153 .J677 1991 lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/jotoc.html [accessed 16 February 2011] Commercial sexual exploitation
of children - Middle East/ based on the situation analysis written by Dr Najat M’jid for the Arab-African
Forum against Commercial Sexual Exploitation, www.unicef.org/events/yokohama/backgound8.html [accessed 16 February 2011] FORM AND PREVALENCE OF CSEC IN THE
REGION - Early
marriage is common in some of the countries of the region. This
practice is considered to increase children’s vulnerability to CSEC because
it legitimizes early sexual activity. Between 1995 and 2000, a United Nations
Population Fund report on young married women between the ages of 15 and 19
showed that, of this age group … in Jordan 9 per cent of girls aged 15-19 are
married (legal age of marriage is 17 Embassies urge greater policing of agencies that traffic
migrant workers www.friends-partners.org/partners/stop-traffic/1999/1496.html [accessed 16 February 2011] Since 1996, the Philippine government
limits employment of nationals within Coalition Against Trafficking in Women - Jordan www.catwinternational.org/factbook/Jordan.php [accessed 16 February 2011] ORGANIZED AND INSTITUTIONALIZED
SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND VIOLENCE CASE - Rania Arafat, 21, was shot
four times in the back of the head by her 17-year-old brother for refusing an
arranged marriage to her cousin and eloping with her boyfriend, and thereby
bringing shame on the family. ("Dishonor, Then Death," World Press
Review, February 1998). All material used herein
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