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Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery In the early years of the 21st Century gvnet.com/humantrafficking/Malawi.htm
Malawi is a source,
transit, and destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for
the purposes of forced labor and sexual exploitation. The incidence of
internal trafficking is believed higher than that of transnational
trafficking, and practices such as forced labor exist, particularly on
tobacco plantations. Children are trafficked primarily within the country for
forced labor in agriculture, animal herding, domestic servitude, and to
perform forced menial tasks for small businesses. Girls and young women are
trafficked internally for forced labor and prostitution at local bars and
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FEATURED ARTICLE *** www.dailytimes.bppmw.com/article.asp?ArticleID=7543 [access date unavailable] Malawi’s rating as
Tier 1 in this year’s Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report is misleading and
does not reflect the reality on the ground, officials from the Centre for
Social Concern (CFSC) have said. However, officials
from CFSC briefing the press in Child Prostitution worsens in Cities Pilirani Semu-Banda,
Nation Online, Jun 04, 05 [accessed 17 April 2012] She said for ***
ARCHIVES *** The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on
the Worst Forms of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/malawi.htm [accessed 19 February 2011] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Children work in crop production on tea estates and
on commercial tobacco farms, where the incidence of working children has
traditionally been high. Bonded labor
has historically been common among tobacco tenants and their families,
including children. There are also
reports that young girls have been traded or sold among tribal chiefs along
the border with Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices U.S. Dept of State Bureau of Democracy,
Human Rights, and Labor, March 8, 2006 www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61579.htm [accessed 19 February 2011] TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS
– The law does not prohibit trafficking in persons specifically, and
trafficking was a problem. Although the extent of human trafficking was
undocumented, the government made efforts to combat trafficking and used
existing laws to prosecute cases of child trafficking for agricultural labor
exploitation. The penal code contains several provisions relating to
prostitution and indecency that could be used to prosecute traffickers. Since
2001, seven cases involving trafficking in persons have been prosecuted. On
September 24, two citizens and a foreigner were sentenced to seven years'
imprisonment with hard labor for kidnapping. The three men were arrested in
September while attempting to smuggle five young boys across the border into The country is a
source and transit point for women and children trafficked for sexual
purposes locally and to brothels abroad, particularly in Concluding Observations of the Committee on
the Rights of the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1
February 2002 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/malawi2002.html [accessed 19 February 2011] [63] The Committee
is also concerned at information on alleged instances of trafficking in
children and at the possible use of inter-country adoption for the purpose of
trafficking. www.dailytimes.bppmw.com/article.asp?ArticleID=7543 [access date unavailable] Malawi’s rating as
Tier 1 in this year’s Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report is misleading and
does not reflect the reality on the ground, officials from the Centre for
Social Concern (CFSC) have said. However, officials
from CFSC briefing the press in UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
IRIN, www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=75626 [accessed 19 February 2011] POVERTY - While recognising the efforts by government and its development
partners to combat human trafficking and child labour, Banda said,
"Increasing the number of child protection officers without dealing with
what drives thousands of our children into exploitative labour will not solve
the problem. These children are compelled to work in estates because of
poverty and, to a large extent, because they either have one or no parent at
all." -
htpv Human trafficking syndicate exposed Deborah Nyangulu,
Daily Times, 26 October 2007 – Source:
www.dailytimes.bppmw.com/article.asp?ArticleID=7047 groups.yahoo.com/group/MALAWIANA/message/18248?o=1&d=-1 [accessed 19 February 2011] An intricate system
of human trafficking exists in the country involving Malawians and Nigerians
who traffic mainly women and children to as far as Most of the victims
of trafficking in NGOs Work To Eradicate Human Trafficking,
Help Victims presszoom.com/story_134115.html [accessed 19 February 2011] U.S.-funded
nongovernmental organizations around the world are working to prevent human
trafficking, provide resources to victims and arrest and prosecute child-sex
offenders. From Africa to Europe to PROVIDING
RESOURCES FOR VICTIMS - In Mozambican gets 6 years for human
trafficking [access information unavailable] Sauka in an interview
yesterday said Katundu entered the country on
October 1 accompanied by a boy aged 17 whom he convinced that he would be
paid handsomely after helping him carry some clothes he was going to buy in Zomba. “But his
going to Zomba was in search of a human market. Last month, police
in Zomba arrested three people suspected to have
removed private parts of a boy in the district. Their motive has not been
established yet but they are currently on remand at the Zomba
Maximum Prison awaiting trial. Human trafficking is a reality in Malawi South African Migration Project SAMP,
Queen's University ( www.queensu.ca/samp/migrationnews/article.php?Mig_News_ID=3559&Mig_News_Issue=20&Mig_News_Cat=5 [accessed 19 February 2011] In order to combat
the multifaceted problem of human trafficking, interventions must be
multi-disciplinary and multi sectoral. They must
among others include; the legal sector -implementing all international human
rights conventions and treaties, developing regional and bilateral MOU’s with
neighbouring countries on prevention and detection
of trafficking, strengthening the national legal framework through the
development of specific anti-trafficking laws and regulations, and
strengthening law enforcement through active prosecution of trafficking
offenders. Also the social
welfare and health sector -improving access to high quality and appropriate
social and protection services for trafficking victims, providing health
services to those infected with diseases etc; community based initiatives -
supporting small income-generating projects in village communities; gender
mainstreaming- raising awareness about gender sensitivity within the court
systems, and among police and other law enforcement officials, as well as
raising awareness on the issues throughout the general public; And the education
sector - increasing awareness about human trafficking by providing education
for all. Improving the existing educational systems and ensure vocational and
technical education structures and mechanisms accessible to out of school
youth. Provide relevant education and training for labour markets,
particularly to youth in areas of high mobility and/or vulnerable groups; the
migration sector - strengthening cross-border initiatives, enhancing the
number and quality of repatriation programmes,
improving situation of trafficked victims in receiving country (avoiding
detention and expulsion of victims), focusing on key factors which leads to
the migration to neighbouring countries; and the
labour sector - improving job opportunities and strengthening national labour
laws. All these must be included to combat the multifaceted problem of human
trafficking. New NGO formed to combat human trafficking South African Migration Project SAMP,
Queen's University ( www.queensu.ca/samp/migrationnews/article.php?Mig_News_ID=3393&Mig_News_Issue=19&Mig_News_Cat=5 [accessed 19 February 2011] A new NGO named
Centre for the Protection of Trafficked Persons (Ceptrap)
has been formed in the country to combat human and child trafficking and
sexual exploitation. Reports of human
trafficking have been rife in the country with various people using all kinds
of tricks to abduct women. Trafficked people are usually lured with offers of
jobs outside the country. Outrage over lenient fine for trafficking
boys UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
IRIN, www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=56005 [accessed 8 September 2011] A Kwacha 24,000 (US
$200) fine imposed on a man caught trying to smuggle children across the
border into Child Prostitution worsens in Cities Pilirani Semu-Banda,
Nation Online, Jun 04, 05 [accessed 17 April 2012] She said for An African cleansing rite that now can kill Sharon LaFraniere,
The New York Times, Mchinji, May 12, 2005 www.nytimes.com/2005/05/11/health/11iht-malawi.html?pagewanted=all [accessed 23 April 2012] But they hunted her
down, she said, and insisted that if she refused to exorcise her dead
husband's spirit, she would be blamed every time a
villager died. So she put her two small children to bed and then forced
herself to have sex with James's cousin. Seduction, Sale
& Slavery: Trafficking In Women & Children For Sexual Exploitation In
Jonathan Martens, Maciej
‘Mac’ Pieczkowski, & Bernadette van Vuuren-Smyth, Pretoria SA, International Organization for
Migration IOM, May 2003 www.unicef.org.mz/cpd/references/40-TraffickingReport3rdEd.pdf [accessed 23 April 2012] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - The major
findings may be summarized as follows: Mozambican victims
include both girls and young women between the ages of 14 and 24. They are
offered jobs as waitresses or sex workers in Freedom House Country Report - Political Rights: 4 Civil
Liberties: 4 Status: Partly Free 2009 Edition www.freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2009/malawi [accessed 27 June 2012] South Africa regional centre
for human trafficking UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
IRIN, www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=50363 [accessed 19 February 2011] Malawian women are
targeted by trafficking groups because they do not require a visa to enter
the Human Trafficking Stretches Across the
Region Moyiga Nduru,
Benoni SA, Inter Press Service News Agency IPS,
June 23, 2004 www.ipsnews.net/africa/interna.asp?idnews=24338 [accessed 19 February 2011] According to the
Pretoria-based Institute for Security Studies, as many as 500 organised crime groups operate in UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
IRIN, www.irinnews.org/printreport.aspx?reportid=50302 [accessed 23 April 2012] Social And Cultural Life Centre For Social Concern, Kanengo, At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 8 September 2011] [scroll down] SOCIAL AND CULTURAL
LIFE - Reports on social
and cultural life also revealed efforts that are being taken by Nankungwis or Ngalibas, the
country's custodians of culture in the fight against the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
It is now common knowledge that some cultural practices such as chokolo, wife inheritance are not worth keeping and
practicing in light of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Nankungwis
who are responsible for guiding young people through initiation rites are
better placed to disseminate information on how the disease is spread as well
as its consequences. The practice of
marrying girls at a tender age has been blamed for the rise in maternal death
in the country. This practice has a negative effect on the health of young
girls who end up with various health implications for starting child bearing
at a tender age. All the more, the practice has a negative bearing on the
development of the country, as young girls do not get a chance to finish
their education and contribute positively to the development of the country. Reports have also
expressed concern that Malawian women and girls are increasingly becoming
victims of human trafficking to The Smoking Business - Tobacco Workers in Liv Torres (ed.), Fafo-report 339, Fafo Institute
for Applied Social Science 2000 ISBN 82-7422-317-9 ISSN 0801-6143 www.fafo.no/pub/rapp/339/339-web.pdf [accessed 19 February 2011] UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
IRIN, www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=49630 [accessed 19 February 2011] "Sexual
exploitation - in particular, prostitution - is the most widely documented
form of exploitation for women and children trafficked within and from Committee on the Rights of the Child -
Reports by States 29th session, At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here]
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