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Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery In the early years of the 21st Century gvnet.com/humantrafficking/Panama.htm
Panama is a source, transit, and
destination country for women and children trafficked for the purpose of
commercial sexual exploitation. Some Panamanian women are trafficked to
Jamaica, Europe, and Israel for commercial sexual exploitation, but most
victims are trafficked to and within the country into Panama’s sex trade.
NGOs report that some Panamanian children, mostly young girls, are trafficked
into domestic servitude. Government agencies indicate that indigenous girls
may be trafficked by their parents into prostitution
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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Nations Make Progress Against Trafficking
in Persons, Charlene Porter, Bureau of International
Information Programs, U.S. Department of State, 14 June 2004 www.america.gov/st/washfile-english/2004/June/20040614173832CMretroP0.4417383.html [accessed 15 December 2010] The world's most comprehensive
report on trafficking in persons shows governments are making some progress
in their responses to this form of organized criminal activity -- often
called modern-day slavery -- with stronger laws, increased convictions and
greater protections for victims. Consistent with its
objective of inspiring action against human trafficking, the TIP report also
issues praise for localities that have adopted "best practices" in
their strides to prevent trafficking, provide for victims or prosecute
traffickers themselves. Panama has
passed a law that requires businesses in the tourist industry to inform
travelers about laws against child pornography and sex tourism. The city of
Madrid has taken strides to reduce both prostitution and trafficking by
targeting the customers of these illicit endeavors, while at the same time
engaging in prevention and victim assistance efforts. ***
ARCHIVES *** The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on
the Worst Forms of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/panama.htm [accessed 15 December 2010] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Children in Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61736.htm [accessed 15 December 2010] TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS
– The country was a destination point for trafficked women. There was
evidence that rural children were trafficked internally to work as domestic
servants in urban areas. The country was a
transit point for Colombian sex workers to other Central American countries
and the Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 4
June 2004 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/panama2004.html [accessed 15 December 2010] [37] The Committee
welcomes the ratification of the Hague Convention on Protection of Children
and Cooperation in respect of Inter-country Adoption of 1993 but is concerned
that there is still a need for more effective measures to guarantee adoption
procedures respectful of the rights of the child and to prevent the abuse of
adoption, e.g. for trafficking of children. [58] The Committee
welcomes the ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the
sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. It remains
concerned that sexual exploitation and abuse continue to be serious problems
and that the victims of sexual exploitation do not have access to appropriate
recovery and assistance services. The Committee also remains concerned about
the lack of data to determine the real dimension of the problem of child
abuse and sexual exploitation and about the insufficient measures to prevent
and combat trafficking of children. Freedom House Country Report - Political Rights: 1 Civil Liberties: 2 Status: Free 2009 Edition www.freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2009/panama [accessed 27 June 2012] Human Rights
Overview Human Rights Watch [accessed 15 December 2010] Library of Congress Call Number F1563 .P323
1989 lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/patoc.html [accessed 15 December 2010] UNICEF and Casa Alianza
join efforts against violence UNICEF Press centre, www.unicef.org/media/media_23426.html [accessed 15 December 2010] Assistance to
street children and the search for alternative lifestyles, as opposed to the
stigma against adolescents produced by the phenomenon of gangs or “maras” constitute a key part of the work of UNICEF and
Casa Alianza. Both organizations share the idea
that the solution to the social problems that affect children and adolescents
should come through public policies in education, health, housing, employment
and protection, that is to say, through the creation of opportunities. The
response of the state, faced with this type of problem, is to punish the
children who live in conditions of poverty. Project DESTINO to Combat Child Labor in Creative Associates International, Click [here]
to access the article. Its URL is not
displayed because of its length [accessed 10 September 2011] Many of The three-part
collaboration stems from a newly launched project funded by the U.S.
Department of Labor (DOL) called Disminuyendo y Erradicando el Trabajo Infantil para Nuevas Oportunidades (DESTINO).
DESTINO will target poor and indigenous children in the central Panamanian
provinces of Chiriquí, Coclé, Veraguas, Herrera, Los Santos, Darién and
Comarca Gnobe Bugle, who are working on family or commercial
farms to help their parents make ends meet. Due to long work hours and
seasonal harvests, these children miss school, making it difficult for them
to keep up with schoolwork, and prompting many to drop out. Despite Panama’s
compulsory-education laws, tens of thousands of children—nearly 58,000 in
2002—between ages 5 and 17 were working. Of this group, only 42 percent
attended school. Nations Make Progress Against Trafficking
in Persons, Charlene Porter, Bureau of International
Information Programs, www.america.gov/st/washfile-english/2004/June/20040614173832CMretroP0.4417383.html [accessed 15 December 2010] The world's most
comprehensive report on trafficking in persons shows governments are making
some progress in their responses to this form of organized criminal activity
-- often called modern-day slavery -- with stronger laws, increased convictions
and greater protections for victims. Consistent with its
objective of inspiring action against human trafficking, the TIP report also
issues praise for localities that have adopted "best practices" in
their strides to prevent trafficking, provide for victims or prosecute
traffickers themselves. Panama has
passed a law that requires businesses in the tourist industry to inform
travelers about laws against child pornography and sex tourism. The city of
Madrid has taken strides to reduce both prostitution and trafficking by
targeting the customers of these illicit endeavors, while at the same time
engaging in prevention and victim assistance efforts. All
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