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Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery In the early years
of the 21st Century gvnet.com/humantrafficking/Turkmenistan.htm
Turkmenistan is a source country for women
trafficked primarily to Turkey but reportedly also to the UAE, Kyrgyzstan,
Kazakhstan, and Pakistan for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation.
Men and women are trafficked to Turkey for the purpose of domestic servitude
and forced labor, specifically in textile sweatshops. - U.S. State Dept
Trafficking in Persons Report, June, 2009 [full country
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FEATURED ARTICLES *** Prostitution on the
rise UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
IRIN, www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=28974 [accessed 2 January 2011] There is an unprecedented situation in Turkmenistan when [some] husbands, fathers and brothers push their wives, daughters and sisters into illegal ways, including prostitution, because they don't have a job and means to get by, Even more disturbing, the report alleged that parents had taken to selling their daughters and setting up brothels in their homes in this otherwise traditional society. International Women's Rights Action Watch -
Country Reports - IWRAW Director Marsha A. Freeman with the
assistance of Cram-Dalton Scholar Natalie Hoover Prepared for the UN Committee on the Elimination
of Discrimination against Women, 35th Session, May 2006 At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 12 September 2011] ARTICLE 6 TRAFFICKING AND PROSTITUTION - “In the case of
Turkmenistan, gathering any firm data and conducting interviews, with the
exception of basic information from five individuals who had been part of
NGOs, proved impossible. The author experienced this unease directly
whilst in Turkmenistan, where many of those attending the roundtable declined
to be interviewed face to face, and those who did agree spoke in
whispers. No amount of interviewing skill or sophisticated methodology
can overcome a pervasive sense of fear for expressing a point of view.” “Because getting out of Turkmenistan is
difficult,” she said, “I allowed myself to be smuggled out of here via Iran,
but I was told I would have a good job working for an Arab family in
Dubai.” After an arduous road journey across Iran and a Gulf crossing
by boat, she found herself working in a Russian syndicate-run brothel in
Dubai. “It was horrific. I worked all night, every night, for six
days, and was beaten if I refused to perform,” she added tearfully. “I
know I was stupid,” she added, “but there’s nothing, nothing, nothing for us
here.” ***
ARCHIVES *** Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61681.htm [accessed 2 January 2011] TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS
– In December 2004 the IOM reported that airport and border officials
facilitated the repatriation of a trafficking victim from There were six
known cases of trafficking in persons and one successful prosecution on charges
of sexual exploitation, slavery, and encouraging deceitful border crossing. Victims involved in
these cases were reportedly trafficked to The Protection
Project - The www.protectionproject.org/human_rights_reports/report_documents/turkemenistan.doc [accessed 2009] FACTORS
THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE TRAFFICKING INFRASTRUCTURE – An especially
important social institution in Central Asian societies that seems to have
particular bearing on the problem of trafficking is the practice of arranged
and forced marriages. This practice may explain why it has been relatively
easy for traffickers to deceive young Central Asian women with promises of
marriage to rich foreigners. Finally, it has
been suggested that the geographic location of the Central Asian states
contributes to the increasing levels of trafficking in persons in the region.
In particular, the location of these countries “between the main destination
countries in East Asia and the Prostitution on the
rise UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
IRIN, www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=28974 [accessed 2 January 2011] There is an
unprecedented situation in Turkmenistan when [some] husbands, fathers and
brothers push their wives, daughters and sisters into illegal ways, including
prostitution, because they don't have a job and means to get by, Even more
disturbing, the report alleged that parents had taken to selling their
daughters and setting up brothels in their homes in this otherwise traditional
society. International Women's Rights Action Watch -
Country Reports - IWRAW Director Marsha A. Freeman with the
assistance of Cram-Dalton Scholar Natalie Hoover Prepared for the UN Committee on the
Elimination of Discrimination against Women, 35th Session, May 2006 At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 12 September 2011] ARTICLE 6 TRAFFICKING AND PROSTITUTION - “In the case of
Turkmenistan, gathering any firm data and conducting interviews, with the
exception of basic information from five individuals who had been part of
NGOs, proved impossible. The author experienced this unease directly
whilst in Turkmenistan, where many of those attending the roundtable declined
to be interviewed face to face, and those who did agree spoke in
whispers. No amount of interviewing skill or sophisticated methodology can
overcome a pervasive sense of fear for expressing a point of view.” “Because getting out of Turkmenistan is
difficult,” she said, “I allowed myself to be smuggled out of here via Iran,
but I was told I would have a good job working for an Arab family in Dubai.”
After an arduous road journey across Iran and a Gulf crossing by boat, she
found herself working in a Russian syndicate-run brothel in Dubai. “It
was horrific. I worked all night, every night, for six days, and was
beaten if I refused to perform,” she added tearfully. “I know I was
stupid,” she added, “but there’s nothing, nothing, nothing for us here.” International
Gender Conference Underway UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
IRIN, 23 April 2004 www.globalpolicy.org/component/content/article/218/46419.html [accessed 2 January 2011] Although the extent
of the problem of human trafficking in Turkmenistan is not very high compared
to some other Central Asian or former Soviet republics, the fast pace of
economic development and the difference in the economic situation between
Turkmenistan and some other countries could change this, he said. "With a recent announcement of more
flexible exit procedures there will more and more possibilities for Turkmen
citizens to travel abroad," Milovic said. State Department International Visitor
Program ( Polaris Project ~ Combating Human
Trafficking and Modern-day Slavery, At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 12 September 2011] [Scroll down to June
14, 2005] STATE
DEPARTMENT INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM ( Freedom House
Country Report - Political Rights: 7 Civil Liberties: 7 Status: Not Free 2009 Edition www.freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2009/turkmenistan [accessed 28 June 2012] Human Rights
Overview Human Rights Watch www.hrw.org/europecentral-asia/turkmenistan [accessed 2 January 2011] Stop Violence Against Women – Country Page The Advocates for Human Rights, August 2,
2004 [accessed 2 January 2011] Library of Congress Call Number DK851 .K34
1997 lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/tmtoc.html [accessed 2 January 2011] Jerome Taylor, The Independent, 24 Jun 2006 eu-digest.blogspot.com/2006/06/independent-online-europe-ignoring.html [accessed 3 May 2012] The EU has been
accused of ignoring human rights abuses in "The EU is
being completely hypocritical," he said. "We isolate a country like
"We are profoundly
concerned that those detained are at risk of torture and ill treatment,"
said Holly Cartner, the director of the Europe and All
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