SANTAC Rapid Assessment on the possible Abuse & Trafficking of Children for Sexual Exploitation Purposes (Prostitution) in Southern Africa before‚ during & after the 2010 FIFA World Cup Games The case of Zambia & Namibia conducted from July to Sep. 2008 Presented at SANTAC Regional & National Conference on Preventions Interventions against Child Trafficking: Sharing Lessons Learned and Developing Ways Forward Pestana Rovuma Hotel and Conference Centre‚ Maputo 8-9 Oct. 2008 by Merab Kambamu
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Trafficking of refugees is the illegal trade of refugees for economic gain‚ i.e. money. It can occur within a country or may involve movement across borders. It affects all regions and most countries of the world. Women‚ men and children are trafficked for a range of purposes‚ including forced and exploitative labor (slavery)‚ sexual exploitation‚ and forced marriage. This is an extremely important issue and an even more serious violation to fundamental human rights like right to life‚ right to liberty
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held against their will. Many of these women are bought‚ sold‚ and used for sex or labor. In the book Half the Sky by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn they focus on the prevention of sex trafficking by giving shocking statistics and first hand accounts of gruesome situations women have been through (Kristof). Sex trafficking is often seen as a non-issue because women often give consent to the sex after being involved for a long period of time. Because brothel owners are harsh and unsympathetic
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Violence against women persists in every country in the world as a pervasive violation of human rights and a major impediment to achieving gender equality. Such violence is unacceptable‚ whether perpetrated by the nation and its agent or by family members or strangers‚ in public or private sphere‚ in peacetime or in times of conflict. The UN General Secretary Ban Ki Moon has stated that as long as violence against women continues‚ we cannot claim to be making real progress towards equality‚ development
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Slave Across the Street‚ written by Theresa Flores and published by Ampelon Publishing in 2010‚ tells the story of the authors struggles as young trafficking victim in her suburban town. The title of the book connotes a close proximity between a possible slave and the reader; and in fact the story demonstrates how close anyone can be to a victim of trafficking—even in place everyone would consider safe. The table of connects effectively breaks down the book into sections easy for the readers to follow
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Human Trafficking Many women and young girls dream of having a better life. They are willing to travel across the ocean to other countries that would offer them better opportunities. One of their main goals is be able to provide for themselves and their families financially. However‚ in their lifetime they could never imagine that their dreams would be shattered by a horrendous act called human trafficking. Every year‚ these unfortunate victims are either lured‚ sold‚ or forced against their will
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children routinely cross the border‚ led by brazen smugglers called polleros. Smugglers should receive harsher penalties because the treatment of the immigrants are inhumane‚ it’s a National Threat‚ and its illegal. In the article‚” Trafficking in Humans‚” the author says‚” The tales of smugglers heartlessness are well known.” Immigrants were fooled into thinking that jobs awaited them and that they would have a better life. Instead
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PhD‚ Founder and Executive Director of the Associazione Iroko Onlus‚ wrote in an Oct. 2004 Violence Against Women article titled "Trafficking for Prostitution in Italy" that: "The argument that regulation of prostitution better protects women in prostitution is deceptive. Prostitution itself is a form of violence against women and a negation of women’s fundamental human rights. Studies have shown that women in prostitution‚ whether in private apartments‚ hotel rooms‚ sex clubs‚ massage parlors‚ or
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first sold into sex trafficking by her mom’s boyfriend. Maddie’s mom has a higher form of _____ and didn’t understand how to be a mom. The mom’s boyfriend sexually abused Maddie’s siblings until child protective services took away the older siblings away and left Maddie in the home. They couldn’t prove that there had been harm to Maddie‚ so they left her in the home. The boyfriend started to sell Maddie to neighborhood friends‚
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while not as severe as it is in many other nations‚ has still had its effects on the country. The Anti MoneyLaundering Act has been in place in Jamaica for over a decade‚ and is used as an act to provide for the tracing of assets derived from trafficking in narcotic drugs‚ human trafficking‚ and other such offenses. To further protect Jamaica from money laundering and the offenses associated with it‚ in 2007‚ the Jmaican Government passed the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA)‚ criminalizing money laundering related to narcotics offenses
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