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The Factbook on Global Sexual Exploitation |
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About the Factbook |
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Contents |
Asia
Europe
Oceania
Africa
Middle East
Central America
& the Caribbean
South America
North America |
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| About the Factbook |
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The Factbook on Global Sexual Exploitation was compiled from media,
non-governmental organization and government reports. It is an initial effort
to collect facts, statistics and known cases on global sexual exploitation.
Information is organized into four categories:
- Trafficking,
- Prostitution,
- Pornography, and
- Organized and Institutionalized
Sexual Exploitation
and Violence.
Sources were not contacted to verify information. Close examination will reveal
that there are contradictions in information depending on the sources of information
(ex: how many women are in prostitution in Thailand). All statistics are reported
with no attempt to evaluate which numbers are more likely to be accurate. In fact,
the exact numbers in many cases are not known and estimates come from different sources
which use different methods to determine what they report.
We hope these facts will assist people to recognize the harm caused throughout the world
by sexual violence and exploitation and catalyze action against this violence agianst women.
This project was made possible with the support of the College of Arts and Sciences,
University of Rhode Island and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), Norway.
If you use this information in your work, please reference this factbook-- The Factbook on
Global Sexual Exploitation, Donna M. Hughes, Laura Joy Sporcic, Nadine Z. Mendelsohn,
Vanessa Chirgwin, Coalition Against Trafficking in Women, 1999.
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New Zealand
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Official Response and Action
In August 1998 the Law Society commissioned Denise Ritchie, an Auckland solicitor
and chairwoman of the lobby group End Child Pornography New Zealand, to prepare
a code of practice for Internet access companies to make them "good citizens"
when it comes to pornography. (‘Net pornography probe", New Zealand News,
9 August 1998)
Importing pornography electronically will become an offence if an amendment
is added to the Customs and Excise Act 1996 in New Zealand. The government
is already successfully discouraging people from setting up domestic Internet
pornography sites and distributes information to schools, libraries, and Internet
service providers regarding on-line safety. ("Govt urged to outlaw porn business
through internet," Waikato Times, 21 September 1998)
Case
Paul Edward George Benning, 24, a Dunedin student, became the first person
in New Zealand to be convicted of transmitting pornography via the Internet.
He operated under the pseudonym Mr Hello on an inter-relay chat channel called
"100 per cent Pre-teen Sex Pics". ("Conviction for Internet porn," Waikato
Times, 6 March 1998)
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