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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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Slovak Republic
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| TRAFFICKING |
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In Slovakia and the Czech Republic the growing organized crime networks have
engaged in the trafficking of young women into Western Europe, especially
to Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Greece. ("Highway to prostitution,"
The Euroreporter, 1995)
The reported numbers of women in a trafficking situation totaled 2 cases
in 1992, 8 cases in 1993, and 10 women in 1994, but knowledge of criminal
activity shows that these are small fractions of the reality. ("Highway to
prostitution," The Euroreporter, 1995)
Policy and Law
Under the Slovak penal code trafficking in women is punishable by up to 8
years in prison. During the last three years, only 10 cases of trafficking
in women, according to the Slovak penal code, have been discovered. The victims
were all girls under the age of 18 who were trafficked under false pretenses.
("International Workshop on Trafficking in Women in Central and Eastern Europe,
Budapest," IOM, 4-5 October 1997)
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| PROSTITUTION |
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In the Czech Republic and Slovakia new "businessmen" have opened massage
parlors. "Bodyguards," who bring women to and from their buyers, control the
prostituted women. In some cases the girls are models for pornographic magazines
and films. Some are confined to various "erotic" parlors and in other cases
they become call girls who often have to use caravans instead of flats. ("Highway
to prostitution," The Euroreporter, 1995)
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