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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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Sudan
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Trafficking in humans has resurged along with civil war in Sudan. Young women
and children are considered the most profitable war bounty. (John Eibner of
Christian Solidarity International, Karin Davies, "Slave Trade Thrives in
Sudan," Associated Press, 7 February 1998)
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Policy and Law
Four prostituted women were sentenced to death by an Islamic Sharia court
for their 'way of life'. (International Secretariat, The World Organization
Against Torture, 5 December 1997)
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ORGANIZED AND INSTITUTIONALIZED
SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND VIOLENCE |
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27 women have left the main faction of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army,
and the Southern Sudan Independence Movement (SSIM) because of sex discrimination
and abuse. A former member of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army reported
that during training in 1986 in the bush of the Equatoria region (in the south),
the women trainees were sexually abused, not only by Sudanese trainers, but
also by Ugandan soldiers who were training with them. Some women were married
to male rebels without their prior knowledge. Compulsory marriages were common
in rebel territory. "You were told to sleep with a man you had never talked
to and if you disobeyed, you violated the orders of the movement and you were
punished for it." SPLA leader John Garang himself told us during his lectures
near Chukudum in Equatoria State that he favoured marriages among fighters,
"because the movement needs children for this war." Another woman lost her
hair and carries the scars of war on her legs and face. She had been detained
and tortured in the town of Wau (Southern Sudan), when she refused to sleep
with her local commander. (members of Sudan People’s Liberation Army, "SUDAN:
Women Ex-Rebels Speak of Neglect and Abuse," Nhial Bol, IPS, 3 April
1997)
Official Corruption and Collaboration
The Sudanese government and authorities have overlooked atrocities committed
against children by the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) of Uganda. Sudan
has allowed the LRA to have bases in Sudanese territory. ("Uganda: Stolen
children, stolen lives," Amnesty International Index: AFR February 1997) (Doctor
Mawson, "Uganda: Stolen children, stolen lives," Amnesty International Index:
AFR February 1997)
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