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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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Trinidad and Tobago
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Case
Before a 14 year old girl died of AIDS she reported that she had been sold
for sex to 30 men between ages 19 and 29. (Wesley Gibbings, "The High Cost
of Sex Tourism," IPS, 24 March 1997)
Prostitution Tourism
The increase in HIV infection in Trinidad and Tobago is attributed to sex
tourism, prostitution and pornography. European and North American men are
the majority of the sex tourists. Tourist agents and unlisted guest homes
run the industry, with advertisements in European magazines that announce
"package deals" that include cost of buying a woman or girl. (Dr. Mentor Melville,
County Medical Officer of Health, Wesley Gibbings, "The High Cost of Sex Tourism,"
IPS, 24 March 1997)
Case
In 1995, a Swiss visitor, known locally as Simonetta, was deported after
announcing on the local television news that she was HIV positive and had
engaged in unprotected sex with numerous local men. (Wesley Gibbings, "The
High Cost of Sex Tourism," IPS, 24 March 1997)
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