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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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Uganda
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ORGANIZED AND INSTITUTIONALIZED
SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND VIOLENCE |
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Since 1994, the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), has kidnapped 8,000 children.
Ninety percent of LRA soldiers are abducted children. Girls are forced into
marriages with their captors and are sexually abused. Of those few girls who
escaped, nearly 100% are suffering from a sexually transmitted disease, and
face the social stigma of rape. The Lord’s Resistance Army is fighting against
the Uganda government and the Sudanese People's Liberation Army (SPLA). Sudanese
authorities have overlooked atrocities committed against the children and
allowed the LRA to have bases in Sudanese territory. ("Uganda: Stolen children,
stolen lives," Amnesty International Index: AFR February 1997)
The Lord’s Resistance Army of Uganda has abducted as many as 10,000 boys
and girls in the past two years (United States officials, Roy Gutman, "Sex-Slave
Trade in Uganda," Associated Press, 13 December 1997)
Young girls are increasingly being rushed into marriage in Uganda to avoid
abduction by the Lord’s Resistance Army. Marriage is now regarded as way to
avoid abduction-you may be raped, but the chances are you will be left home.
(James Ocaya resident of Gulu Uganda, Tom Gawata-Tegulle, "Girls Rush Into
Marriage to Escape Rebel Abduction," People Newspaper, 22 July 1997)
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