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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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Zambia
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An undisclosed number of Zambian girls had been ferried to Botswana, headed
for the sex tourism industry in other countries. (African Child Watch, "Child
Trafficking Takes Root in Southern Africa, Says Group Lusaka," Sapa DPA,
1 September 1997)
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| HEALTH AND WELL-BEING |
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The rate of HIV infection among teenage girls is five to seven times higher
than among boys of the same age, according to research conducted jointly by
the government and UNICEF. Doreen Mulenga, a health officer for UNICEF in
Lusaka, said the biggest contributor to the difference is "cross-generation
infection"--older men passing the virus to young girls. (Dean E. Murphy, "Africa’s
Silent Shame," Los Angeles Times, 16 August 1998)
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