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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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Czech Republic
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The reported numbers of women trafficked totaled 2 cases in 1992, 8 cases
in 1993, and 10 women in 1994, but knowledge from criminal activity shows
that these are small fractions of the reality. ("Highway to prostitution,"
The Euroreporter, 1995)
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)
Policy and law
In the Czech Republic, alien smuggling is considered a misdemeanor. (Tass,
1995, "Trafficking and Prostitution: The Growing Exploitation of Migrant Women
from Central and Eastern Europe," IOM, May 1995)
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| PROSTITUTION |
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There are 200 brothels in Dubi, a small town on the E55 highway, on the border
of the Czech Republic. Czech and Russian mafia control prostitution. The local
police chief says he is powerless to stop the trade. ("Tradegy of orphans
left behind in ‘sin town’," http://news.bbc.co.uk/, 22 December 1997)
Many of the women involvedin prostitution are Slovak gypsies. Approximately
one woman per week gives birth at a local hospital, where they give the babies
up for adoption. Racism toward gypsies prevents many of the babies from being
adopted. ("Tradegy of orphans left behind in ‘sin town’," http://news.bbc.co.uk/,
22 December 1997)
Methods and Techniques of Pimps
In the Czech Republic and Slovakia new "businessmen" have opened massage
parlors. The prostituted women are controlled by "bodyguards" who bring them
to and from their buyers. 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)
Sex Tourism
German sex tourists offer twice the usual rate for unprotected sex. Pimps
force pregnant women to continue in prostitution because men will pay more
to have sex with them. ("Tragedy of orphans left behind in ‘sin town’," http://news.bbc.co.uk/,
22 December 1997)
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