CHILD TRAFFICKING  AND CHILD ABUSE HAS TO COME TO AN END.

Trafficking in children is a global problem affecting large numbers of children. Some estimates have as many as 1.2 million children being trafficked every year. There is a demand for trafficked children as cheap labour or for sexual exploitation. Children and their families are often unaware of the dangers of trafficking, believing that better employment and lives lie in other countries.

Friday, October 15, 2010

AFRICA REGIONAL CONFERENCE: IAWJ Human Trafficking in Africa: A Regional and Domestic Response

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Main elements of child trafficking definition (1)

*A child
is a person under the age of 18 years
*Organised movement of a child
someone has organised the movement of a child - a transaction is involved
*Movement that renders the child vulnerable
may be across international borders or within a country and where the movement has rendered the child vulnerable, and the vulnerability was planned to be exploited.
­do not have close relatives at their destination, do not have money or means to return home,
­cannot speak the language, are disadvantaged by their legal status,
­suffer a lack of access to basic services (education and health care),
­or do not know the environment

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