Cambodia Sex
U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh, Cambodia - CDC
Rates among female sex workers are high (28% among direct sex workers, 14.8 % among indirect), although have dropped recently. ... Purpose. Established in March 2002, the Centers for Disease Control Global Aids Program (CDC-GAP) is committed to working in international partnership with USAID and other partners to represent the U.S. Government's strong commitment to slowing the HIV/AIDS epidemic and its impact.CDC has a long history and extensive network of international collaboration for disease prevention and control, experience working in partnership with USAID on critical health initiatives, considerable skill and experience in HIV/AIDS and related infections both domestically and internationally, and valuable domestic experience that may benefit other countries. Objectives [Read More]
Cambodia -- Attack on Trafficking Shelter
The United States strongly condemns the December 8 attack in Phnom Penh on the non-governmental organization, Agir pour les Femmes En Situation Précaire--Acting for Women in Distressing Situations (AFESIP). This NGO, which receives U.S. and international assistance, provides shelter and support to trafficking victims in Cambodia. Armed assailants abducted all but one of the 91 women and children under AFESIP’s care. Just one day earlier, Cambodia’s Anti-Human Trafficking and Juvenile Protection Department under General Un Sokunthea had rescued 84 of them from a hotel notorious as a brothel for sex trafficking of children. We are deeply troubled that eight of the hotel’s operators who had been arrested on December 7 were subsequently released and reportedly participated in the attack on AFESIP. ... [Read More]
V. Country Narratives -- Countries A through G
Chile is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of sexual exploitation and forced labor. Most victims are Chilean minors trafficked internally for sexual exploitation. According to a 2003 study conducted by the Chilean National Department of Children’s Affairs (SENAME), at least 3,700 children were victims of commercial sexual exploitation. Traffickers are known to contact victims and their families directly or through advertisements offering jobs as domestic help, models, or product promoters. Chileans have been trafficked to Argentina, Peru, Bolivia, the United States, Europe, and Asia for sexual exploitation. Foreign victims are brought to Chile for sexual exploitation or involuntary domestic servitude from Peru, Argentina, Colombia, and Bolivia, though authorities find it difficult to distinguish trafficking victims from economic migrants. [Read More]
Cambodia
The Labor Law has provisions against sexual harassment in the workplace, and the International Labor Organization (ILO) reports that sexual harassment in the industrial sector was rare. Sexual harassment was not known to be a problem in other sectors of the economy. ... The majority of trafficking that occurred within the country provided both adults and children for exploitation in the country's sex industry. Estimates of the number of victims of trafficking in the sex industry ranged from 2,000 to more than 3,000, approximately 80 percent of whom were Vietnamese women and girls. Some Vietnamese women and girls were trafficked through the country for exploitation in the commercial sex trade in other Asian countries. ... [Read More]
Trafficking in Persons Report - June 14, 2004
Throughout the reporting period the government cooperated with numerous NGOs and international organizations on prevention, including the strengthening of community-based networks to inform potential victims of the risks of trafficking. The Cambodian government, through the Ministry of Women's and Veterans Affairs, continued to carry out information campaigns, including grassroots meetings in key provinces. It also worked with NGOs to produce workshops, pamphlets, and videos informing the public about the dangers of sex tourism, including child sex tourism. ... [Read More]
US Department Of State Post Report
As a very low-income country, Cambodia is faced with many of the health problems typically associated with developing countries. Major public health problems include HIV/AIDS, malaria, dengue fever, sexually transmitted diseases, respiratory infections, diarrhea, tuberculosis, and malnutrition. Cambodia has the highest HIV sero-prevalence in Southeast Asia. The reported national HIV sero-prevalence rate is 2.6%. Although malaria risk is minimal in Phnom Penh, the northwestern section of the country is the source of the worst multiple drug resistant malaria in the world. Dengue fever, another mosquito-borne illness is increasing, particularly in urban areas. Most of these diseases affect primarily the Cambodian population, although expatriates exploring Cambodia’s burgeoning sex industry are at extremely high risk of contracting sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV disease. ... [Read More]
US Dept of State - U.S. Law Enforcement Targets Child Sex Tourism
-- The law goes after child sex tour operators and their co-conspirators. Prior to April 2003, only the actual sex exploiters and the principals involved in organizing the illicit business were held accountable. Under the Protect Act, anyone involved in furthering the illicit acts is accountable. For example, a business that hosts a child sex tourism Web site or advertises or facilitates the activity in other ways can be prosecuted. ... Similar joint efforts led to a second indictment in November 2003. Gary Evans Jackson, a resident of Seattle, was charged with three counts of traveling abroad and engaging in illegal sexual conduct with minors. The charges stemmed from allegations that he engaged in sex with three Cambodian boys, again one boy as young as 10 years old. He is alleged to have taken digital photos of the activity, prompting a U.S. government agent in Phnom Phen to conduct interviews at an Internet café frequented by Jackson where materials containing images of illicit sexual contact with Cambodian children were seized. ... [Read More]
Cambodia
The Labor Law has provisions against sexual harassment in the workplace, and the International Labor Organization (ILO) reported that sexual harassment in the industrial sector was rare. Sexual harassment was not known to be a problem in other sectors of the economy. ... Most adult and child victims were trafficked for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation. Estimates of the number of trafficking victims in the sex industry ranged from 2,000 to more than 3,000, approximately 80 percent of whom were Vietnamese women and girls. Some Vietnamese women and girls were trafficked through the country for exploitation in the commercial sex trade in other Asian countries. ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Hagar, an NGO, Helps Human Trafficking Victims in Cambodia
Tami believes the dramatic rise in abductions and coerced sex slavery in Cambodia can be traced to regional efforts to curb prostitution. Trafficking basically grew out of the pressure in neighboring Thailand to change Bangkok's image as a "sex capital," he said. "From Bangkok, organized crime had to find another fertile place to operate." ... [Read More]
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