CHILDREN of tender age have been forced into sex and street work, an ILO
report has found that: •175 child sex workers were interviewed. It is noted that an additional 12 child sex workers refused to be interviewed at a brothel where they operated, although the brothel owner allowed the research team to interview them. •THE 175 child sex workers interviewed were mainly girls. 14 male sex workers and 2 transgender sex workers were also interviewed, indicating the existence of both male and female clients who demanded the services of these young children. •THE survey found that most of the child sex workers interviewed lived with their families. The youngest child interviewed was 12 years old. Some children indicated that they had started getting involved in the trade from as young as 10 years of age. •THE survey also found incidences of child trafficking involving guardians and parents who sold their children to either clients or a husband. •THE children were engaged in commercial sex work (prostitution) through different avenues: brothels, guest houses, night clubs, along the streets, in settlements, and through pimps. The children were paid an average of 50 kina per client. All of the children in the study involved in commercial sex work consumed alcohol although they were under age. •CHILDREN who participated in the survey of ‘street children’ were children working on the street (either staying at home with their families or staying on the street) and were involved mainly in activities such as street vending, trafficking controllers and in illicit activities and hazardous work. •CHILDREN below the age of 18 years engaged in illicit activities and hazardous work were categorised as children in the worst forms of child labour. These are excerpts from the report "Child Labour in Papua New Guinea" released in 2011 by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and sanctioned by the PNG Government. Comments are closed.
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