La situation de l’enfant en Afrique 2008

Auteur : UNICEF
Prix : Gratuit
Nombre de pages : 54
Date de publication : Mai 2008
Editeur : UNICEF
Langues :
Anglais Français
ISBN : 978-92-806-4247-6

 

NIGERIA: Trafficking of girls, abuse worsening

KANO, 7 July 2008 (IRIN) – The trafficking of girls from villages to cities in Nigeria is increasing and the state is powerless to stop the trade, officials told IRIN.

“The business of recruiting teenage girls as domestic help in rich and middle-class homes is booming despite our efforts to put a stop to it”, Bello Ahmed, head of the Kano office of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons (NAPTIP), told IRIN.

Girls aged 12-17 are regularly trafficked from villages and brought to the city to work as maids for an average monthly wage of 1,500 naira (US$13) which they usually send back to their parents who are caring for several of their siblings, according to Ahmed. Read more …

 

BURKINA FASO: New child trafficking law hard to enforce

OUAGADOUGOU, 4 June 2008 (IRIN) – The Burkina Faso government has passed a new law that increases jail terms for traffickers from a maximum of five to 10 years, but child protection experts fear this will not stop child-trafficking, which the ministry of social welfare says is rising.

“The law [passed on 15 May] will do something,” Naba Jérémie Wangré, project manager at the Burkina Faso Red Cross told IRIN, “but punishing the crime is not the whole answer … to combat it you need to commit more resources to it, and that takes political will.”

Since 2000 the police have intercepted 6,000 children thought to have been trafficked in Burkina Faso, according to the ministry of social welfare and national solidarity, which fears a sharp rise in activity. “All provinces of the country are now affected by trafficking,” said Saidou Ouédraogo, director of child protection at the ministry. Read more …

 

3ème Congres Mondial Contre l’exploitation Sexuelle des Enfants et des Adolescents

3ème Congres Mondial Contre l’exploitation Sexuelle des Enfants et des Adolescents se tiendra à Rio de Janeiro du 25 au 28 Novembre 2008.

 

World Congress III against the Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents

World Congress III against the Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 25-28 November 2008.

 

49ème session du Comité des Droits de l’Enfant

La 49ème session du Comité des Droits de l’Enfant aura lieu entre 15 septembre et 3 octobre 2008 au Palais Wilson à Genève, en Suisse.

 

49th Session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child

The 49th Session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child will take place from 15 September to 3 October, 2008 at the Palais Wilson in Geneva, Switzerland.