2007 Trafficking in Persons Report - Center for Women Policy Studies

the World Cup. The government funded a number
of major public campaigns conducted by NGOs,
and supported 24-hour hotline for trafficking
victims and World Cup attendees. Posters and
flyers were displayed in key areas where fans
gathered to watch games on large outdoor screens,
reaching a much larger audience than previous
anti-trafficking campaigns.
Cambodia: Moto-Taxis Help
Crackdown on Child Sex
Tourism
The NGO Childsafe Program has trained 36 mototaxi
drivers and employees of 25 guesthouses to
protect and identify children who are at risk of
commercial sexual exploitation in Sihanoukville,
a beach resort town. The program trains drivers
of moto-dups (two-wheeled taxis) and tuk-tuks
(three-wheeled taxis) to identify and report any
suspicious behavior by tourists who may have the
intention of exploiting children.
Cambodia: NGO Helps Arrest
Child Sex Tourists
Action Pour Les Enfants (APLE) focuses on
eradicating street-based sexual exploitation
and arresting traveling child-sex offenders in
Cambodia. As a result of APLE’s work in 2006,
Cambodian authorities arrested 21 child-sex
offenders and pedophiles. APLE has worked with
local police and judicial officials, monitored these
same officials, facilitated greater involvement of
foreign police officials, and provided legal representation
to victims who would otherwise not be
able to afford a lawyer.
Nepal: Trafficking Survivors
Work To Prevent Trafficking
Shakti Samuaha, the first NGO in the world
formed by trafficking survivors, organized a
conference attended by more than 120 survivors
to mark the 97th International Women’s Day.
Many of the women traveled for two or three days
on foot due to transportation strikes. The survivors
assembled to focus on preventing human trafficking
of vulnerable populations, particularly
adolescent girls, and providing rehabilitative
services for trafficking survivors. The organization
upholds human rights at the core of its human
trafficking strategy and compels policy makers to
work from the perspective of victims of trafficking
and those who are the most vulnerable.
Burkina Faso: National
Truckers Union Intercepts
Human Trafficking Victims
The local NGO, Lutrena Project for the Mobilization
and Building Capacity of Road Haulers, formed an
alliance with the Truckers Union to intercept and
repatriate human trafficking victims. The project
established an anti-trafficking alert system at bus
stations in seven of the 13 regions where child
trafficking is prevalent. The anti-trafficking network
includes representatives of truckers unions, security
forces, social action groups, and both religious and
traditional groups to identify and report suspected
trafficking situations. The anti-trafficking network
has successfully intercepted 549 children, including
four girls, in the past year and enabled the prosecution
of 29 traffickers.
“The fact that there are forms of slavery in our
world today should fill us all with shame. As an
African woman, I would add that it also fills me
with rage.”
Bangladesh: Confronting
Prostitution of Boys
The NGO INDICIN is one of the most prominent
advocates of children’s rights in the country. It is
also the first NGO in the country to tackle such
sensitive issues as underage male prostitution, a
little-discussed problem in the country. INCIDIN
has worked to remove the stigma of discussing
this subject and to shed light on this phenomenon.
INCIDIN opened a safe-night shelter for
street children in Dhaka and worked with the
Government of Bangladesh to expand the program
to other parts of the country.
C O M M E N D A B L E I N I T I AT I V E S
— United Nations Deputy Secretary General Asha-Rose Migiro, 2007
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