Successes and shortcomings in six years of implementation. Central to the preservation of this argument is the concept of the feminization of poverty. See our booklet, catalyzing a civil society movement against slavery, for details of the free the slaves community liberation initiative strategy to create. Purpose this research seeks to examine child trafficking in ghana. The iom has reunified 400 children in the past two years. Office in charge of monitoring and combating trafficking in persons, said the us government was pleased to partner with ghana to fight child trafficking and pledged to offer support for the partnership to succeed. The iom yeji project quickly caught attention for its work in rescuing children from a form of modern day slavery. Currently there are 75 children at the camp, which is the maximum capacity. Child labour and trafficking in fishing on the volta lake of ghana 83 list of figures 3. Child trafficking into forced labor on lake volta, ghana. Analytical study on child labour in lake volta fishing in.
The ghana immigration service gis reported investigating 22 suspected trafficking cases compared with 20 cases in 2016. Pages in category human trafficking in ghana the following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. For the past ten years, the project has rescued, rehabilitated, returned, and reintegrated 731 children. Almost all the victims of trafficking in the cases reported so far by 2005 had little or no formal education, and. The international organization for migration iom ghana hild ounter trafficking project aims to meet the needs of trafficked children and their parentsguardians in the west african nation of ghana. Iom and free the slaves, an ngo, which formed part of the child protection compact cpc partnership signed between us and ghana.
The rising cases of trafficking across the continent, and the need for awareness of the issue. A case study of ghana wenngren, christina lu stvm11 20111 department of political science. Even so, ghana remains heavily dependent on international financial and technical assistance. Ghana is a country of origin, transit, and destination for women and children subjected to trafficking in persons, specifically forced labor and forced prostitution. Pdf on jan 1, 2018, rex mname osei sarpong and others published adoption practices fueling child trafficking in ghana find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Ghana is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking. Ghana lose their childhood kaitie kudlac abstract this article examines the impact and effects of human trafficking, child labor, and the various forms of mortality and immunization in the west african countries of burkina faso and ghana. While human trafficking and inadequate labor laws encompasses all ages and genders, the primary focus of.
In ghana, west africa, the internal trafficking of children is one of the biggest challenges. Many of the nationstates in the region are empirically weak. The occurrence of human trafficking in ghana first gained interna onal a en on in 2002, with the release of a research study that highlighted the forced labour of. Lets eliminate child trafficking in ghana graphic online. The 2016 tip report includes narratives for 188 countries and territories, including the united states. Standard operating procedures to combat human traf. The victims of child trafficking are usually made to provide sex under threat and without consent. Madam otiko afisa djaba, the minister of gender, children and social. The human trafficking act, 2005 act 694 of ghana, defines human trafficking as the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring, trading or. A nigerian lady, goodness ifeoma amobi, and her ghanaian friend, sampson aglah, have been arrested by ghana security agents in an attempt to traffick three girls to nigeria at the weekend at dabala. The government reported investigating five recruitment agents for suspected human trafficking during the reporting period, compared to three in 2016.
For the second year, the us has classified ghana as a tier 2 watch list country, meaning the government has failed to combat trafficking in the past year. Welfare policy cfwp, ghanas laws on human trafficking, the. One estimate is that 50 percent of trafficking victims are children. On friday 29 th september 2017, the missionaries of africa and the missionary sisters of our lady of africa in tamale gathered at the provincial house for a talk on human trafficking. Prohibitions related to the commercial sexual exploitation of children.
That child trafficking exposes many children to exploitative practices that jeopardise their access to a safe and secure future. Mcguire abstract west africa is one of the most impoverished, underdeveloped, and instabilityprone regions in the world. Thirdly, child trafficking is the fastest growing criminal industry in the world with the total annual revenue for trafficking in persons, not. Volta region is the hub of child trafficking in ghana us. The opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily. Superintendent patience quaye, the director of the antihuman trafficking unit at the ghana police service, explains how ghana is affected by human trafficking as a source, transit and destination. Exact numbers of trafficked children are hard to pinpoint since child trafficking is mostly hidden, and victims often fearful of coming forward. Standard operating procedures to combat human trafficking in ghana with an emphasis on child trafficking. Ghanian children are subjected to forced labor in fishing, domestic service, street hawking, begging, portering. The report, which depicts ghana as a source, transit, and destination country for children and women trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation, says that trafficking within ghana is more prevalent than across international borders. Specifically, the study asks about the root causes of child trafficking in the case of ghana, and why the laws against trafficking enacted there are not adequately enforced. The study use previous work on trafficking to form a theoretical framework, by constructed categories.
Patience quaye of the antihuman trafficking unit of ghana police service. Cheerful hearts foundation trains more volunteers to help reduce child trafficking in ghana. Secretary of state john kerry released the 2016 trafficking in persons report at the u. Child trafficking in ghana united nations office on. Abstract despite the growing efforts by international and national actors to combat trafficking in human beings, the slavery of our time is flourishing. Sex trafficking, trafficking for the purpose of forced sexual exploitation, is a widespread form of human trafficking that occurs in all regions of the world, affects mostly women and girls, and. The need for alternative approaches for addressing child trafficking in africa is significant because of. The ghana government and unicef view free the slaves as a resource on trafficking and child protection, and they regularly consult with us on developing strategies to address these issues.
Children in ghana engage in the worst forms of child labor, including in fishing and. Atuguba explains that victims of trafficking in ghana are mostly from the northern, upper east, upper west and brong ahafo regions. This will enable them to work with law enforcement agencies to combat child trafficking. Standard operating procedures to combat human trafficking in. This study identifies the major causes of child trafficking that stand as a bottleneck in nigeria. However, they are also used as labors to work in field and fisheries, sweep shops or as domestic helps. The movement of internally trafficked children is either from rural to urban. Ghana funding, training, access to informal sector patience quaye senegal no conviction since 2012, religion, funding, access governance and the law poverty is a huge motivation to. According to the statistics of child trafficking in ghana, out of 187 territories and countries, ghana was ranked at tier 2 in to watch list countries. Standard operating procedures to combat human trafficking. The 2017 report named enhancing criminal accountability and addressing challenges in prosecution efforts, is a report that sought to come up with solutions that will be effective in ending. Findings on the worst forms of child labor ghana u.
Furthermore, it seeks to understand and differentiate child trafficking from child labor, and child labor from commonly perceived responsibilities that children have. Nicole michelle morten is a journalist and cinematographer who traveled to ghana, africa in september 2012 as a onemanband reporter for kbtxtv cbs with mercy child trafficking trailer ghana, africa on vimeo. Sadly, in ghana, it has both cross border and domestic human trafficking, expressing worry that trafficking in persons is the second largest criminal activity in the world, following illegal drugs just in front of illegal arms, says csupt. Causes, effects and remedies abstract this study focuses on the causes, effects and remedies of child trafficking in nigeria using ijebuode local government area of ogun state as a case study. Child trafficking hinders ghana african independent. Ghana s youngest victims florence gbolu, journalists for human rights jhr, ghana, august 8, 2006 at one time this article had been archived and may possibly still be accessible here. Child victims of trafficking from somalia, ghana and. By raggie johansen human trafficking is an international problem affecting millions of people and many countries around the world. One of the worst forms of child labour that occurs in ghana is the trafficking of children. Pdf adoption practices fueling child trafficking in ghana.
This thesis will examine the causes of these problems. Poverty not excuse for child trafficking otiko djaba. This series on standard operating procedures to combat human trafficking in ghana was made possible through support provided by the united states department of state, under the terms of award no. This conception provides that women are the majority percentage. Pdf trends of child trafficking situation in nigeria and. Chiefs and local community leaders are eager for the human trafficking bill to be passed. Nigerian arrested for human trafficking in ghana punch. The nonconsensual exploitation of ghanaian citizens, particularly children, is more common than the trafficking of foreign migrants. Many ghanaian children are trafficked from their home villages to work in the fishing industry. Trafficking in human beings, especially women and children, in africa v contents foreword vii 1 introduction 1 1. Child trafficking in ghana and the child protection compact cpc partnership. Well endowed with natural resources, ghana has roughly twice the per capita output of the poorest countries in west africa.
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