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Figures on child prostitutes wrong
UNICEF and ILO raised concerns today about recent “factually incorrect reports” in the media that state there are over 40,000 child prostitutes in Sri Lanka. The statistics quoted UNICEF and ILO data but the two agencies said they have not conducted any research in the past decade on children involved in commercial sexual exploitation in Sri Lanka.
“Statistics from that studies older than 2003 cannot be used to offer a picture of children affected by commercial sexual exploitation today,” both agencies said.
Globally, ILO and UNICEF remain very concerned about the commercial sexual exploitation of children – a term used to describe the sale of children, child prostitution, and child sex tourism and child pornography. Commercial sexual exploitation of children is unacceptable and violation of the Articles 34 and 35 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, signed and ratified by the Government of Sri Lanka. Commercial sexual exploitation is also defined as a worst form of child labor according to ILO Convention 182, Article 3(b).
UNICEF and ILO work with national authorities to improve the protective environment for the promotion of the rights of Sri Lankan children.(Colombo Gazette)
UNICEF and ILO raised concerns today about recent “factually incorrect reports” in the media that state there are over 40,000 child prostitutes in Sri Lanka. The statistics quoted UNICEF and ILO data but the two agencies said they have not conducted any research in the past decade on children involved in commercial sexual exploitation in Sri Lanka.
“Statistics from that studies older than 2003 cannot be used to offer a picture of children affected by commercial sexual exploitation today,” both agencies said.
Globally, ILO and UNICEF remain very concerned about the commercial sexual exploitation of children – a term used to describe the sale of children, child prostitution, and child sex tourism and child pornography. Commercial sexual exploitation of children is unacceptable and violation of the Articles 34 and 35 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, signed and ratified by the Government of Sri Lanka. Commercial sexual exploitation is also defined as a worst form of child labor according to ILO Convention 182, Article 3(b).
UNICEF and ILO work with national authorities to improve the protective environment for the promotion of the rights of Sri Lankan children.(Colombo Gazette)