Turning the Tide on Child Sex Tourism in Africa
Sexual exploitation of children is often related to high poverty levels and growing inequality, however governments are adopting strategies to help stamp out the scourge.
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Kenya: Child Sex Tourism Blights Mombasa
The Star, 27 March 2012
THE government has been urged to implement the laws on sex tourism. read more »
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South Africa signed the Tourism Child Protection Code of Conduct.
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Kenya: Child Sex Tourism Numbers in Mombasa Bloated - MCTA
The Star, 19 March 2012
The Mombasa and Coast Tourist Association has accused civil societies of blowing the issue of child sex tourism out of proportion. read more »
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Gambia: CPA Coordinator Urges Action Against Child Sex Tourism
The Daily Observer, 24 February 2012
The national coordinator of the Child Protection Alliance (CPA), Njundu Drammeh has called on all and sundry to help stop child sex tourism (CST). He made this call during a ... read more »
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Gambia: Manual On Child Sex Tourism Launched
The Daily Observer, 12 October 2011
As tourist season is at the corner, the Gambia Tourism Board (GTB) has recently taken unprecedented step by officially launched the GTB training manual on child sex tourism (CST). ... read more »
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Gambia: CPA Organises Forum On Child Protection in Tourism
The Daily Observer, 21 February 2012
The Child Protection Alliance (CPA) with support from the ECPAT Netherlands Thursday organised a two-day training workshop on the Gambia Tourism Board (GTB) Code of Conduct for the ... read more »
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Gambia: Tourism Board Launch Its Training Manual for Child Sex Tourism
FOROYAA Newspaper, 7 October 2011
The Gambia Tourism Board in its commitment to eradicate child sex tourism in the Gambia constituted a task force committee for developing a training manual on child sex tourism. ... read more »
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Gambia: Manual On Child Sex Tourism Launched
The Daily Observer, 6 October 2011
The Gambia Tourism Board [GTB] Wednesday officially launched the Gambia Tourism Board training manual on child sex tourism at the Baobab Hotel. The launching came following the ... read more »
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Kenya: Fight Against Child Sex Tourism Needs a Boost
PlusNews, 28 April 2011
When police in Kenya's coastal tourist city of Mombasa conduct night raids, it is not unusual for a large number of sex workers arrested to be under 18. read more »
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Kenya: Supkem Slams Balala Over Sex Trade
The Star, 26 April 2011
COAST leaders have dismissed Tourism minister Najib Balala's claim that he is committed to fighting prostitution at the Coast. The leaders had last week accused him of condoning ... read more »
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Kenya: Child Prostitution Irks Leaders
The Star, 20 April 2011
Leaders from the Coast have raised concern over growing child sex tourism in the region. They expressed anger over the government's inability to weed out the vice. The leaders ... read more »
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Madagascar: Fighting a Rising Tide of Sex Tourism
UN Integrated Regional Information Networks, 26 November 2010
Community-based resistance to sex tourism on Nosy Be, an island off the northwest coast of Madagascar and its busiest resort, is holding the line against child sex work, but the ... read more »
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South Africa: UN Lauds South African Travel Industry's Signing of Code Denouncing Sex Tourism
UN News Service, 9 June 2010
South Africa's travel and hotel industries have signed a code of conduct designed to protect children against sex tourism, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said today, ... read more »
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Gambia: Workshop On Child Sex Tourism
FOROYAA Newspaper, 11 November 2009
The Child Protection Alliance in collaboration with ECPAT Netherlands on Thursday conducted a two day training workshop for stakeholders from the tourism sector at the Baobab ... read more »
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Gambia: Sex Tourists Exploiting Children
UN Integrated Regional Information Networks, 30 October 2008
Child protection experts say sexual exploitation of children by tourists is on the increase in The Gambia, despite national laws against it. read more »
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Madagascar: No Welcome for Sex Tourism
UN Integrated Regional Information Networks, 7 October 2008
The warning posters start at the airport in the capital, Antananarivo, informing visitors that Madagascar says "NO to sex tourism" and "Malagasy women are not tourist souvenirs". read more »
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Kenya: Child Sex Tourism A Cancer
The East African Standard, 24 March 2007
The 35th IAAF World Cross Country Championships takes place in Mombasa on Saturday and President Mwai Kibaki is expected to flag off the event. read more »
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Kenya: Muslims Condemn Child Sex Tourism
The East African Standard, 23 December 2006
The Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims wants religious leaders to be involved in the war against child sexual exploitation at the Coast. read more »
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Kenya: Unicef Report Alleges Child Sex Tourism
The East African Standard, 19 December 2006
At least 1,500 children engage in sex tourism daily along the Kenyan coast. This is according to a damning new report released by the United Nations Children's Education Fund ... read more »
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Pedophiles invading Africa? What a shame!!!
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