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Prostitution in [[Cameroon]] is illegal, but it attracts [[sex tourism]] from the West, especially for [[child prostitution]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Nzouankeu|first=Anne Mireille|date=30 May 2012|title=Trending: Chinese sex workers in Cameroon|url=http://www.rnw.nl/africa/article/trending-chinese-sex-workers-cameroon |work=Radio Netherlands Worldwide|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203063534/http://www.rnw.nl/africa/article/trending-chinese-sex-workers-cameroon |archivedate=2014-02-03}}</ref> The Cameroonian government has attempted to stop this trade by agreeing to [[multilateral agreement]]s such as charters against sex tourism, like signing up with the Universal Federation of Travels Agents Associations (UFTAA).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2007/100470.htm |title=2007 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices – Cameroon|publisher=United States Department of State|date=2008-03-11|accessdate=2010-01-25}}</ref> |
Prostitution in [[Cameroon]] is illegal, but it attracts [[sex tourism]] from the West, especially for [[child prostitution]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Nzouankeu|first=Anne Mireille|date=30 May 2012|title=Trending: Chinese sex workers in Cameroon|url=http://www.rnw.nl/africa/article/trending-chinese-sex-workers-cameroon |work=Radio Netherlands Worldwide|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203063534/http://www.rnw.nl/africa/article/trending-chinese-sex-workers-cameroon |archivedate=2014-02-03}}</ref> The Cameroonian government has attempted to stop this trade by agreeing to [[multilateral agreement]]s such as charters against sex tourism, like signing up with the Universal Federation of Travels Agents Associations (UFTAA).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2007/100470.htm |title=2007 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices – Cameroon|publisher=United States Department of State|date=2008-03-11|accessdate=2010-01-25}}</ref> |
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==Sex trafficking== |
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Cameroon is a source, transit, and destination country for women and children subjected to sex trafficking. Child traffickers often use the promise of education or a better life in the city to convince rural parents to give their children over to an intermediary, who then exploits the children in sex trafficking; traffickers also kidnap victims, as heightened public awareness of trafficking has led parents to be less willing to give their children to intermediaries. Sometimes relatives subject children to sex trafficking within the country. Homeless children and orphans are especially vulnerable to trafficking. Teenagers and adolescents from economically disadvantaged families are often lured to cities by the prospect of employment but are subjected to sex trafficking.<ref name="state17">{{cite web|title=Cameroon 2017 Trafficking in Persons Report|url=https://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/countries/2017/271160.htm|website=U.S. Department of State|accessdate=2 March 2018}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Prostitution in Cameroon is illegal, but it attracts sex tourism from the West, especially for child prostitution.[1] The Cameroonian government has attempted to stop this trade by agreeing to multilateral agreements such as charters against sex tourism, like signing up with the Universal Federation of Travels Agents Associations (UFTAA).[2]
Sex trafficking
Cameroon is a source, transit, and destination country for women and children subjected to sex trafficking. Child traffickers often use the promise of education or a better life in the city to convince rural parents to give their children over to an intermediary, who then exploits the children in sex trafficking; traffickers also kidnap victims, as heightened public awareness of trafficking has led parents to be less willing to give their children to intermediaries. Sometimes relatives subject children to sex trafficking within the country. Homeless children and orphans are especially vulnerable to trafficking. Teenagers and adolescents from economically disadvantaged families are often lured to cities by the prospect of employment but are subjected to sex trafficking.[3]
References
- ^ Nzouankeu, Anne Mireille (30 May 2012). "Trending: Chinese sex workers in Cameroon". Radio Netherlands Worldwide. Archived from the original on 2014-02-03.
- ^ "2007 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices – Cameroon". United States Department of State. 2008-03-11. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
- ^ "Cameroon 2017 Trafficking in Persons Report". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 2 March 2018.