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Date: November 25, 2024 Mon
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Results for crime prevention programs (cambodia)
1 results foundAuthor: Thomas, Frederic Title: Impact of Closing Svay Pak: Study of Police and International NGOs Assisted Interventions in Svay Pak Summary: This report presents findings from investigations that aim at studying the impacts, positive or negative, of the successive attempts to shut down Svay Pak known as a prostitution area located 11km from Phnom Penh. This report does not aim at criticizing police interventions in Svay Pak or to point out some NGOs but aim at highlighting the long period of time needed to definitively close this area and from now the need of a different and holistic approach by NGOs, government agencies and police units. Both government and anti-trafficking NGOs ought to consider prostituted women/children as victims of an internationally influenced unbalanced development process. Actually, these victims are mainly responding to family pressures in being prostituted. Another comment would be for the government to work more on prostitution networks than on prostituted population. Of course, the corruption and the involvement of high ranking officials must be a real matter of concern to reach objectives aiming at stopping commercial and sexual exploitation of children. The need of a holistic approach is to improve the efficiency of anti-trafficking programs and better harmonize policies. For example, the successful closure of Svay Pak has not stopped the sexual and commercial exploitation of the prostituted children and girls working previously in Svay Pak. Even worse or perhaps better for them sometimes, as we will see, it mainly spread this population all around the country with living and working conditions that we plan to study in this paper. Some policies aiming at fighting trafficking were not adapted to the local situation and NGOs must not act to reinforce their visibility among and through Media or to ensure funding but mainly to support law enforcement and provide assistance to victims. Moreover, we understand that the issue of prostitution is also very sensitive for several reasons and it can also be a source of disagreement between NGOs in terms of legitimacy or lawfulness of activities. The primary conflict appears to be the legality of NGO actions, mainly in terms of care for people acting illegally, or people being trafficked. But on the anti-trafficking side, each NGO must make a decision as to how far they must regulate themselves as an NGO and to not step on the toes of the Government. Provision of social services by NGOs is also a priority, to ensure children’s and youth’s rights, and to get valuable information to ensure paedophile and virginity-seekers are brought to trial. Partnerships must be developed between police, NGOs and social services prior to intervention. At the moment, some NGOs have such a holistic approach, but some do not. This report aims to encourage a holistic and common approach to rescue victims and avoid further trafficking of victims. To conclude this section, a more effective approach would certainly be to reinforce activities countermanding sex with minors. If there were no demand, there would be no supply. Details: Phnom Penh, Cambodia: NGO Coalition to Address Sexual Exploitation of Children in Cambodia (COSECAM), 2005. 28p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed December 20, 2012 at http://www.cosecam.org/publications/impact_of_closing_svay_pak_eng.pdf Year: 2005 Country: Cambodia URL: http://www.cosecam.org/publications/impact_of_closing_svay_pak_eng.pdf Shelf Number: 127239 Keywords: Crime Prevention Programs (Cambodia)Human Trafficking (Cambodia)Intervention Programs (Cambodia)Prostitution (Cambodia) |