Facts on Trafficking and Prostitution

Factbook on Global Sexual Exploitation

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The Factbook on Global Sexual Exploitation was compiled from media, non-governmental organization and government reports. It is an initial effort to collect facts, statistics and known cases on global sexual exploitation. Information is organized into four categories: Trafficking, Prostitution, Pornography, and Organized and Institutionalized Sexual Exploitation and Violence.

Sources were not contacted to verify information. Close examination will reveal that there are contradictions in information depending on the sources of information (ex: how many women are in prostitution in Thailand). All statistics are reported with no attempt to evaluate which numbers are more likely to be accurate. In fact, the exact numbers in many cases are not known and estimates come from different sources which use different methods to determine what they report.

We hope these facts will assist people to recognize the harm caused throughout the world by sexual violence and exploitation and catalyze action against this violence agianst women.

This project was made possible with the support of the College of Arts and Sciences, University of Rhode Island and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), Norway.

If you use this information in your work, please reference this factbook--The Factbook on Global Sexual Exploitation, Donna M. Hughes, Laura Joy Sporcic, Nadine Z. Mendelsohn, Vanessa Chirgwin, Coalition Against Trafficking in Women, 1999.

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Asia

Southeast Asia Southeast Asia and Pacific Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Burma/Mynamar China and Hong Kong Cambodia India Indonesia Japan Korea Macau Malaysia Maldives Nepal Pakistan Philippines Sri Lanka Taiwan Thailand Turkey Vietnam

Europe

Europe Central and Eastern Europe Eastern Europe Albania Austria Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Netherlands Norway Poland Romania Russia Slovak Republic Spain Sweden Switzerland Ukraine United Kingdom Yugoslavia

Oceania

Australia East Timor New Zealand Papua-New Guinea

Africa

Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Ghana Kenya Liberia Nigeria Rwanda South Africa Sudan Tanzania Togo Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

Middle East

Middle East Egypt Iran Iraq Israel Jordan Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Yemen

Central America and the Caribbean

Latin America Central America Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic Guatemala Honduras Suriname Trinidad and Tobago

South America

Argentina Brazil Columbia Venezuela

North America

Canada Mexico Marianas (USA) United States

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Factbook Table of Contents

Coalition Against Trafficking in Women
Factbook on Global Sexual Exploitation
Donna M. Hughes, Laura Joy Sporcic and Nadine Z. Mendelsohn