Umbiko Wezwe Ngokuningiliziwe okhishwe namhlanje yi-ECPAT International uthi kudingeka olunye ucwaningo oluphuthumayo mayelana nokuxhashazwa ngokocansi nokuhlukunyezwa kwezingane eFiji.
Lo mbiko, othuthukiswe ngokubambisana neSave the Children Fiji, uthi nakuba leli zwe linqunywe njengomthombo, indawo, kanye nezwe elidlulayo lokushushumbiswa kwezingane emhlabeni wonke ngenjongo yocansi - izigameko zakamuva zokushushumbiswa kwasekhaya ikakhulukazi zikhombisa ukuthi kukhona isidingo esibalulekile sokuqonda kangcono nokubhekana nenkinga.
U-Iris Low-McKenzie, oyiChief Executive Officer yeSave the Children Fiji ubalule amacala akamuva aqhakanjiswa yimithombo yezindaba yokuxhashazwa kwezingane ngokocansi, kubalwa nendoda ephoqa intombazane eneminyaka engu-15 ukuba ibe yisigqila socansi, nabadayisi bamajusi okusolwa ukuthi bathengisa izingane ngezocansi. Kepha, uthi yize kusobala ukuthi kunenkinga enkulu, cishe akunakwenzeka ukuqonda izinga layo eligcwele njengoba kwenziwe ucwaningo oluncane kakhulu eFiji.
"Sinolwazi olungajwayelekile lokuthi ukushushumbiswa kwasekhaya kuyinto ekhona njengoba izingane zihamba kakhudlwana emsebenzini nasekutadisheni," kusho uLow-McKenzie. “Siyazi futhi ukuthi eFiji, izisulu zivame ukuhamba phakathi kwamadolobha ukuze kuhlangatshezwane nesidingo. Kodwa-ke, njengoba lungekho ucwaningo lwakamuva kunzima kakhulu ukuqonda ubukhulu nobubanzi balolu daba - nokusebenzisa amasu okuluvimba. ”
Ukushushumbiswa kwenziwe lula ngabanye
Umbiko ukhomba ukuthi u-2009 kwaba okokugcina lapho kwenziwa ucwaningo mayelana nokuxhashazwa kwezingane ocansini eFiji, ngokusebenzisa iphrojekthi iSave the Children Fiji ne-ILO. Imininingwane evela kulolucwaningo iveze ukuthi ezinye izingane eziyizisulu zalobugebengu kungenzeka ukuthi zibamba iqhaza ekuzixhaphazeni ngokocansi njengecebo lokusinda, nokuthi izingane ziyiswa ezindaweni lapho zihlukunyezwa khona, ikakhulukazi ezindaweni zabavakashi noma ngesikhathi semikhosi. Kuphinde kwavezwa ukuthi izingane eFiji ziyaxhashazwa emisebenzini yabantu ngabodwana nangenhlangano, imvamisa emakilabhini nasezindaweni zezifebe ezisebenza njengama-motels noma ama-massage parlors.
Ingozi eyengeziwe ku-inthanethi
Umbiko uphinde uxwayise ngengozi evelayo - njengoba ukufinyelela kwi-Intanethi kukhuphuka. Njengoba abantu abangaphezu kwengxenye yabantu baseFiji baseku-inthanethi, izingane zaseFiji zibhekene nengozi eyandisiwe yokuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi.
"Ngisho nasendabeni yomndeni onakile, izingane zisengaba sengozini yokuxhashazwa ngokocansi online - uma kubhekwa imfihlo evame ukufihlwa nokusetshenziswa kwezingane eziningi kwi-Intanethi," kusho uLow-McKenzie. “Njengasemazweni amaningi, eFiji, isici esiyinhloko ukungaqondi kwabazali ngezingozi izingane zabo ezibhekana nazo ku-inthanethi. Yize kunokuntuleka okukhulu kocwaningo, imibiko eminingana iqinisekisa ukuthi inkinga ifikile lapha futhi abazali kudingeka bazi kakhulu ngezinto ezenziwa izingane zabo ku-inthanethi. ”
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Lo mbiko, owenziwe ngokubambisana neSave the Children Fiji, uthi yize leli lizwe selinqunywe njengomthombo, indawo, kanye nezwe lokuthuthela ezweni ngokushushumbiswa kwezingane emhlabeni ngezinhloso zocansi - amacala asanda kushushumbiswa kwasekhaya ikakhulukazi akhombisa ukuthi kukhona isidingo esibucayi sokuqonda kangcono nokubhekana nenkinga.
- The report indicates that 2009 was the last time that research into the sexual exploitation of children was conducted in Fiji, through a Save the Children Fiji and ILO project.
- Data from this research revealed that some child victims of this crime may be actively engaging in their own sexual exploitation as a survival strategy, and that children are being transported to locations where they are abused, in particular tourist areas or during festivals.
