Child Prostitution

ADULT STATISTICS

* In Israel, a study on CSEC (Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children) shows that there is an ongoing and systemic commercial sexual exploitation of minors, both girls and boys. Even the most cautious estimates indicate many hundreds of minors are involved each year. (ECPAT International, A Step Forward, 1999)

* Israel Women's Network, a NGO, estimates that 70% of prostituted women in Tel Aviv, come from the former Soviet Republics, and around 1,000 women are brought into Israel illegally each year. A prison spokeswoman said, as many as 100 women may be waiting for deportation in Neve Tirza women's prison near Tel Aviv. (CATW Fact Book, citing Elisabeth Eaves, "Israel not the promised land for Russian sex slaves", Reuters, 23 August 1998)

* There are over 1,000 women in prostitution in Tel Aviv. (CATW Fact Book, citing CEDAW Report, 8 April 1997)

GENERAL NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS

* Though it is acknowledged that young girls are not involved, the Public Inquiry Committee concedes that the 'imports' to Israel include 16-17 year old adolescent girls." (ECPAT, CSEC Database citing the Public Inquiry Committee, http://www.ecpat.net/eng/ecpat_inter/projects/monitoring/online_database/index.asp)

* Children's rights activists estimate that there may be several hundred child prostitutes. (US Dept of State, Human Rights Report, 1999)

* There are no official numbers regarding the extent of prostitution and the traffic of women in Israel, but there is a general consensus that it is becoming more prevalent. (CATW Fact Book, citing CEDAW Report, 8 April 1997)

* There has been a steady increase in the numbers of foreign women involved in prostitution, 95% of the cases were from the former USSR. (CATW Fact Book, citing CEDAW Report, 8 April 1997)

* There is a growing market for child-pornography in Israel. It is not produced in Israel, but is imported and sold freely in response to growing demand. (CATW Fact Book, citing CEDAW Report, 8 April 1997)
Source: http://www.globalmarch.org/worstformsreport/world/israel.html