Children Speak Out. What Influences Child Trafficking in Southeast Europe. Bosnia and Herzegovina Report
- Document number
- 1398
- Date
- 2007
- Title
- Children Speak Out. What Influences Child Trafficking in Southeast Europe. Bosnia and Herzegovina Report
- Author/publisher
- Save the Children
- Availability
- View/save PDF version of this document
- Document type(s)
- Research/Study/Analysis,
- Keywords
- Missing children, Internal trafficking, Forced labour, Identification, Domestic servitude, Sexual exploitation, Private fostering, Forced marriage, Corporate social responsibility, Multi-stakeholder partnerships: Child Trafficking, Child Prostitution, Child Pornography, Best Interests Principle, Child Victims of Trafficking, Separated Migrant Children, Unaccompanied minors, Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), Child protection systems,
- Summary
- Between May 2002 and May 2004, Save the Children carried out Phase I of the South East Europe Regional ChildTrafficking Response Programme which piloted six anti-trafficking projects with at-risk and trafficked children inAlbania, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia and Romania. The six pilot projects attempted to promote and protectthe rights of at-risk and trafficked children through a combination of prevention, protection and reintegration activities,all of which adopted a child rights participatory approach to interventions.The aim of Phase II is to increase protection of the rights of high risk and trafficked children in southeast Europethrough consolidated regionally linked work in seven countries in the region. More specifically, the programme isworking with children in their communities and through partnership with NGOs and Government agencies to developcoordinated and sustained interventions that target support to the most vulnerable groups.While Phase I provided an understanding of some of the vulnerabilities at play in the trafficking of children, Phase IIintends to build on and deepen this knowledge in order to design and implement effective and targeted vulnerabilityreducing strategies.In Phase I, groups of children who were understood to be at risk included socially marginalised children, children frombroken homes, ethnic minority children (e.g. Roma, Ashkali children), children who suffer family violence and abuse,those who lack schooling, family support or protection, and children who have been trafficked; yet it is not clear howthe evidence that these children are at special risk of trafficking was gathered.A clearly identified limitation is the lack of distinction between general vulnerabilities and specific vulnerabilities totrafficking. While there have been a number of studies on child trafficking within SE Europe in recent years, there is anotable absence of consultation with high-risk or trafficked children and their families and communities, about theirneeds and concerns, and about what interventions might be effective.Strengthening the understanding of children’s vulnerability to trafficking is critical and that is why Save the Children identified research as a priority for Phase II in order toaddress gaps in the knowledge base on this issue.
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