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Global Monitoring Report on the Status of Action Against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children - Mongolia

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ECPAT International, 2006.

The study Perception, Trends, and Nature of Child Prostitution, conducted in 2001 in Ulaanbaatar, the capital city, with a sample group of 1,193 children from grades 7 to 10, indicated that 42 per cent of girls engaged in prostitution are aged between 17 and 18, while 57 per cent are aged between 13 and 16. The majority of these girls (70 per cent) are school dropouts and around 10 per cent are homeless. Most of the girls engaged in prostitution (85 per cent) live underground in the city’s heating ducts or on the streets. Commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) in Mongolia is closely linked with the problem of street children, who are exposed to various forms of violence, sexual abuse and commercial sexual exploitation, including involvement in the production of pornography. Although there is no reliable data on the numbers of street children in the country, it is estimated to be between one and 4,000 (post 1990, i.e. after the end of the Soviet occupation); 64 per cent are aged between 9 and 14. The majority are found in Ulaanbaatar, but they can also be found to a lesser extent in other large cities such as Dornod and Zamiin Uud.

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