Public Opinion is Clear: Urgent Legislation Required to Protect Children from Sexual Exploitation! Read the story

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Association Nigérienne pour le Traitement de la Délinquance et la prévention du crime (ANTD)

Association Nigérienne pour le Traitement de la Délinquance et la prévention du crime (ANTD)

Contact: Mr. Saley Garba
Phone: 00227 21 66 85 01; 00227 93 93 02 92
Address: BP: 2981 Niamey République du Niger
Email: antdniger@yahoo.fr
Website: http://www.antd-niger.blogspot.com/

Facts

According to the last estimates, nearly two thirds of Niger’s population is below 18 years of age.

Niger is the country with the highest rate of child marriage in the world. In 2015, 76% of women aged 20-24 years old were married before 18. In the region of Diffa, the rate is even higher: the percentage reaches 89%.

Niger is a source, transit, and destination country for children trafficked for labour and sexual purposes, mainly because of caste-based slavery practices. Girl victims are subjected to trafficking for sexual purposes within the country and along the border with Nigeria, sometimes with the complicity of their families. In the Tahoua region, girl slaves are forced to marry men who buy them as “fifth wives” and subject them to forced labor and sexual servitude (wahaya).

Resources

ECPAT International
Overview of research findings: Sexual exploitation of children in the context of travel and transport in Burkina Faso, Côte D’ivoire, Guinea and Niger

Year: 2023

ECPAT International
Niger – Country Monitoring Report

Year: 2017

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