Background:
Mauritania is located on the continent of Africa along the northwest coast. In 1960, this country gained its independence from France, and it became a member of the United Nations in 1961. The Sahara Desert engulfs most of Mauritania.
Child Trafficking:
In isolated parts of Mauritania, child trafficking is most prominent, because of the ancestral history of master-slave relationships. Trafficking is performed in many different ways within the country, and it varies between boys and girls. Mauritanian boys, called Talibe, are trafficked by religious teachers for forced begging. Girls are forced into domestic servitude and prostitution. Street gangs force children to steal, beg, and sell drugs. They are also trafficked in the fields of agricultural and constructional labor, along with the fishing industry.
Governmental Efforts:
The government has not fully complied to eliminating child trafficking, and it is making very little effort to actually do so. There hasn't been much progress made in trying to help the victims of trafficking. Statistics show that a total of four children had been saved in a one year period; this is out of over 170,000 children in the country involved in forced labor.
Mauritania is located on the continent of Africa along the northwest coast. In 1960, this country gained its independence from France, and it became a member of the United Nations in 1961. The Sahara Desert engulfs most of Mauritania.
Child Trafficking:
In isolated parts of Mauritania, child trafficking is most prominent, because of the ancestral history of master-slave relationships. Trafficking is performed in many different ways within the country, and it varies between boys and girls. Mauritanian boys, called Talibe, are trafficked by religious teachers for forced begging. Girls are forced into domestic servitude and prostitution. Street gangs force children to steal, beg, and sell drugs. They are also trafficked in the fields of agricultural and constructional labor, along with the fishing industry.
Governmental Efforts:
The government has not fully complied to eliminating child trafficking, and it is making very little effort to actually do so. There hasn't been much progress made in trying to help the victims of trafficking. Statistics show that a total of four children had been saved in a one year period; this is out of over 170,000 children in the country involved in forced labor.