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Introducing the Issue
In order to get involved you need to
adequately understand the issues.
Overview
Background and Definitions of Child Sexual Exploitation
(pdf) and related terms is an
introduction to child sexual abuse dynamics and terminology.
Who’s at Risk for Sexual Exploitation (pdf)
by Sisters Offering Support highlights risk factors.
Ellen Armstrong's
Factors that push young women into sex work
(pdf) is an important more academic research project in
this regard.
Comparing Cambodian Adult and Children's understanding of Child
Abuse (pdf) (Glenn Miles,
Tearfund) contrasts the attitudes of children and adult to abuse
in Cambodia.
Laurence Gray's report
Children's Work: Adults play (pdf)
(World Vision) describes the growth and challenge of sex tourism
in Cambodia.
The IJM report
No Mercy (pdf) describes the
fatalistic attitude towards child prostitution in India.
World Vision's
No Child of Mine (pdf) is an
introduction to the sexual exploitation of children.
A Safe World for Children (pdf)
by Melanie Gow of World Vision contains a situation analysis of
child sexual exploitation in Cambodia by Laurence Gray among other
studies of abuse to children.
Trapped by Inequality (pdf) is a
report by Human Rights Watch about the situation for Bhutanese
refugees in Nepal.
Coalition Against Trafficking in Women International (CATW)
gives
10 reasons (pdf) why
prostitution should not be legalised.
John Hopkins University have produced an excellent Country by
Country Report on Human Trafficking as part of the protection
Project. It is available as a CD from:
The Protection Project
Johns Hopkins University
School of Advanced International Studies
1717 Massachusetts Ave. NW, # 515
Washington, DC 20036
www.protectionproject.org (web)
+1 (202) 663 5896
World Health Organisation's
Child Abuse and Neglect (pdf)
gives a brief introduction to child sexual abuse and its
prevention.
This ECPAT paper
Blaming Children for Their Own Exploitation: The Situation in East
Asia (pdf) by Amalee McCoy
discusses the issue of children from better backgrounds who are
seen as being voluntary participants in sexual exploitation.
Putting Children in the Right: Guidelines for Journalists and
Media Professionals (pdf) is the
International Federation of Journalists is a general introduction
to issues related to children at risk, for media personnel.
The Right Not to Lose Hope (pdf)
addresses the issues facing children who are in conflict with the
law - in particular, the failure of care and protection systems
and criminalisation of children's coping strategies.
UNICEF’s
factsheet (pdf) is a good brief
on the subject of trafficking.
ILO’s publication
Social Protection: A Life Cycle Continuum Investment for Social
Justice, Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Development
(pdf) puts children at risk factors
in a broader context and looks at protecting them by investing in
their entire lifecycles.
The
Sex Exploiter paper (pdf)
discusses child sexual abuse and exploitation from the perspective
of the perpetrator.
Unto the Third Generation: A Call to End Child Abuse in the United
States within 120 Years (pdf) by
Victor I. Vieth gives background history on child abuse, and lists
some of the difficulties in addressing the issue.
Prayer is an integral part of the Christian response to child
sexual abuse. This
guide (pdf) will assist those
who organize prayer for it.
Statistics
The UNICEF’s State of the World’s Children reports have
statistics and summaries of risks and effectiveness of
interventions for children at risk. It is updated annually and can
be obtained from
www.unicef.org (web).
Toolkit
As part of Save the Children UK’s Make Child Poverty History
Campaign,
Child Poverty Timelines (for 9-14years old)
(pdf) is a resource for child
participation understanding the factors involved through doing
time-lines. It can be adapted for use in other contexts.
Best practices
Exploitation of the child in a Domestic Labour context is a
growing problem in the region. There is increasing awareness of
the need to address this. The following ILO resources will help:
Good Practices and Lessons Learnt in Combating Hazardous Work in
Child Labour (pdf) and
Child
Domestic Labour in South East Asia - Good Practices to Combat It
(pdf).
The
Inter-Agency Guiding Principles to Separated and Unaccompanied
Children (pdf) sets out
principles for the welfare and protection of these children for
policy–makers.
Good Practice in Asia-Pac to combat CSEC
(pdf) gives more secular case
studies from the Asia Pacific Region.
Websites
IPSCAN
http://ww.ispcan.org/OnlineResources.html
(web) offers online resources for
Child Abuse and Neglect including downloadable presentations on
Summary of Child Abuse and Neglect (CAN)
(ppt) and
Assessment and Treatment of Sexually Abused Children and
Adolescents (ppt). Also
available is
ISPCAN’s World Perspectives 2004 report
(pdf) on the scope of child abuse worldwide.
http://www.talktilitstops.org.uk (web)
is an interactive website launched by children's charity
NSPCC (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
UK) to tackle child abuse. TalkTown is part of the charity's
national 'Talk 'til it stops' campaign. The site uses artificial
intelligence to advise anyone worried that a child is being
abused. Users can interact with the characters to get information
on Child Abuse.
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