ECPAT Booth at World Congress III attracts delegates from around the world
Over the course of the World Congress III, ECPAT’s booth was a welcoming and popular destination for Congress participants, wanting to expand their knowledge to combat the commercial sexual exploitation of children and seeking out ECPAT’s WCIII-related publications and advocacy materials, as well as ECPAT’s wealth of other information on the commercial sexual exploitation of children.
ECPAT groups from around the world also displayed and distributed their publications, posters and campaign materials in every language and covering every region of the world.
Publications
Several new ECPAT materials were launched for the first time at the WCIII. These included:
Protecting Children from Sexual Exploitation in Tourism – a CST and Code-of-Conduct training resource kit
ECPAT’s new training resource kit aims to inspire and consolidate partnerships between the private sector, civil-society organisations and other relevant stakeholders with the purpose of combating child-sex tourism (CST). This guide includes individual training sessions that can be adjusted by trainers for any capacity-building intervention to a variety of audiences (from tourism professionals to other trainers such as NGO staff). Click here for the resource kit and accompanying slides. Available in English. (Spanish available soon.)
Code of Conduct for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation in Travel and Tourism
This introductory brochure on The Code of Conduct for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation in Travel and Tourism (The Code) offers a general overview of this industry-driven, multi-stakeholder initiative, which seeks to increase protection of children from sex tourism. Available in English.
Strengthening Laws Addressing Child Sexual Exploitation: A Practical Guide
Strong laws, together with effective enforcement procedures that are child sensitive, are of crucial importance to protect children from all forms of sexual exploitation. While progress has been made through international and regional standard setting and national law, ECPAT International’s work has demonstrated the inadequacy of their implementation. This guide was developed to support a necessary transition from aspiration to action. Available in English.
Youth Journal
This exciting new publication highlights the work of youth actively engaged in ECPAT’s global network. Each article has been written by a young person and provides valuable insight into youth perspectives and recommendations from around the world for engaging children and young people in advocacy and other initiatives against the commercial sexual exploitation of children. Available in English.
Young Person’s Guide to Combating Child-Sex Tourism
Written and presented in a child-friendly format, this guide aims to inform children and young people about child-sex tourism. It includes sections on ‘What is child-sex tourism?’, ‘Who abuses children?’, ‘Who are the children who are abused through child-sex tourism?’, ‘What is the harm done to the children?’, and more. Available in English, French and Spanish
Young Person’s Guide to Trafficking in Children & Young People Especially for Sexual Purposes
Written and presented in a child-friendly format, this guide aims to inform children and young people about child trafficking. It includes sections on ‘What is Trafficking?’, ‘Who Traffics Children?’, ‘Where does Trafficking Take Place?’, ‘What does the law say about Trafficking?’ and more. Available in English, French, Spanish and Russian
Regional Overview on Child Sexual Abuse Images through the Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Belarus, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine
This new report is available in English and Russian
Global Monitoring Report on the Status of Action against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children - Kyrgyzstan
This report is now available in English and Russian.
Global Monitoring Report on the Status of Action against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children - Moldova
This report is now available in English.
Questions and Answers about the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (newly revised version)
This popular publication has been updated, and is available in English, French and Russian
Combating the Trafficking in Children for Sexual Purposes: Questions and Answers
This publication is now available in French
All of these publications were distributed freely at the WCIII in hardcopy and electronic versions. In addition, ECPAT distributed several of its other major publications and journals, including ECPAT’s country-specific Global Monitoring reports on the Status of Action against the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children.
WC III-related publications
Under the commissioning organization and the WCIII Special Rapporteur, Professor Jaap Doek, ECPAT produced seven (out of eleven) of the WCIII thematic papers. These papers were available in hardcopy and CD (in English, Spanish, French and Russian) at ECPAT’s Booth.
Prostitution of Children
Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes
Sexual Exploitation of Children in Tourism
Child Pornography and sexual exploitation online
Law enforcement dimensions
Psycho-Social dimensions
Corporate Social Responsibility & Role of Private Sector in combating Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children
Financial Mechanism for combating commercial sexual exploitation of children online
Call to Action booklets, developed by ECPAT and partners as a result of Regional preparatory meetings held in Asia and Pacific; Europe and Central Asia; South Asia and Latin America were also distributed at ECPAT’s booth. These booklets summarised the main actions and specific advocacy messages that resulted from these meeting and served as valuable resources during the course of the Congress to ensure that the recommendations were echoed in the different forums.
Child-friendly materials
In the belief that young people’s experiences and inputs enrich the deliberations and outcomes of the Congress, and to promote the meaningful participation of the 300 young people at the Congress, ECPAT prepared child-friendly versions of the thematic papers. These papers were distributed on a specially prepared CD aimed at children, which also contained several other of ECPAT’s child-friendly publications in electronic form.
Other materials
In addition to publications, ECPAT prepared other materials for the Congress to help carry the message of a child’s right to protection from sexual exploitation. These included tote bags and buttons, which were offered as free gifts to Congress participants and given to media as part of ECPAT’s press kit. ECPAT also had t-shirts, scarves and ties available that included the message ‘Every child has the right to protection.’
The ECPAT International booth saw a lot of activity over the three-day Congress, with large amounts of ECPA’T’s materials distributed. The booth also served as a networking avenue and meeting ground for all Congress participants including government delegates, experts, professionals and all others seeking to enrich their knowledge and expand their capacity to end the sexual exploitation of children.
