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Child Trafficking in South Africa: Exploring Myths and Realities
August 1, 2021

Child Trafficking in South Africa: Exploring Myths and Realities

In South Africa child trafficking has become a central concern for both the state and non-state agencies. Although it is …

Child sexual exploitation: Definition and a guide for practitioners, local leaders and decision makers working to protect children from child sexual exploitation
August 1, 2021

Child sexual exploitation: Definition and a guide for practitioners, local leaders and decision makers working to protect children from child sexual exploitation

Introduction Child sexual exploitation is a crime with devastating and long lasting consequences for its victims and their families. Childhoods …

Child sex trafficking in the United States: Challenges for the healthcare provider
August 1, 2021

Child sex trafficking in the United States: Challenges for the healthcare provider

Scope and definition of child trafficking Human trafficking violates fundamental human rights of children the world over. In a global …

Child Pornography on the Internet: A growing problem demanding new counter-measures
August 1, 2021

Child Pornography on the Internet: A growing problem demanding new counter-measures

Child pornography on the Internet is a growing problem. This is indicated by a Sweden-wide police raid on 25 May …

Child Marriage, Early Childbearing, Low Educational Attainment for girls, and their Impacts in Uganda
August 1, 2021

Child Marriage, Early Childbearing, Low Educational Attainment for girls, and their Impacts in Uganda

Background to this Series Despite substantial progress over the last two decades, girls still have on average lower levels of …

Child Marriage in Southern Asia
August 1, 2021

Child Marriage in Southern Asia

Child marriage is not only a violation of a girl’s rights; it also seriously compromises efforts to reduce genderbased violence, …

Child Labour in the Arab Region
August 1, 2021

Child Labour in the Arab Region

Child labour has long been a feature of economic life in the Arab region, particularly in agriculture, small traditional craft …

Child Domestic Workers: A handbook on good practice in programme interventions
August 1, 2021

Child Domestic Workers: A handbook on good practice in programme interventions

Child domestic workers were for long an invisible group of working children. Today, they are recognised as among the most …

Child domestic workers:  A handbook for research and action
August 1, 2021

Child domestic workers: A handbook for research and action

The occupations in which children are most often found form part of the informal and frequently ‘invisible’ work-place. They are …

Cause for Concern? London social services and child trafficking
August 1, 2021

Cause for Concern? London social services and child trafficking

Introduction In January 2003, ECPAT UK started research to measure the level of awareness within London social services on the …