Briefing Paper - CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE ONLINE: - Survivors’ Perspectives in Colombia

With over 30 years of experience in engaging with and managing multi-stakeholder processes and The Voices of Survivors research project aimed to explore child alliances across national, regional and global sexual exploitation and abuse online in six countries, including levels; ECPAT is considered to be at the helm of all issues and manifestations pertaining to Colombia.2 Presenting the perspectiv. [...] 2 Child sexual exploitation and abuse online: Survivors’ Perspectives in Colombia Briefing Paper Main findings and recommendations This research puts the voices of survivors of child sexual exploitation and abuse online at the forefront of the response to this problem. [...] According to one young survivor it is necessary to reach the communities with the message of prevention, recognition of these crimes and to promote reporting, allowing more and more people to learn about the issue, commit themselves and support the defence of children’s rights and the reporting of the offenders. [...] 3 Child sexual exploitation and abuse online: Survivors’ Perspectives in Colombia Briefing Paper The surveyed frontline workers also mentioned that family members need to be better informed in order to prevent such crimes: “To a large extent, crimes related to technological means give merit to the lack of knowledge from the legal, assistance, and guidance perspective, and the support that the fami. [...] Both the young people who engaged in the conversations and the frontline workers who responded to the survey spoke about the need to improve the capacities of service providers.