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

30 Nov 2021

In recent years, important achievements have been made in the areas of prevention, legislative protection, child participation, research as well as collaboration with private companies in the travel and tourism sector in the fight against the sexual exploitation of children in such context, both at the national level and in the main tourist destinations of the country. [...] The survey explored perceptions related to the sexual exploitation of children – in general and online; factors related to children’s access to support services; perceptions of the quality and effectiveness of such services; as well as details about the nature of their direct work with children. [...] It is necessary to “Reach the communities with the message of prevention, recognition of these crimes and promote reporting, allowing more and more people to learn about the issue, commit themselves and support the defence of children’s rights and the report of the offenders.” (VoS-COL-02) This recommendation was supported by the surveyed frontline workers. [...] 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. [...] “I believe that for this crime, despite the increased number of victims, the actions implemented are insufficient; the victims are unknown; there is lack of commitment of parents regarding prevention; there is lack of reaction of legal entities for the prosecution of the offenders and this last point involves a series of terrible consequences for the victims, on how much the population believes in.
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