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

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. [...] Therefore, the design for the survivors’ conversations in this project was built on the principle that the participants had, and perceived themselves to have, significant control over the process, including the decisions of what they shared. [...] The advantages of this design are that it is attentive to the nature and sensitivities of the topic, and promotes choice and empowerment, placing high value on the fact that participants have, and perceive themselves to have, significant control over what they share with the researchers. [...] 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. [...] Moreover, the length of the survey was noted as a challenge by the participants, due to the number of variables and the time required for completion.