STOP SEX TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE
Human trafficking exists in countries all over the world, not just in the poorest nations. It is the 3rd largest (1) and fastest growing criminal industry in the world. (2) In the Philippines ,
70 per cent of trafficking victims are women and children. In most cases, these women and children end up being sold to bar and brothel owners and forced to work in the sex trade, including work in cybersex dens. Victims are treated as commodities; bought and sold as if they are properties.
The Stop Sex Trafficking of Children & Young People campaign launched in partnership between ECPAT and The Body Shop seeks to create greater understanding of the issue and raise vital funds for victims or those at risk of trafficking. The campaign comes with a petition that aims to collect
signatures from people who want to help stop sex trafficking.
We need your support in this campaign by signing this ONLINE PETITION so that thousands of online signatures represent a show of hands by everyone committed to Stop Sex Trafficking of Children & Young People. By August 2011, we will present these signatures to the government. In the same year, worldwide signatures, including those coming from the Philippines , will be presented to decision makers in the UN.
The Philippine campaign specifically calls on the government to urgently focus on the following specific areas:
The development of community-based awareness raising activities on child trafficking, particularly targeting the most vulnerable children;
Raising awareness of trafficking in schools by providing appropriate training to teachers;
Improving law enforcement systems in particular by conducting training and raising awareness amongst law enforcement officials;
Capacity building of professionals and the allocation of further resources for organizations that provide recovery and reintegration services to child victims of trafficking for sexual purposes.
YOUR SIGNATURE REALLY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
Click Here To Sign the Petition and Share This Link To All Your Friends and Contacts Now!
www.thebodyshop.com.ph/stopsextraffickingpetition
Be Aware, Join the Campaign and Support the Stop Sex Trafficking of Children & Young People campaign now!
For more information about this global campaign, visit: http://www.ecpat.net/tbs/ecpat-tbs.html
(1) UNFPA 2006
(2) UN GIFT 2008
