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Online library - Given the need to have a common vision of a genuine child-friendly justice system and a very clear understanding of the roles and responsibilities undertaken for an effective protection of child victims/witnesses of crimes of sexual nature, child trafficking or…
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Online library - This toolkit is designed to assist those working with victims of child sexual exploitation in monitoring and evaluating the reintegration of children and young people back into their families and/ or their wider communities. The toolkit provides ideas,…
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Online library - A two-year global study initiated by ECPAT International reveals that more children are being sexually exploited than ever before and that this is an endemic phenomenon throughout the world. The global report includes a total of 64 reports and expert papers…
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Online library - This report details the environment in which the Sexual Exploitation of Children continues in Europe as well as providing some recommendations for government, nongovernment and private sector responses in the prevention and combating…
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Online library - In April 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) published the report "Situation analysis on the prevention of child maltreatment in Albania: the way forward", prepared within the framework of the Biennial Cooperation Agreement between the WHO Office in Albania,…
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Webinar - Although not a new phenomenon, research from international and European based non-governmental organizations points to an increase in the percentage of sexually exploited boys.  While the research base remains limited, findings indicate that boys often originate from…
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Online library - In this publication the Council of Europe explores the critical role played by social services in the delivery and protection of children's rights. Elements of social care are child and family friendly across all Council of Europe member states. Nevertheless,…
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Online library - Barnardo's compiles the findings of a parliamentary report examining the support and sanctions for children who display harmful sexual behavior (HSB). This report stresses that children who display HSB should always be regarded as children first…
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Online library - ECPAT International has published a guidelines document that clarifies the definition and the use of certain terms in the field of child protection. Terminlogy affects everything from how we respond to an incident, to how policies and laws are crafted. Thus, it is…
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Online library - This FRA publication examines the legislative and policy provisions available in the EU to protect children with disabilities from abuse. Evidence indicates that children with disabilities are considerably more at risk than non-disabled children. Although…
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Multimedia - Experts in social norms and the sexual exploitation of children came together in the UK from 30 March – 1 April 2015 for the first face-to-face meeting of the Learning Initiative on Norms, Exploitation and Abuse (LINEA). In this video, participants reflect on what they…
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Online library - The research on the Child Sexual Abuse Within the Circle of Trust, which was realized in cooperation with the State Agency for the Protection of Children’s Rights, responds to the needs of institutions to shed light upon a phenomenon that has their…
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Multimedia - This short report tells about the 'Our Voices' project, which is a three-year, pan-European initiative funded by the Oak Foundation and the University of Bedfordshire. The project aims to promote the involvement of young people in efforts to prevent sexual violence…
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Multimedia - This animated video draws attention to 5 facts concerning children and teens and the proliferation of the online sex industry, which results in the widespread sexual exploitation of youth. Those are the following: 1) Online Sex-related extortion, or “…
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Multimedia - Focusing specifically on sexual abuse in the circle of trust and also on some of the Lanzarote Convention’s key messages, the Council of Europe video “Tell someone you trust” offers children aged between 9 and 13, the possibility to understand through one girl’s story…
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Multimedia - The Drum reports that Children’s charity Children’s Society has teamed up with VCCPme to draw attention to child sexual exploitation with a film focusing on the reality of sexual abuse in teenagers. Directed by ‘Luther’ director Sam Miller, the emotive…
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Multimedia - Below you will find the infographics that WithoutViolence has produced in cooperation with their fellows and partners.  Without Violence is a field-building project designed to help violence prevention leaders and practitioners communicate solutions and accelerate…
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Online library - This report by the independent NGO Hope for Children UNCRC Policy Center examines the challenges that new technologies have posed to online safety of children, particularly in regards to sexual abuse issues. It features an overview of the European…
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Online library - In this 2014 report, the European Parliament explores the different types of violence experienced by children across the EU. The socio-economical costs of failure to act now to prevent violence are significant. This report therefore argues in favor of a…
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Multimedia - The commercial sexual exploitation of children is a problem across all Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries, facilitated by poverty, corruption, migration and lack of education in the region. Children in this region are also vulnerable to being coerced or…
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Multimedia - In addition to the human cost of sexual violence against children, there are also high economic costs in the form of a lack of productivity and strain on social services. At a global level, it is estimated that productivity losses due to sexual, physical and…
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Online library - This summary presents the evidence on the effectiveness of interventions to prevent violence against women and girls (VAWG).  It is based on a rapid review of the existing evidence through a review of reviews and online searches of academic databases. Despite…
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Multimedia - University of Bedfordshire team worked with young people from eight different youth projects across England to produce a series of films about what needs to be done to address the issues of gang-associated sexual violence and exploitation. The young people took charge…
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Online library - In 2011 UNICEF and the EU entered a new partnership for the purposes of running the Protecting Children from Violence in South East Europe project. Initially four countries fell under the project’s remit: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Turkey. Due to…
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Online library - This report is made possible because of the partnership formed between the EU and UNICEF for the purposes of examining the child protection systems in place in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Turkey. The aim has been to identify areas of deficiency so…
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Multimedia - In cases of child sexual abuse, children often find it difficult to inform anyone of their abuse. However, research based on parents’ recollections in therapeutic settings of their children’s experiences of sexual abuse suggests that children often give verbal signs,…
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Online library - We are sharing this material, which summarizes the experience of a team of professionals from different fields, united around the task of supporting young people deprived of parental care in recognizing and overcoming everyday violence and in overcoming the risk of…
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News - The "Ability to Change" initiative was launched in 2019 in Bulgaria by organizations that are members of the Partnership for Learning and Action network. The project "And is it so… (stories about power and violence)" is part of this initiative, which includes the Know-how…
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Multimedia - The health crisis caused by COVID-19 and social isolation resulted in a crisis in various economic sectors and many people lost their jobs. This has greatly increased their vulnerability to the crime of human trafficking, and the Internet has proved to be the ideal…
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Online library - According to data from various sources, sexual violence against children in Ukraine has acquired an alarming scale. Results of surveys among children show that every fifth child in Ukraine has been subject to various forms of sexual violence. In more than 80% of…