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Regional Overview – South Asia The Commercial Sexual
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Overview: The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in South Asia [PDF] ECPAT International,
November 2014 www.ecpat.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Regional%20CSEC%20Overview_South%20Asia.pdf [accessed 21
September 2020] Maps sexual exploitation
of children in travel and tourism (SECTT), online child sexual exploitation
(OCSE), trafficking of children for sexual purposes, sexual exploitation of
children through prostitution, and child early and forced marriage (CEFM).
Other topics include child labour, poverty and
inequality, armed conflicts, natural disasters and displacement, migration,
HIV/AIDS, and traditions. ECPAT - Regional
Overview: The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in East and
South-East Asia [PDF] ECPAT International,
November 2014 [accessed 21
September 2020] Maps sexual
exploitation of children in travel and tourism (SECTT), online child sexual
exploitation (OCSE), trafficking of children for sexual purposes, sexual
exploitation of children through prostitution, and child early and forced
marriage (CEFM). Other topics include poverty and inequality, migration,
armed conflicts, natural disasters and displacement, and traditional
practices. ECPAT - Global
Study on Sexual Exploitation of Children in Travel and Tourism: South Asia [PDF] Johanna Wallin, ECPAT International, June 2016 www.ecpat.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/SECTT_Region-SOUTH-ASIA.pdf [accessed 21
September 2020] The Global Study
provides an overview of the sexual exploitation of children in travel and
tourism. More information and reports can be found at https://www.protectingchildrenintourism.org. Sexual Abuse and
Exploitation of Boys in South Asia [PDF] A Review of
Research Findings, Legislation, Policy and Programme
Responses John Frederick, Child
Protection Consultant, UNICEF Innocenti Research
Centre, IWP-2010-02, April 2010 www.unicef-irc.org/publications/pdf/iwp_2010_02.pdf [accessed 22
September 2020] Some countries in
South Asia are beginning to fill the knowledge gap regarding both child
sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of boys. The information that is
presented was mainly gathered in 2008, but it remains limited by the sources
available, some of which date back several years previously. The findings are
however considered to be relatively robust and consistent. The report
presents concrete recommendations for strengthening legislation, policy and programmes to address this issue from a child rights
based approach. It highlights that listening to boys and girls and learning
from their experiences and recommendations are key
to designing and implementing effective preventive and protective mechanisms.
Southeast Asia a
Haven for Pedophiles [PDF] Laura Marquez, ABC
News, 17 August 2006 abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=2325416&page=1 [accessed 22
September 2020] The children live
in appalling conditions, according to the report, and in constant fear of beatings
by both clients and pimps. The report said that prostitutes as young as 10
years old can service up to 30 clients a week. They often suffer from
numerous sexually transmitted diseases, including AIDS. The Europeans and
Americans who go to Southeast Asia as "sex tourists" often
rationalize having sex with children with the idea that "they are
helping the children financially better themselves and their families,"
Nair said. "Paying a child for his or her services allows a tourist to
avoid guilt by convincing himself he is helping the child and the child's
family to escape economic hardship." The Department of
Justice Web site lists an excerpt from an interview with an anonymous,
retired U.S. schoolteacher who wrote on a child sex tourism Web site, "I'm
helping them financially. If they don't have sex with me, they may not have
enough food. If someone has a problem with me doing this, let UNICEF feed
them." Other tourists try
to justify their behavior by believing children in foreign countries are less
"sexually inhibited." Nair said tourists convince themselves
"those countries don't have the same social taboos against having sex
with children." All
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