ECPAT [to 3 May 2014]

ECPAT celebrates 24 years fighting against modern slavery
Posted on 04/30/2014, 14:54
ECPAT was born on 1 May 1990, when a few good people came together with a common concern for children caught in modern slavery. It was clear that there was a growing trend in the use of children for sex tourism – not a topic that many wanted to acknowledge, much less address, at that time. Over the next few years a committed few worked strenuously to break through the culture of silence and, as their voices were increasingly heard, groups from around the world joined, transforming ECPAT into a global network dedicated to ending all manifestations of commercial child sexual exploitation.
Today the ECPAT network includes 80 organisations in 74 countries – reflecting both the unfortunate breadth of the problem and the robust international response…

Retweeted by ECPAT International
Ecpat Belgium @ecpatbelgium May 2
Empowering children to become responsible digital citizens is primary for @ecpat #makeitsafe project http://bit.ly/1k8Itww @CommissionerHR

ECPAT International @ECPAT Apr 30
Today we are celebrating ECPAT’s birthday! 24 years of fighting against commercial sexual exploitation of children. http://bit.ly/1hQQ2e1

ECPAT International @ECPAT Apr 28
Proud to have John Carr representing ECPAT @Harvard today, exploring Priority Research Problems @#DigitallyConnected http://buff.ly/1m4jLjh