ECPAT [to 31 October 2015]
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NEW THEMATIC REPORT: Unrecognized Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children in Child, Early and Forced Marriage
Posted on 10/28/2015, 14:18
The 10th Asia Pacific Regional Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect (APCCAN2015) took place from 25-28 October 2015 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with the theme of ‘Investing in Children: Every Child Counts’.

ECPAT, Plan International and APCCAN co-hosted a Panel on Child Marriage during the conference, and a new Thematic Report supported by Plan International was launched, titled, ‘Unrecognised Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children in Child, Early and Forced Marriage’.

The paper aims to contribute to examining the broadly unexplored, yet critical links existing between two kinds of severe violations of children’s rights – Child, Early and Forced Marriage and Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children.

As a joint effort of ECPAT International and Plan International, the paper argues that early marriage acts as a major channel to child sexual exploitation, and can also amount to a form of sexual exploitation of children in itself. It investigates, in particular, the impact of early marriage on child protection, focusing on ways by which, in most regions of the world where this traditional harmful practice is perpetuated, it exposes child brides to early forced sexual initiation and activity, non-consensual sex, unwanted pregnancies, trafficking, forced child labour, and being exchanged for the payment of a bride price…

The full Thematic Report is available here.

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Refugee crisis in Europe and rights of children
ECPAST Statement
Posted on 10/28/2015, 13:54