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MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Philippines has become the world’s largest known source of online child sexual exploitation, with endemic poverty helping drive a surge in abuse, a report said Thursday. Parents and relatives were responsible for facilitating the abuse in nearly all cases, according to the International Justice Mission aid group’s seven-year study. The combination of English fluency and high internet connectivity in the former US colony had helped make the country a “global […]
(Reuters) — Authorities in the sprawling Indonesian capital are cracking down on child exploitation after a raft of cases ranging from child labour, sexual assault, and violence came to light in recent weeks, officials said. Tens of thousands of children are trafficked annually in Indonesia, with the majority of them forced into prostitution and manual labor, according to UNICEF. A wave of arrests late last month included several Jakarta residents who sedated infants and used […]
Actress and UNICEF Ambassador Angie Harmon recently returned from a visit to Nicaragua, where she traveled to bring attention to the horrors of child trafficking within the Central American country and across the globe. During her trip Harmon witnessed UNICEF programs to protect children from violence, exploitation and abuse and spoke with adolescent girls and boys about their experiences. During her trip, Harmon travelled to the Northern town of San Lucas where she witnessed efforts […]
