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Websites
Adults Saving Kids
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Paul and Lisa, Inc.
Children of the Night
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Youth Advocate Program
Protecting children in cyberspace
Prostitution Research and Education
Freedom and Justice Center for Prostitution Resources
Websites
There are numerous websites that offer information and resources
dealing with commercial sexual exploitation.
If you only
visit one of these sites, the editor’s of Café strongly
encourage you to visit the
Coalition Against Trafficking in Women, an international
organization that promotes women’s rights. Browse the extensive
library of international articles, studies and statements concerning
the legalization of prostitution, sex trafficking, and organized
sexual violence. Recommended reading: "Sex Trafficking of Women in
the United States: International and Domestic Trends."
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Asha Forum
A Christian organization dedicated to protecting children from all
forms of sexual abuse. Check out their list of international
partners and the "introducing the issues" section for a good
grounding.
"Teen Sexual
Behaviors" is a portion of the Focus Adolescent Services website.
This page has articles, links, and stats about teen and adolescent
sexual health and concerns. Follow the link to the Report out of
University of Pennsylvania on the
Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in the U.S., Canada, and
Mexico (2001)
- 75% of children who are victims of commercial sexual exploitation
are from middle-class backgrounds.
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325,000 children are reported as being sexually exploited in the
United States annually. Of that figure, 121,911 ran away from
home and 51,602 were thrown out of their homes by a parent.
Novels, non-fiction, and everything in between on the Captive
Daughters reading list.
ECPAT
Find out what works in prevention, protection, and rehabilitation on
the Good Practices index for the group to
End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography, and Trafficking of
Children for Sexual Purposes
GEMS: Girls Education and Mentoring Service
Make a donation to support young women at risk or involved with
sexual exploitation and violence.
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National Domestic Violence Hotline
800-799-SAFE
National Sexual Assault Hotline
800-656-HOPE
National Center for Missing and Exploited
Children
800-THE LOST
National Runaway Switchboard
800-621-4000
Children of the Night
800-551-1300
Child Abuse Hotline
800-4-A-CHILD
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Kids Online: Protecting Your Children In Cyberspace
by Donna Rice Hughes (Revel, 1998)
Casting
Stones: Prostitution and Liberation in Asia and the United States
by Rita Nakashima and Susan Brocks Thistlewaith (Fortress Press,
1996)
Not With My
Child
edited by Roger Jr. Castillo (United Youth Security, L.L.C., 1999)
Unmasking
Sexual Con Games: Helping Teens Identify Good and Bad Relationships
by Ron Herron and Kathleen M. Sorenson (Boys Town Press, 1997)
Erica's
Choices: Alternatives to Running Away
by Carol Watson (Missing Children Minnesota, 1996)
Child
Lures: What Every Parent and Child Should Know About Preventing
Sexual Abuse and Abduction
by Kenneth Wooden (The Summit Publishing Group, 1995)
ELCA Message on
Commercial Sexual Exploitation
Multiple copies available from ELCA Distribution Service
(800-328-4648).
Single complimentary copies (800-638-3522x2996).
Sexual Exploitation is an International Crisis
One aboriginal woman tells her story in "Trapped in the silent sex
trade."
"Nigerian teens flood Italy’s sex market."
The United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of the Child
UNICEF’s webpage on Trafficking and sexual exploitation offers
facts, definitions, and sidebars on female genital mutilation and
other related women’s and children’s rights issues.
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