Moving from sex work to leadership
Each year, around two million children are exploited in commercial sex work. Half a million of these children are from South Asia. They face years of virtual slavery, which can result in psychological and physical harm. Those who do manage to escape are often confronted with stigma and systems ill-equipped to help them.
In this programme we talk to Mark Capaldi and Vimala Crispin who work with ECPAT, a Christian Aid partner working to ensure that children around the world can enjoy their fundamental human rights free from commercial sexual exploitation. They explain how ECPAT’s innovative Youth Partnership Project is enabling children and young people to set the agenda in the campaign to end the commercial sexual exploitation of children and in supporting survivors
Programme Links
- ECPAT’s Youth Partnership Project – http://www.ecpat.net
- Global Gang childrens website – Find out about Youth Partnership Project member Sanlaap
- Stop the Traffik - Sign a declaration against trafficking to send to the UN
Mark Capaldi and Vimala Crispin were interviewed by Antoinette Powell of Christian Aid. The views expressed in this programme are those of the contributors and may not reflect official Christian Aid policy. For our public position, please visit http://www.christianaid.org.uk
