No Excuses for child sexual exploitation

CristoRey

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Maybe in 20 years we?ll see some changes... maybe not. This type of behavior has been
going on for several (macho) generations and it will probably be several more generations
before we see it stop, if it ever does. Its not just here but in other Latin American countries
across the region as well. I believe there is no such thing as low hanging fruit when it comes
to this issue.

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The Attorney General Office and the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) launched an awareness
campaign on the sexual exploitation of children and teenagers on Tuesday 27 September 2016.
The campaign seeks to motivate people to report cases of sexual exploitation.

The campaign “No Excuses” says that one of the main barriers to eradicate sexual exploitation is the
present tolerance in Dominican society. The campaign seeks to raise awareness of sexual exploitation
as a crime against the healthy development and wellbeing of children and teenagers, for violating their
fundamental rights. It encourages members of the public to report sexual exploitation,
child pornography and people smuggling.

Unicef representative Rosa Elcarte says that child sexual exploitation is a kind of modern slavery.
She says there are no excuses when some exploiters, especially the “clients” try to justify their acts by saying that
the children are in agreement. Elcarte says that a child or teenager does not have the neuronal or psychological
maturity to want to be exploited and instead gets to that point due to pressure from their families or from
pimps, or the social environment where a girl’s body is just seen as a money-making tool. “She is always the victim, who has to be rescued and supported so she can begin a new life. Whoever promotes sexual exploitation is the criminal, the client is the criminal and whoever tolerates and fails to report the crime makes it possible for more children to be exploited,” she stated at the presentation of the new campaign.

Attorney General Jean Alain Rodr?guez said that the government would prosecute and combat sexual
exploitation, especially in the case of children and teenagers. He said the Attorney General office has taken
on the challenge of reducing sexual exploitation to a minimum or eradicating it completely. The department’s
investigation capacity has been boosted to help detect cases and implement action protocols, working in
coordination with the Specialized Prosecutors for High-Tech Crimes, especially in the cases of online child
pornography.

The event was also attended by the assistant prosecutors general for women’s affairs Roxanna Reyes,
children and teenager coordinator Marisol Tobal, illicit trafficking of migrants Jonathan Bar?, and
John Henry Reynoso of the High-Tech Crimes department.

Source: DR1 News September 26, 2016

Source: El Nuevo Dario
http://www.elnuevodiario.com.do/app/...aspx?id=499942
 

Gabriela

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