SEX TRAFFICKING IN THE AMERICASeBook

 
SEX TRAFFICKING IN THE AMERICAS
 
 
 
 
 




REGIONAL MECHANISMS

 



The following regional bodies and networks are some of the many forums available for counter-trafficking initiatives and/or development and coordination of strategies.


Forum Action
PARLACEN: Commission on Women, Children and Family Legislative assistance
Central American Police Organization Policy and coordination
Central American Council of Human Rights Ombudsmen (Consejo Centroamericana de Procuradores de Derechos Humanos) Policy and coordination
Central American Commission of Migration Directors (OCAM) and the Regional Conference on Migration Policy and coordination
International Organization for Migration Technical assistance
Save the Children Financing and coordination
International Program for the Eradication of Child Labor (ILO/IPEC) - Regional program against child sexual exploitation Financing and technical assistance
UNICEF Financing and coordination
ECPAT (End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes) Advocacy
Casa Alianza (Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua) Advocacy and victim assistance
Local NGO Networks Advocacy, coordination, victim assistance


BEST PRACTICES


The following initiatives take meaningful steps toward establishing an effective strategy to reduce, control and combat the trafficking of women and children for sexual exploitation in the Americas.


Prevention:


. Campaign Viajera (Dominican Republic):
The NGO COIN has produced multiple information and awareness materials for potential and actual female migrants. The materials include: a booklet with NGO and consular contacts in traditional destination countries and basic legal protections; and a comic book of stories of trafficked women, based on actual experiences.


. Police Warnings (Guasaule, Nicaragua):
Police stations at the border in Guasaule inform young female migrants traveling alone of the dangers of trafficking. Written advisory materials (press reports) are distributed.






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