The COVID-19 crisis has and is still affecting economies and disrupting travel and tourism businesses worldwide. The situation is pushing many families further into poverty and making children more vulnerable to sexual exploitation. On World Tourism Day 2020, ECPAT International and the Down to Zero Alliance are urging the travel and tourism industry to maintain or make child protection a key priority as the sector recovers.
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Hershey is the largest producer of chocolate in North America, a leading snack maker in the U.S., and a global leader in chocolate and non-chocolate confectionery. Hershey operates 14 factories in six countries and employs more than 16,000 people wo...Read More
The international community has declared that the persistence of child labour in today’s world is unacceptable and, in the Sustainable Development Goals, has renewed its commitment to eliminating all forms of child labour by 2025. This report aims...Read More
COVID-19 as an immediate cause of economic pressures is likely to be time limited. It is therefore important that adequate continuity planning is in place which allows businesses to recover quickly and effectively when demand recovers. Jobs, and the...Read More
Based on long-term ethnographic research, including documentary research, qualitative interviews and observations made at a Portuguese shelter for “sex trafficked women,” this paper explores the counter-trafficking apparatus questioning who bene...Read More
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