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Young People’s Voices on Child Trafficking: Experiences from South Eastern Europe

Document number
2140
Date
2008
Title
Young People’s Voices on Child Trafficking: Experiences from South Eastern Europe
Author/publisher
Mike Dottridge, UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, Innocenti Working Paper
Availability
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Document type(s)
Research/Study/Analysis,
Keywords
Corporate social responsibility, Multi-stakeholder partnerships: Best Interests Principle, Child Victims of Trafficking, Separated Migrant Children, Unaccompanied minors, Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), Child protection systems, Child Trafficking, Child Prostitution, Child Pornography,
Summary
Each child's experience is unique, yet the different views and perceptions presented provide important insights into what trafficked children endure. The aim of this report is not to identify regional trends or patterns or presume that the experiences of the 31 children interviewed (30 girls and 1 boy) represent the reality of all trafficked children in the region. Rather, the report is intended to stimulate thinking and action, based on the active participation of children and young people. It provides individual children a platform to willingly share their experiences and perceptions, understanding that where there is such willingness there are likely to be benefits for those who participate. Much of the information from the interviews with the 31 children and young people confirms findings from previous research, in which children were not the sole informants. The information also offers some new perspectives. The study was limited to children who were trafficked before reaching the age of 18, who received institutional assistance during their recovery, and who were willing to talk about their experience and to participate in the study. Since these care institutions focus on providing assistance to victims of sexual exploitation, and are designed to shelter girls and women, with one exception, all of the interviewed children and young people were girls.
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