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Training manual to fight trafficking in children for labour, sexual and other forms of exploitation. Textbook 1: Understanding child trafficking

Document number
2215
Date
2009
Title
Training manual to fight trafficking in children for labour, sexual and other forms of exploitation. Textbook 1: Understanding child trafficking
Author/publisher
International Labour Office, International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC), UNICEF, UN GIFT
Availability
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Document type(s)
Guidelines/Recommendations, Training Material/Resources,
Keywords
Child Trafficking, Child Prostitution, Child Pornography, Corporate social responsibility, Multi-stakeholder partnerships: Family reunification, Guardian, Family Tracing, Age Assessment, Freedom from Detention, Interim Care, Integration, Adoption, Best Interests Principle, Child Victims of Trafficking, Separated Migrant Children, Unaccompanied minors, Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), Child protection systems,
Summary
The training manual is composed of three textbooks, an exercise book and an electronic guide for facilitators (see CD-ROM). The training manual is aimed at four groups of end users: governments (G), workers' (W) and employer's (E) groups, and NGOs and international agencies working for children (N). It can be used in a training environment and as a stand-alone resource for those who wish to hone their understanding and skills in efforts to end child trafficking. The accompanying guide for facilitators is aimed at individuals and agencies delivering training courses using the manual; it includes suggested answers to the various assignments, and ideas on customizing the contents of the training manual to satisfy participants' and agency needs. The facilitators' guide follows the same structure as the training manual.

The training manual is structured to move from understanding to action, and is composed of three books: Textbook 1 covers definitions of and approaches to child trafficking, and aims to outline the main concepts involved so that there is clarity and common understanding. It includes facts and figures designed to give a ‘snapshot' of child trafficking across the world, and looks at how statistics and data can be gathered and used so that such a snapshot is clear and usable. Finally, it explores the people involved in anti-trafficking efforts. These elements - a common platform of understanding, data and statistics, and mapping of actors' strengths and weaknesses - are essential prerequisites to effective action and are the key ingredients of National Action Plans (NAPs), a country's blueprint for combating trafficking.
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