Child Issues

My Eight Rules Of Safety

All children are special and deserve to be happy and safe. If anyone does anything to hurt you then it is important that you tell an adult person that you trust so that they can make whoever is hurting you, STOP. Here are some of the things that you can do to protect yourself more…

Preventing Commercial Sexual Exploitation Of Pacific Children

This case study on Fiji was presented by Shamima Ali at the End Child Prostitution, Pornography and Trafficking (ECPAT) Conference which was held in Suva in June, 1998. The conference was attended by over 90 delegates from the Pacific region, including several Pacific Women’s Network Against Violence Against Women members. The purpose of the Conference was to discuss strategies to address the growing concern of child prostitution, trafficking and pornography  more…

Child Sex Tourism Offences In The Pacific

On 18 December, 1998, Fiji and Australia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to combat child sexual abuse, and to make it easier for police to crack down on child abusers exploiting children in the Pacific islands. This is seen as a very important more…