SEXUAL ABUSE AND EXPLOITATION OF BOYS IN SOUTH ASIA A ...

• There should be mechanisms in place for children to report suspected or real cases of
abuse and exploitation and these must be child- and gender sensitive. Follow-up by
professionals should be timely and child- and gender-sensitive.
• Coordination among stakeholders.
• Establish collaboration agreements, protocols and viable networks to build
coordination and service referral for victims among government agencies, civil society
organizations and service providers.
Family unity and capacity
• Focus policies on (1) building family capacity to protect and care for children,
including livelihood options; (2) building knowledge of child rights, child
development, child participation and child protection issues; and (3) health care and
social intervention services.
• Give special attention to disadvantaged communities, minorities, indigenous groups
and households headed by females and children.
Institutionalization of children
• Establish policies that reduce the number of children in institutions by developing
family care and community-based alternatives.
International cooperation
• Promote international cooperation through coordination among international
organizations.
• Increase the focus on sexual abuse and exploitation of boys through development aid.
9.5 Programming
Expand awareness of sexual abuse
• Conduct awareness campaigns in schools, communities and families, with children’s
participation and the assistance of national media, on sexual abuse and related issues,
including gender discrimination and imbalance, children’s rights and harmful
traditional practices, among others.
• Provide information and education on sexual health and sexual abuse in schools and
in training curricula for professionals, including social workers, teachers, police,
health practitioners and journalists.
Address sexual exploitation in pornography
• Ensure the existence of a national specialized law enforcement entity dedicated to
investigating Internet-facilitated crimes against children and to identifying victims of
child sexual exploitation.
• Establish national specialized units to work in cooperation with other national units on
child pornography, through Interpol, with images of child sexual exploitation to be
shared through the International Child Sexual Exploitation database as material
evidence of a crime.
• Require Internet service providers to report child abuse images and block access to
sites including them.
• Establish administrative regulation of cyber cafes and other places where computers
are available to the general public, including specific measures to protect children and
adolescents, which may take the form of a standard or code of conduct.
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