Children

Scott Free - Protecting Children against Sexual Exploitation in Tourism

Research Papers and Case Studies
How many more of our children will we watch being destroyed for the pleasure and entertainment of adults, who go scot-free? Child exploitation in tourism is an organised and serious crime and it is growing. It demands committed and concerted action. Research, studies, investigations and police cases unearths that child sexual exploitation is a rampant crime in India and tourism is guilty. This paper reports on the growing concerns, the myths around child sexual exploitation, history of abuse and impunity, pinpoints destinations of abuse and the weak laws that allow child sexual exploitation to continue. Given this rather bleak landscape of pervasive and widespread abuse linked to tourism, the paper converges on the basic and minimum steps that different bodies must take with the greatest priority if there is to be hope for India's children.
Geographies
India

EQUATIONS is a research, policy, and advocacy organisation working on tourism and development issues in India. Our work has focused on the economic, environmental, social, cultural, political and administrative impacts of tourism particularly on people living in and around tourism destinations. We collaborate closely with organisations and peoples movements, to influence people-centered forms of tourism & policies that ensure significant local benefits and take into account the negative impacts of an unbridled growth of tourism.

 

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