Campaign Partners

    


ECPAT International is a global network of organisations and individuals working together to end all forms of commercial sexual exploitation of children (child prostitution, child pornography and the trafficking of children for sexual purposes). It seeks to encourage the world community to ensure that children everywhere enjoy their fundamental rights free and secure from all forms of exploitation.

Committed to concrete action and focused on children’s rights, ECPAT’s activities are aimed at promoting and ensuring prevention and protection from sexual exploitation for all children, and justice and support for those that fall victim to these crimes. ECPAT works with governments, decision makers, children and civil society to reinforce and enhance the systems of protection that safeguard the right of children to live free of such harm. ECPAT groups monitor progress in fulfillment of government commitments in countries around the world to ensure that the rights and welfare of children are upheld. The campaign “Stop Sex Trafficking of Children and Young People” will bring an added and powerful global voice to call for the rights of children to be protected.

To-date, ECPAT has 81 member groups working in 75 countries who are all dedicated to work against commercial sexual exploitation.

The Body Shop PLC is a is a global retailer selling natural hair and body care products with 2,500 stores in 60 countries across the globe. The Body Shop believes business can be a powerful force for positive social change and uses its’ stores around the world to raise awareness and call for change on important social issues. The Body Shop campaigns are chosen based on whether a big impact can be made on an issue, in addition to raising funds for immediate intervention, The Body Shop aims to provide the public with information on important issues to inspire action and motivate key decision makers to provide solutions. For further information on The Body Shop and its campaigns, visit www.thebodyshop.com.

The role of ECPAT International and The Body Shop:

The partnership between the ECPAT network and The Body Shop is a unique one. This campaign will be the first time that an international network of local grassroots NGOs will work in partnership with a major cosmetic company to raise awareness on the sex trafficking of children and young people.


Local Partnerships:

At the national level, ECPAT groups and The Body Shop stores will collaborate to implement the campaign and have the opportunity to customise the campaign to their locality. Specifically, ECPAT groups will work with TBS through various planned activities, they will train store staff with specialised information on the issue to allow them to communicate the issue of child trafficking to the public; they will share information on action being taken in their country and provide guidance on how and where to report cases of child trafficking.

In countries where The Body Shop and ECPAT have a presence, they will work together on the campaign, and the funds raised from the sale of the hand cream from The Body Shop stores, will be donated to groups in the country to support projects and initiatives related to child trafficking.

Madriñán,cutive Director, ECPAT nternational

  
   
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