- SEXUAL EXPLOITATION: North Africa Regional Consultation on the Elimination of the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children [event] Date: 12-13 June 2003 Location: Rabat, Morocco ECPAT International, in cooperation with UNICEF, is organising a Regional Consultation on North Africa at the Hotel IBIS, in Rabat, Morocco, from 12-13th of June 2003. The agenda for the two day meeting covers aspects of commercial sexual exploitation of children in Chad, Egypt, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia, in particular, the sexual abuse of domestic workers, early marriages and child prostitution. The meeting will also consider how networking can help the implementation of the Stockholm Declaration and Agenda for Action, as well as the Declaration of the Arab-African Forum against sexual exploitation of children, adopted in Rabat on the 24-26 October 2001 (in preparation for the Yokohama Conference in December 2001).

Workshops will be carried out on the following topics: development of a National Plan of Action, development of hotlines for the protection of children against commercial sexual exploitation of children, training of caregivers and law enforcement. Participants from country governments, international organisations (UNHCR and ILO), and non-governmental organisations are expected to attend.

For more information, contact:

ECPAT International
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