At the site our search engine page you can search google and raise money for ECPAT-USA. The site also allows you to search through yahoo or bing, and is a great way to find the information you’re looking for while helping a good cause. If you like it, tell your friends to use it, and they can pass it on to their friends. It costs you nothing and can really make a difference in ending child sex trafficking.
Recording artist Tiana Star produced a song to benefit the victims of child sex trafficking. It was featured on NBC’s San Diego affiliate and posted on the NBC blog site, click here to view the short intro
You can purchase the song at iTunes. Proceeds go to further our mission and bring an end to child sex trafficking.
On February 28th ECPAT-USA had the opportunity to host a parallel event at the 55th session of the United Nations Committee on the Status of Women. Every year this event draws thousands of people who discuss issues pertaining to the rights and overall well-being of women and girls worldwide. ECPAT-USA’s session, entitled “Allies: How Public-Private Collaborations Can Combat Child Sex Tourism,” was a great success. To read about the event click here
This Wednesday Mira Sorvino, the Academy Award winning actress, will be introducing a distinguished panel of speakers and law makers to discuss how the US has been addressing the issue of Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking. Read more »
With great fanfare we are pleased to announce that Delta Air Lines has signed the Code of Conduct, making them the first major airline in the world to do so, joining over a thousand other signatories worldwide in acknowledging that being a responsible business includes being a moral one. To find out more click here.Click here to read the press release
We’ve just uploaded several of our travel PSAs concerning Child Sex Trafficking onto YouTube. Click here to see our channel
We are thrilled that HF0556 has been introduced to the state legislature. It still has a long way to go before its voted on, and its up to all Minnesota residents to call their state representatives and tell them to vote yes.
KEY PROVISIONS:
· Explicitly defines sexually exploited youth and sex trafficking victims as children in need of protection or services.
· Excludes sexually exploited youth and sex trafficking victims from the definition of delinquency. This provision
phases in effective 2014 to ensure that adequate systems to address sexually exploited youth are in place.
· Amends the definition of “prostitute” to include only individuals 18 years of age or older, effective 2014.
· Charges the commissioner of public safety, in consultation with the commissioner of health, the commissioner of
human services, and other stakeholders to develop a victim services model to address the needs of sexually
exploited youth and youth at risk of sexual exploitation.
• Increases penalties for buyers of prostitution with revenue split between service providers, prosecutors, and law enforcement.
To read the full bill click here
To follow the status of the Bill click here
This could not have been done without the help of The Advocates for Human Rights, click here for their website.