Child Sex Tourism
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Child Safe Tourism
Committee |
Cambodia is country
of tourism destination focusing on “Culture and Nature” and strongly
against Child Sex Tourism. Cambodia’s tourism industry contributes greatly to
the national revenue and creates employment opportunities for local businesses
and populace. The growth of the tourism industry, however, has also brought
slight negative impact in our society. Frequent reasons for trafficking and
child labour revolve around poverty in the rural areas and urbanisation in the
town centres and cities of the country and those in neighbouring countries. In
response to the problem, the Ministry of Tourism has set up the
Child Safe Tourism
Committee (CSTC)
since 2001 comprising of senior officers and officials of the Ministry. The
Child Safe Tourism Committee also has networks in the 24 provinces and
municipality of the country which chaired by Vice Governor of
Provinces-Municipality in charge of tourism sector and followed by Director of
Provincial-Municipal Tourism Department as Vice Permanent Chairman and relevant
stakeholders as members.
The Child Safe Tourism Committee’s
responsibilities are:
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Cooperate
with ministries, institutions, relevant national and international
organizations and private sector to implement the principles and government
laws in effectively raising child rights awareness;
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Develop a
plan and to address the various forms of child sex tourism and trafficking
of children for sexual exploitation;
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Make
reflection, initiate and keep everyone informed at Ministry levels in order
to control/observe, re-examine and give approval on the prevention policy on
the trafficking and sexual exploitation of children; and
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Build the
capacity of staffs in order to promote the understanding of child rights,
prevention and of the trafficking and exploitation of children in tourism to
relevant officials, owners of guesthouses, and tourism communities;
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Review all
the programs that have been implementing to prevent trafficking in children
and women for labour and sexual exploitation in tourism industry.
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Compilation,
production, and promotion materials for prevention the trafficking in
children and women for labour and sexual exploitation.
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Promote the
child rights, relevant national and international laws, international
convention in order to prevent disadvantages resulting from the exploitation
and trafficking of children among other guesthouses, hotels, and other
tourism communities.
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Report and
recapitulate all achievements of the Child Safe Tourism Committee for
leaders of MOT and relevant partners.
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Monitor and
evaluate the result of the Committee’s activities and initiate other
proposals.
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Monitor and
manage the income and expense budget for the Child Safe Tourism’s projects.
Find More Detail
on:
- Strategic Plan 2007-2009 (English
Version) (Khmer
Version)
- Operational Guideline (English
Version) (Khmer
Version)
- Training Manual (English
Version) (Khmer
Version)
- Child Safe Tourism Tools (English
Version) (Khmer
Version)
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