Discussion with Carol Smoleski, Executive Director of End Child Prostitution
Child Pornography & Trafficking of Children for Sexual
Purposes (ECPAT)
The subject of childhood sexual
abuse is a pressing issue in contemporary society and of paramount importance
in this country and globally. According to ECPAT “There are as many as
1.8 million children exploited in prostitution or pornography worldwide and
human trafficking alone as an illegal industry generates billions of US
dollars. It is believed that nearly 80% of all trafficking worldwide is for
sexual exploitation, with over 20% of the victims children.”
As Executive Director of ECPAT, Carole Smoleski will speak to the
problem of child sexual abuse and trafficking both in the US and globally and
also point to strategies to eliminate this abuse, including EPCAT’s Safe Harbor
program