By Jennifer Ruppelt | Project Assistant
For the past 19 years, each 23rd of September has marked the International Day against Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking of Women and Children. It has only been in the recent past that the world has taken notice of the need to combat this grave violation of human rights.
In order to continue raising awareness, youth participants in the "Uruguay against child sexual exploitation" campaign participated in a national seminar regarding the prevention of child sexual exploitation in tourism. Michael, one of the youth participants, shared that the adolescent volunteer group decided to raise their voices by intervening with an original song. "After having experiences with flash mobs, we decided to use the same concept to draw attention in during the seminar, but instead of a dance we decided to sing", shared Michael.
At a break between conference speakers, two teens stood up and began to play guitar and percussion. The audience was confused and curious about the interuption. One by one, the teen participants stood and joined their voices to the chorus, which challenges everyone to stand against child sexual exploitation.
The intervention was a powerful display of hope and the possibilty of change. The young people, mostly under 20, have been raised in a world with growing awareness about the issue of exploitation and have chosen to add their voices to the chorus, so that their children will no longer have to face this issue.
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