By Valeria Santurion | Project coordinator
Between January 1 and November 30, 2022, Uruguay registered 529 cases of commercial sexual exploitation of children and adolescents, of which 167 correspond to new cases. More than half of the cases (56%) were children and adolescents between 12 and 18 years of age, with a majority of all the victims (88%) being girls and female adolescents. Looking to confront this distressing problem, this past March 10-11th, Claves held a new round of our campaign Uruguay, País de Buentrato (Uruguay, Country of Good Treatment) in the department of Maldonado. Forty people participated, including adolescents, young people, and adult referents. Participants were first trained in and provided tools to prevent and responsibly disclose cases of commercial sexual exploitation of children and adolescents. The second day of the event participants attended ReCorre Maldonado, a hugely popular 5 and 10K race, to raise awareness and share information on the prevention of commercial sexual exploitation of children and adolescents.
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