Child Pornography and Prostitution Resources

Cybertip.ca
Cybertip.ca is Canada's National Tipline for reporting the online sexual exploitation of children.

Cybertip.com
Provides online reporting of the sexual exploitation of children.  Site includes the distribution of child pornography, online enticement of children for sexual acts, molestation, and success stories

Innocent Images National Initiative
The Innocent Images National Initiative (IINI), a component of FBI's Cyber Crimes Program, is an intelligence driven, proactive, multi-agency investigative operation to combat the proliferation of child pornography/child sexual exploitation (CP/CSE) facilitated by an online computer.

Antichildporn.org
AntiChildPorn.Org (ACPO) is an organization, comprised of volunteers from all around the world, whose mission is to stop the sexual exploitation of the world's children.

ECPAT International
ECPAT is a network of organisations and individuals working
together to eliminate the commercial sexual exploitation of children.

Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection
ASACP non-profit organization dedicated to eliminating child pornography from the Internet.

Wired Safety
Provides one-to-one help, extensive information, and education to cyberspace users of all ages on a myriad of Internet and interactive technology safety issues

International Association of Hotline Providers
INHOPES mission is to eliminate child pornography from the Internet and protect young people from harmful and illegal uses of the Internet.

CyberAngels
Empowers parents so that they can effectively parent their online children. 

Action to End Exploitation
Its mission is to improve the lives of women and children who have been exploited, or who represent a high risk for exploitation by the commerical sex industry, focusing on empowering women, supporting development, and improving the lives of victims

Children of the Night
Dedicated to assisting children between the ages
of 11 and 17 who are forced to prostitute on the streets for food to eat and a place to sleep.

Free A Child
Dedicated to preventing the exploitation and trafficking of individuals into the U.S. and global sex trade

People for Children
People for Children was launched in 2004 to combat human trafficking, with special emphasis on children’s exploitation


Missing and Exploited Children Agencies

Child Crisis Network

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

Operation Go Home

National Missing Children's Locate Center

Klass Kids Foundation

Heidi Search Center

Child Watch of North America

Missing Chidrens Network


Child Labor Resources

According to Free the Children, an International Charity started by 12 year old Canadian, Craig Kielburger, child labor usually means work that is done by children under the age of 15 (14 in some developing countries) which restricts or damages their physical, emotional, intellectual, social, or spiritual growth as children.  Sometimes works does not harm children and may even help them to learn new skills or to develop a sense of responsibility.  Most people agree that when we speak about child labor we mean labor which is intolerable or harmful to children, work which denies them their right to fully develop, to play, or to go to school.  The International Labour Organization estimates there are over 250 million children worldwide, between the ages of 5 and 14 years of age, who are now working - half of them fulltime.  Child labor presents a issue connected to not only poverty, but also world resource distribution, world hunger, the status of women, education, economic structure and fertility.


When many of us consider child labor, our focus is on that of third world countries.  It is hard to understand that child labor infact happens in our own country.

The following are links to organizations around the globe taking action to end Child Labor

Free the Children

Child Labour Coalition

Child Watch International

Coalition to Fight Against Child Exploitation

Global March Against Child Labor

Stop Sweatshops Campaign

Youth Advocate Program International

Child Net International

Anti Slavery International

Child Rights Information Network

UNICEF

Safe the Children Fund

South Asian Coalition on Child Servitude

The Concerned for Working Children

Child Workers in Asia

Children Now

Peace Trust

Stand For Children Action Labor Center

Child Labor Resource Guide

Progress of Nations

Stop Child Labour

Position Papers


Child Safety Resources

McGruff The Crime Dog
McGruff the Crime Dog and pal, Scruff, bring ideas about kids staying safe through safety puzzles, games, and coloring pages

Child Safety Publications

Safeteens.com

Safekids.com

Microsoft

Child Safety Network

Children's Safety Network

Child Proofing Your Home

Power of Parents Online

FBI - A Parents Guide to Internet Safety

NetSmartz

Internet Safety Coalition

Family Internet Safety


Child Abuse

Types of Child Abuse

Child abuse is not determined by social status, race, religion, income, or restricted to urban or rural areas.  Child abuse is prevalent in all areas of the world.  In most parts of Canada the law states that you must report child abuse, if you or even think a child is being abused.  You do not have to give your name or telephone number.  To report cases of child abuse consult your local yellow pages.  You can report child abuse to any Child Welfare Agency, your local police department, any distress or crisis center, or hospitals.  There are essentially four types of child abuse:


Physical

Physical abuse is usually identified as an injury that results from any form of physical agression.  Physical abuse enflicts pain, suffering, and sometimes death on innocent children.  Cases involving unintentional injury are still considered pshyical abuse.  Under normal circumstances physical abuse is noticeable through unexplained bruises, cuts, broken bones, cigarette burns, scald marks from hot water or other hot items, or hair loss indicating the hair has been pulled out.  One very common type of physical abuse is Shaken Baby Syndrome which is a form of trauma inflicted to the head area.  Shaken Baby Syndrome normally is a result of hitting the child in the head, throwing the child, or shaking the child.  The average age of a child affected with Shaken Baby Syndrome is between 3 and 8 months of age.  Over 1,400 children are victims of Shaken Baby Syndrome each year in North America, sadly, approximately 25% of those children die.


Sexual Abuse

Sexual abuse is any type of sexual activity which takes place between an adult and child.  It can include, fondling, penetration, mastrubation, oral sex, rape, and sodomy.  General examples of sexual abuse can be demonstrated by an adult forcing a child to undress, performing sexual acts in front of the child, making the child touch your genitals, attempted rape, spying on a child while they are dressing or undressing, showing children pornography or talking about sexual acts.  Perpetrators of sexual abuse are normally strangers to the child and can include parents, grandparents, siblings, aunts, uncles, teachers, babysitters, and even clergy.


Emotional Abuse

Emotional abuse normally involves making the child feel bad about themselves, including instilling a lack of self worth, attacks against self-esteem, belittling, criticism, or threats of abandonment.  Emotional abuse can also involve things like locking the child away in a dark closet, making the stand in the corner for extended periods of time.  Emotional abuse can cause ever lasting scars on the child's mental well-being.


Neglect

Neglect can occur as a result of not providing essential materials and services pertitinent to the child's overall growth and success.  Neglect can occur from not providing clothing, shelter, health care, education or supervision of a child.  Neglect can occur by not providing the child with a loving, nurturing atmosphere.  Neglect is perhaps the most common type of child abuse and is easily confused by characteristics of other forms of abuse. 

A recent study, the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (CIS) estimated the extent of child abuse in Canada based on data from child welfare authorities.  The results of this study were are follows: