SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
WHO CAN BE AFFECT BY SEXUAL EXPLOITATION?
CSE can affect any child, anytime, anywhere – regardless of their social status or ethnic background.
World Health Organisation (WHO) (2015) estimates CSE rates globally amongst children under the age of 18 to be 73 million and 150 million respectively. According to the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) (2015), 1 in 20 children in the UK
CHANGE IN TERMINOLOGY
The term child prostitution has been removed or banished from the England legislation
referring to a:
“child sex trafficking victim,” “sex-trafficked child,” and “commercially sexually abused child”
As “sex worker” or “prostitute. “involved in prostitution is unacceptable.
They are Victims of – Child Trafficking or sexual abuse