Continue reading Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) – the UK Context

Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) – the UK Context

In the UK, Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) is defined by the NSPCC (2021) as a type of sexual abuse, when a child or young person is exploited they’re given things like gifts, drugs, money, status and affection, in exchange for performing sexual activities. The child or young person is often tricked into believing they are…

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Continue reading Meet the Faces Behind the Scenes!

Meet the Faces Behind the Scenes!

Meet some of the individual team members, who together, make the Protect Project.  Team members of Fundacja Cooperacja Ewelina (left) is the vice president of the foundation, who in this project deals with the promotion and dissemination of the activities. Monika (right) is the president of the foundation, who also acts as the coordinator for…

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Continue reading Türki̇ye’de çocuk ci̇nsel İsti̇smari

Türki̇ye’de çocuk ci̇nsel İsti̇smari

Cinsel istismar, çocuğun bir erişkinin cinsel gereksinimlerinin/isteklerinin karşılanması için cinsel nesne olarak kullanımı ya da buna göz yumulması biçiminde açıklanmaktadır. Çocuk Hakları Sözleşmesi’ni (ÇHS) imzalayalı 31 yıl, meclisten geçmesinin üzerinden 26 yıl geçmesine karşın hâlen sözleşme prensiplerinin çocukların yaşamında yeterince yer alamadığı görülmektedir. Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK) verilerine göre çocuk mağdur sayısı 2014’te 74.064 iken…

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Continue reading Protect Project: Θέματα και στατιστικά στοιχεία για σεξουαλική εκμετάλλευση παιδιών στην Κύπρο

Protect Project: Θέματα και στατιστικά στοιχεία για σεξουαλική εκμετάλλευση παιδιών στην Κύπρο

Σύμφωνα με τον νόμο στην Κύπρο, η σεξουαλική εκμετάλλευση παιδιών συνεπάγεται σεξουαλικές πράξεις με ένα παιδί που δεν έχει φθάσει τη νόμιμη ηλικία των 18 ετών για αυτές τις πράξεις και όπου χρησιμοποιείται εξαναγκασμός, βία ή απειλές ή ο δράστης έχει μια θέση εμπιστοσύνης ή το παιδί βρίσκεται σε ευάλωτη θέση. Η Εθνική Στρατηγική και…

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Continue reading Protect Project: CSE issues and statistics in Cyprus

Protect Project: CSE issues and statistics in Cyprus

According to the law in Cyprus, Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) involves engaging in sexual activities with a child who has not reached the legal age of 18 years for these activities and where coercion, force, or threats are used, or the offender is in a position of trust or the child is in a vulnerable…

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Continue reading Protect Training: Community Youth & Exclusion

Protect Training: Community Youth & Exclusion

Our first training event for the Protect Project will take place 7-11 June 2021 and is hosted by our partners in Cyprus and Poland. The event will be held online due to the Covid-19 pandemic, with local groups meeting in some of the partner countries and working remotely in others. Participants who attend the training…

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Continue reading Goldsmiths University of London

Goldsmiths University of London

Goldsmiths, University of London is a world leading research institution that offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in the arts, humanities, social sciences, business and computing. Goldsmiths has a history of community engagement and still engages with grassroots issues at the local level as well as engaging in teaching and research with a global reach. It’s…

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Continue reading Beşiktaş Municipality

Beşiktaş Municipality

Beşiktaş Municipality, carefully strives to promote European values and increased awareness of different events since 2016, such as European Local Democracy Week, European Mobility Week, Erasmus Days, Europe Day, and United Nations Day. In addition, to take advantage of enormous and seminal resources, Beşiktaş Municipality encourages and inspires young people to engage in Erasmus+ projects.…

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