“ECPAT International welcomes the newest member of The Code, Events Industry Council,” said Thomas Mueller, Deputy Executive Director at ECPAT International. “They join over 350 member companies worldwide in a shared, proactive commitment from the travel and tourism industry to protecting children from sexual exploitation. It is vital that the private sector works together with the ECPAT network, law enforcement, and local communities on this difficult but important issue.”
“Partnerships with the private sector are crucial to achieving the goal of the ECPAT network and ECPAT-USA to eliminate the sexual exploitation of children, and ECPAT-USA is pleased to welcome the Events Industry Council as a new member of The Code,” said Yvonne Chen, ECPAT-USA’s Director of Private Sector Engagement. “We look forward to working with them to raise awareness of these issues and protect children around the world.”
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WHAT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THIS ARTICLE:
- “Partnerships with the private sector are crucial to achieving the goal of the ECPAT network and ECPAT-USA to eliminate the sexual exploitation of children, and ECPAT-USA is pleased to welcome the Events Industry Council as a new member of The Code,”.
- It is vital that the private sector works together with the ECPAT network, law enforcement, and local communities on this difficult but important issue.
- “They join over 350 member companies worldwide in a shared, proactive commitment from the travel and tourism industry to protecting children from sexual exploitation.
