Congress of Rio 2008

Dialogue of NGO Groups
Having spent a day without access to Internet, we are back to give you supplementary information concerning the yesterday’s conference. The delegation of Bice proceeded with its job in Rio de Janeiro and gives its contribution concerning the themes of sexual exploitation. The permanent representative of Bice in Geneva, Alessandra Aula, was the main speaker for the « Dialogue of the NGO groups» was which was held in the afternoon of November 26th. Neide Castanha, of CECRIA, partner organisation of Bice, also participated in this exchange. Here are recommendations which were presented by the NGO groups:

- Primacy of public responsibility, NGOs cannot replace the State, but they have to play an active role in the process of decisions to fight against the sexual exploitation of children and teenagers;
- Even if sexual violence is a total phenomenon, public policies should be taken into consideration with different means at their disposition, and apply them accordingly to every region and culture;
-Speeches concerning the fight against sexual exploitation of children must be followed by the allocation of appropriate resources;
- In order to watch with more effectiveness the implementation of CDE and its protocols, NGOs must develop strategies to better coordinate the appropriate political processes of the society. Mechanisms of protection of social and juridical nature must also be developed to fight sexual exploitation and to be seen as a joint effort between the private and public areas and NGOs;
- Identify modalities so that NGOs gets better organised in the conflict against sexual exploitation and to assure a better protection of the vulnerable groups of children, including children in institutions, those taken refuge or displaced children.