child exploitation
Harming vulnerable youth
Child exploitation is the use of children for someone else's advantage, particularly through labor, sex, or trafficking.
The term appears in legal and policy contexts: laws against child exploitation, online child exploitation.
It encompasses a range of abuses—from forcing children to work in dangerous conditions to producing or distributing sexual images of minors.
- debt bondageCoerced labor repaying loans
- statutory rapeSex crime defined by age
- CSAMSexual abuse imagery of minors
- PTSDChronic reaction to horrific events
- survivor storiesAccounts from those who endured
abuse · trauma · human trafficking · rescue operations · rehabilitation centers · depression · grooming · social isolation · warning signs · forced marriage · dark web · sexual assault · power imbalance · developmental delays · trust issues · incest · mandatory reporting · anxiety disorders
- child welfarefoster care, foster home, protective services, CPS, foster family
- children's rightschildren's rights, right to education, parental care, custody rights, education rights
- federal crimesbank robbery, kidnapping, counterfeiting, tax fraud, wire fraud
- cybercrimehacking, phishing, malware, ransomware, data breach
- cybercrimeshacking, phishing, malware, ransomware, data breach
- global crimehuman trafficking, drug trafficking, arms trafficking, terrorism, money laundering
child exploitationchild protection
Measures ensuring youth safety
child welfare · child safeguarding · child care · child advocacy · child safety
child exploitationsafeguarding
Preventing harm or loss
duty of care · protective custody · sanctuary · child rescue · abuse prevention
child exploitationsafeguarding
Preventing harm or loss
advocacy · stewardship · duty of care · empowerment · liberation