RIGIN & HISTORY
Confronting the severe issue of commercial sexual prostitution in Asian tourism, several NGOs from different countries gathered in Chiang Mai, Thailand in 1990, and conducted the International Campaign to End Child Prostitution in Asian Tourism (ECPAT) trying to protect children and to keep them away from commercial sexual exploitation. In 1997, ECPAT International reached out its hands to the every corner of the world, and renamed as End Children Prostitution, Child Pornography & trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes (ECPAT remains). Until now, ECPAT has a membership of 55 organizations in forty-seven countries.
We, ECPAT-Taiwan combining with groups concerning the issues of women and children, have joined ECPAT International in 1991. Registering on March 31st, 1994, we see ourselves as a group to provide better services for children and women, to arm for the fight against the huge criminal networks, and to find the children's smile back.
OUR GOALS
To end child prostitution
ABOUT WHOM WE CONCERN
Children under age of 18
Local and foreign women forced as transnational prostitutes
OUR JOBS ARE
TO END CHILD PROSTITUTION
To rescue and to assist commercially, sexually exploited children under age of 18.
To conduct children's rights and gender equality on any level such as school, community and society.
To encourage travel agencies to exercise self-control in fighting against sex tourism and to tell their clients not to tour for sex.
To organise forums or discussions to deal with the issue of teenaged prostitution.
To lobby for the legislation and amendment of the issue-related laws.
To cooperate with other international organizations to combat against transnational perpetrators or traffickers.
TO END CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
To monitor any kind of child pornography in Internet, video, compact disks, and publication, and to report it to the authorities concerned.
To organize forums or to do practical research to discuss about the effects of child pornography on children.
To lobby for the legislation and amendment of the issue-related laws.
To urge government to make policies to end child pornography.
TO END TRANSNATIONAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
Internationally and domestically, to propagate the idea of ending transnational exploitation of women and children.
To deal with people's reports if any transnational sexual exploitation matter is found, and to offer the sexual exploited victims a channel to call for helps.
To provide the assistance of law, medicine, guidance, shelter, home returning and others.
To cooperate with national and international police systems and NGOs to fight against transnational traffickers.