Small world, big responsibility
Our popular image of childhood is of a time of innocence. However, the reality for many children is harshly different. Around the world today children are subject to shocking forms of violence and abuse for the purposes of commercial gain. Children’s vulnerability to labour, sexual and other forms of exploitation is being exacerbated by trends which serve to stimulate a thriving ‘global trade’ in children.
As the globalized world moves towards ever more interconnectedness, this report provides an initial overview of the place and scale of the global trade in children, and areas where this global trade intersects with the way we live our lives in the UK.
