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ADDRESSING THE IMPACTS:
TOWARDS A PROTECTION SYSTEM
PART 7.
While the benefits of an entertainment industry are clear –
employment, venues for recreation for both men and women,
enhanced tourism, government revenues – the benefits of a
sex industry are questionable. If the government does not
make clear decisions to separate the entertainment industry
from the sex industry, then a coordinated protection system
will be needed to minimize and control the impact of the sex
industry.
What is child-sensitive social protection
Social protection has been used in some countries to ensure
that the benefits of industrialization and economic growth
reach the poorest. In practice, social protection is understood
as a set of public actions that address poverty, vulnerability
and exclusion. Because children are dependent on adults to
support and protect them means that loss of family care is a
significant risk. Child-sensitive social protection is an approach
that aims at maximizing opportunities and developmental
outcomes for children. Instruments of a child-sensitive
social protection system include: social transfers, social insurance
THE IMPACTS OF THE SEX INDUSTRY
child
prostitution
sexual
harrassment
rape
harrassment,
arrest and
abuse by
police
inadequate
care for
children
trafficking
girls and
women
child
labour
stigma and
discrimination
labour
exploitation
HIV/AIDS,
abortion,
substance
abuse
forced
prostitution
abuse of
confidentiality
and privacy
and social services. 142 2010 Terre des hommes www.tdh.ch 67