About
The global community is reaching a tipping point onthe matter of sexual abuse and exploitation.
Less than a generation after the proliferation of the Internet and smartphones, the marketplace for sexual exploitation and abuse has boomed around the world. Pornography’s public health harms, including rising child-on-child sexual abuse, are impacting millions around the globe. Pornography is being normalized and promoted through mainstream multinational corporations and is being funneled into developing countries through technology give-aways. Pro-prostitution lobbyists are working around the world and in global bodies of power like the United Nations to either legalize or fully decriminalize prostitution, which research shows would result in increased sexual exploitation and sex trafficking, and they are funded by mega-donor organizations. And tragically, even when one sex trafficking victim is rescued, two more take their place in ex ploitation, because there has been no international plan to combat and prevent the root cause of the sex trafficking marketplace: sex buying (aka the demand.)
The International Centre on Sexual Exploitation works to bolster the Global Abolitionist Movement.
Our Focus
The International Centre on Sexual Exploitation is dedicated to addressing the full web of sexual exploitation with a primary focus on:
DEMAND
The only way to stop sex trafficking is to combat and prevent the root cause of the sexploitation marketplace: sex buying (aka the demand.)
EXPLOITIVE SYSTEM
Prostitution is being legalized or fully decriminalized in many countries and communities, which research shows results in increased sexual exploitation and sex trafficking.
PUBLIC HEALTH
Pornography's public health harms include rising child-on-child sexual abuse, violence against women, and sexual dysfunctions, and they are impacting millions around the globe.
How We Work
Utilizing cutting edge tactics for private and public policy advocacy, and building on a decade of coalition-building experience, the International Centre on Sexual Exploitation (ICOSE) enters the world stage as a servant-leader to bolster the global abolitionist movement.
ENGAGEMENT
We educate and equip governments, NGOs, and citizens around the globe to engage on issues of sex trafficking, pornography, child-on-child sexual abuse, and more.
ADVOCACY
We conduct jointinternational campaigns targeting corporate and public policy entities to improve policies on sexual exploitation and abuse.
COALITION
We build on a decade of coalition-building experience to remove silos so that NGOs and activists can unite for more cohesive global solutions and messaging.
Recent Collaborative Campaigns
We are creating cutting-edge, collaborative campaigns on private and public policy advocacy
Instagram needs to wake up to the rampant sexual exploitation on their platform
DoBetterWishApp
Tell the Global Wish App to Stop Profiting from Sex Dolls and Spycams Marketed to Capture “Revenge Porn”
No Amnesty for Pimps and Sex Traffickers
Why We Must Oppose the Full Decriminalization of Prostitution
International Fellowships
Competitive fellowships for international advocates to learn research, advocacy tactics, and business organizational skills at our headquarters in Washington, DC.
Global Policy and Education Initiatives
Assisting international activists to form and advocate for policies that defend human dignity
Addressing the Rising Presence of Pornography Around the Globe
Building International Solutions to Hold Sex Buyers Accountable
Advocacy and Research to End Root Causes for Child Harmful Sexual Behavior
Why We Must Oppose the Full Decriminalization of Prostitution
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A Global Impact
In recent years, The National Center on Sexual Exploitation has collaborated with leaders across the globe. The International Centre on Sexual Exploitation (ICOSE) now enters the world stage as a servant-leader to bolster the global abolitionist movement.
