title: Focusing on Prevention: The Social and Economic Rights of Children Vulnerable to Sex Trafficking.
abstract: The commercial sexual exploitation of children ("CSEC") is an egregious human rights and public health violation that occurs every day across the US. Although there has been positive change in the US to bring attention to CSEC and to reform laws and policies to assist CSEC victims, scant attention and resources have been dedicated to prevention efforts. This paper critiques current US strategies to address CSEC and highlights the limitations of an interventionist framework that narrows its focus to anti-trafficking efforts. As an alternative, the paper proposes a human rights-based approach focusing on the fulfillment of economic and social rights of children as a prevention strategy in the U.S.
authors.affiliation: Research Associate at the Harvard FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Duger
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006806:Human Rights; D064410:Human Trafficking / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D011477:Sex Work / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States