Child Sex Tourism in India

Some more shocking statistics on the child sex tourism trade in India:

  • Roughly around 10,000 paedophiles come to Goa each year and 1000 children are at risk in a single area in Goa
  • Number of children involved in the sex industry in India - in 1994 - according to ECPAT: 400,000

Given the widespread child abuse within the community (see Indian Child Abuse Statistics - What Can We Do?), how importantly should we worry about Traveling Sex Offenders (TSOs)?

For an insightful discussion on the above, see the original article by Sumati Mehrishi in Newindpress.

I was directed to the above by SadlyNormal, an excellent online resource and blog for survivors of child abuse by Lisa.

Also, for an amazing personal story of an amazing American woman who's trying to help India's underprivileged children, see The Weight of Silence.

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June 8, 2007 – 6:19 PM | By Mahendra | Posted in India, children, culture, parenting, women | Comments (3)

3 Comments

  • ahumanbean wrote:
    May 24, 2008 at 3:16 PM

    Am amazed that noone has com­mented on this huge topic!

    I’m watch­ing a BBC TV News­night pro­gram now on the heav­ily shielded, ongo­ing child sex indus­try that is pro­tected by the Auroville Sociey near Pondicherry. An adult for­mer child vic­tim speaks on con­di­tion of anonymity on the death threats he and oth­ers face if they out the offenders.

    I do what lit­tle I can — by speak­ing out when I sus­pect a tourist, loudly and in the pres­ence of other tourists. fwiw!

    Thanks for intro­duc­ing me to The Weight of Silence — more peo­ple need to talk about child labour and child slavery.

  • Poonam wrote:
    Apr 1, 2009 at 9:50 AM

    These are use­ful resources. I was look­ing for some­thing like that. Thanks for sharing!

  • Mahendra wrote:
    Apr 2, 2009 at 6:14 AM

    Thanks for vis­it­ing! Shel­ley is cur­rently tour­ing India again and has inter­est­ing posts on her blog.