Child Wise has produced various publications that are available for you to purchase online. Please complete the order form and we will dispatch to you anywhere in Australia or overseas (additional postage and handling fees will apply).
Choose With Care® is an information and training program designed to assist organisations establish a safe environment for the children and young people in their care.
The Choose With Care® kit is a user friendly handbook and video package that provides a wide range of child protection strategies. It is a 12 step program that provides practical child protection strategies including managing risk, improving recruitment and selection, appropriate reporting procedures, and legal responsibilities.
Choose With Care® is for all organisations and programs working with children such as: child care centres, kindergartens, primary & secondary schools, youth groups, holiday programs, mentor programs, sports clubs, camping & recreation groups, foster care agencies, international development agencies.
This booklet aims to assist parents to choose "child safe" organisations, programs or clubs for their children.
The guide tells parents what to look for when selecting an organisation or activity program for their children. Using specialist knowledge of child sex offenders and how they operate, Child Wise provides parents with information and questions to determine how organisations select, screen and manage staff and volunteers.
You can also download this guide at no cost from the Child Wise website.
The Speaking for Themselves report gives voice to the experiences and views of thirty young people involved in commercial sexual activity in Melbourne, providing a platform from which to talk about themselves, their experiences, their fears and their hopes for the future.
Speaking for Themselves interviewed young people between the ages of 16 and 29 years. The research outlines the needs of these young people who are caught in a web of sex work, drugs, homelessness and violence; dominant themes in the lives of these young people and recommendation for the provision of services.
Traffic Jam tells the stories of children and families that have been victimised by child sex trafficking in the South East Asia region. The report contains quotes and photos of children throughout the region.
I came to Manila 5 years ago, I was 10. I was brought here from East Java (Indonesia) by ship to work in a factory with 4 other children from my community. They promised my family they would take care of me. they promised. I worked in a karaoke bar in Quezon City (Manila) as a prostitute for 4 years before I escaped. I don't know where the others are..
Nong, 15 year old girl, Manila, The Philippines, 2003
Two years after the First World Congress Against the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children was held in Sweden ECPAT Australia hosted this the first pacific regional conference on the prevention of commercial sexual exploitation in the Pacific. The proceedings and presentations of the conference are published in this report.
This manual discusses models of development used to eliminate the global sexual exploitation of children.
Cooking for the Kids is a fantastic new celebrity cookbook. Many of Australia's leading actors, politicians and sports people including Andrew Daddo, Steve Waugh, Deborah Hutton and Andrew Denton have provided their favourite recipes. The delicious treats on offer include Lao-Spicy Fried Egg Salad, extravagant Pasta with Prosciutto and Asparagus, and the divine Chocolate, Almond and Date Torte.
All proceeds will benefit Child Wise in our fight against the sexual abuse and exploitation of children.
A sample recipe has been provided by the Australian Author Jackie French which will whet your appetite for our fantastic cookbook.
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