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A major driver of child sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) is a lack of awareness about how it occurs, and how to identify, prevent and respond to it. In addition to discussing inappropriate behavior and the harms of SEA, training can empower project workers to proactively identify, report and refer cases of SEA. Educational initiatives should be contextually relevant to the project environment and discuss how children differ from adults when it comes to gender-based violence. See below for resources on building project teams' knowledge and skills.

Preventing Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse: Training for Contractors

This training slide deck aims to increase civil works contractors' ability to prevent, recognize, report, and respond to child sexual exploitation and abuse. It should be integrated into GBV training and adapted to a specific project and country context by the client's gender/social/GBV specialists or GBV providers recruited by the project to provide training for civil works contractors. The approximate training duration is 90 minutes. Supplementary training activities and scenarios are available (see "Preventing Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse: Supplementary Activities and Scenarios for Contractor Training").
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(French Version) Preventing Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse: Training for Contractors

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(Portuguese Version) Preventing Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse: Training for Contractors

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Preventing Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse: Supplementary Activities and Scenarios for Contractor Training

These additional activities and scenarios aim to increase civil work contractors' ability to prevent, recognize, report, and address child sexual exploitation and abuse. It can be used in conjunction with the tool "Preventing Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse: Training for Contractors." This tool is intended to be adapted to the specific project and country context by the client's gender/social/GBV specialists or GBV service providers providing training to civil work contractors about addressing child sexual exploitation and abuse.
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Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse Training Pre- and Post-Test

This tool includes a pre- and post-training assessment of knowledge and attitudes related to child sexual exploitation and abuse, and a post-training evaluation. It is intended to be administered to training participants by the GBV service provider recruited by the project to deliver training on preventing child sexual exploitation and abuse.
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Preventing Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse: Participatory Awareness Raising Session for Secondary School Personnel

This PowerPoint slide deck is intended for use by GBV service providers recruited by the project to conduct awareness raising sessions with school staff, educators, parent representatives, and key school personnel. It should be used in conjunction with the tool titled: Facilitator's guide for participatory awareness raising session with secondary school personnel.
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Facilitator's Guide for Participatory Awareness Raising Session with Secondary School Personnel

This facilitator's guide is intended for use by GBV service providers recruited by the project to conduct awareness raising sessions with school staff, educators, parent representatives, and key school personnel. It should be used in conjunction with the tool titled: Preventing child sexual exploitation and abuse: Participatory awareness raising session for secondary school personnel.
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Workshop Printable Materials for Participatory Awareness Raising Session with Secondary Personnel

These workshop printable materials are intended for use by GBV service providers recruited by the project to conduct awareness raising sessions with school staff, educators, parent representatives, and key school personnel. It should be used in conjunction with the tool titled: Preventing child sexual exploitation and abuse: Participatory awareness raising session for secondary school personnel.
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Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse Attitude Self-Assessment Questionnaire

This self-assessment questionnaire is intended to be administered by the client's gender/social/GBV specialists assessing the GBV service providers' attitudes about child sexual exploitation and abuse.
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Glossary of Terms Related to Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse

This is a brief list of common terms and internationally accepted definitions related to child sexual exploitation and abuse, as used in World Bank Good Practice Notes and other documents. It is intended as a quick reference for use by the client's gender/social/GBV specialists and project teams working on SEA/SH to familiarize themselves with the terminology used to describe child sexual exploitation and abuse. For more comprehensive information about child SEA terms, concepts and definitions, we recommend referring to Terminology Guidelines for the Protection of Children From Sexual Exploitation and Abuse ("Luxembourg Guidelines"), available in multiple languages: https://ecpat.org/luxembourg-guidelines/
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