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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Children Coorporate Accountability Crime Prevention Criminal Justice Human Rights International Law Justice Science and Technology Violence Youth Gender Issues and Advancement of Women: The girl child Trafficking in women and girls Violence against women Social Development: Information and Communications Technologies Youth Sustainable Development: Capacity-building Gender equality Information for decision-making and participation International law
Geographic scope:	National
Country of activity:	Thailand Cambodia Philippines Sweden
Millennium Development Goals:	Promote gender equality and empower women
Mission statement:	ECPAT Sweden is a child rights organisation working to prevent sexual exploitation against children in Sweden and by Swedish offenders abroad. ECPAT Sweden contributes to preventing and counteracting all forms of sexual exploitation of children through awareness-raising, advocacy and lobbying efforts. ECPAT Sweden is a member of the global ECPAT network. ECPAT Sweden gathers information on sexual exploitation of children in Sweden, and exploitation which is linked to Sweden. ECPAT Sweden acquires facts and figures of exploitation through first-hand information, reports, research, dialogue with experts - foremost individuals working directly with the issues such as law enforcement representatives, decision-makers at various levels (local, regional, national, global), private sector representatives in the tourism-, transportation-, IT- and finance industries, and through direct information as acquired through the ECPAT Hotline. ECPAT Sweden has run a webbased hotline, ECPAT Hotline, in Sweden since 2005, enabling anyone to anonymously report any kind on suspected sexual exploitation of children.
Year established:	1996
Year of registration:	1996
Organizational structure:	ECPAT Sweden is a national children's rights organisation with 17 member organisations in Sweden. The executive body of ECPAT Sweden consists of the board of directors as well as the Secretary General, currently Anna Karin Hildingson Boqvist. The Secretary-General is the head of the Association Secretariat. He or she is appointed by the Board and reports on matters to the Board.
Number and type of members:	ECPAT Sweden has 17 member organisations (all Swedish organisations).
Affiliation with NGO networks:	ECPAT Sweden is a member of INHOPE, a network of Hotline organisations as well as ECPAT International, as well as a national coalition of NGO's, called Nätverket för barnkonventionen (The Network for the Convention on the Rights of the Child).
Funding structure:	Membership fees or dues Grants from Governments Funds from other Non-Governmental Organizations Fundraising campaigns Donations and grants from domestic sources

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