With the objective of reducing, preventing, attending to, combating and also promoting the culture of denouncing the sexual exploitation of girls, boys and adolescents, the Municipal President, Ana Patty Peraltapresented the Municipal Action Plan Against the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Girls, Boys and Adolescents of Benito Juarez (cancun), first in Quintana Roo and signed a collaboration agreement between the Benito Juárez City Council and the World Vision Mexico association.
“Today we take a very important step to protect our children and adolescents, who are our present and our future. We are aware that individual efforts as agencies are insufficient, so we need the support of institutions, private initiatives, unions, civil society, national and international organizations, and citizens in general; it is our duty to guarantee their full development, that they feel proud of their city, of a society that protects them, that cares for them and loves them,” she said.
reported that being cancun a leading tourism destination, it is also essential to become a benchmark in the protection of children’s rights; That is why we work with concrete actions to prevent, combat and eradicate this crime, becoming the first municipality in the state to present a Municipal Action Plan against the Sexual and Commercial Exploitation of Girls, Boys and Adolescents, which is open meeting for the private initiative to join and its purpose is to create the participation of different municipal agencies to address these issues and train company personnel to prevent and end this crime.
We will be vigilant and united in Cancun
We will be vigilant and united in Cancun
“Let the criminals know that protecting our girls, boys and adolescents is our priority, that we will be vigilant and more united than ever, authorities, private initiative, civil society, citizens and citizens, to close the door on them, that we are not going to allow them to continue attacking the innocence, the body and the life of our girls, boys and adolescents!”, he commented.
As part of this firm commitment, with the presence of the national executive director of Impact of World Vision, Mexico, Mario Valdez Guzmán; the Honorary President of the DIF Quintana Roo, Veronica Lezama Espinoza and the executive secretary of SIPINNA Benito Juárez, Jimena Lasa Aguilar; the Collaboration Agreement was signed with World Vision Mexico, to work hand in hand to protect children in Cancun, allowing the training and professional training of municipal personnel; creation of projects in favor of the well-being of girls, boys and adolescents; dissemination of informative material and the formation of self-management communities for Child Well-being.
He also reaffirmed his commitment to work as a team, aligned with the New Agreement for the Well-being and Development of Quintana Rooto make this city a destination where children and adolescents live safe and happy, because in cancun: “Childhood is not touched, it is not exploited and it is not sold, thanks to the unity of all for its protection.”
“In Cancun, our girls, boys and adolescents are the future, and we are united to protect them”, he concluded by pointing out that ours is a city with greater hope, well-being, peace and love; cancun it is a city that protects them.
What is the agreement signed by the City Council of Benito Juárez (Cancún)?
23 dependencies participate, with concrete and measurable actions.
Through the Working Groups, protocols and specific commissions were defined.
Reports will be prepared every three months.
Close surveillance and reinforcement unity are maintained to protect children and adolescents.
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