Launch of campaign to protect children

The National Observatory of Children Rights,(ONDE), a Moroccan NGO, launched, on Sunday, a new campaign of awareness for the protection of children against sexual exploitation.

This campaign was launched as part of a national strategy worked out by ONDE, under the chairmanship of Princess Lalla Meryem, sister of King Mohammed VI of Morocco.

The initiative aims at increasing mobilization in order to create an environment favorable to the welfare and the protection of children, an ONDE communique said.

The ONG national strategy includes fighting ill-treatments of young female maids and protecting children from drugs.

According to ONDE, children are still victims of sexual exploitation and need a particular treatment. They also need the mobilization of all the active forces of the society in order to focus efforts on denunciating these crimes, setting a mechanism for direct protection and consolidating the existing system that fights all forms of children's sexual exploitation.