Colombian hotel association Cotelco has made an agreement with Unicef to fight the exploitation of minors through sex tourism.
Unicef Goodwill Ambassador Danny Glover and Cotelco’s president Juan Leonardo Correa ratified the commitment against child sex tourism after meeting Wednesday. After Correa met with Glover, he declared that Cotelco is 100% dedicated to protecting children and adolescents from being sexually exploited.
Correa said, “The hotel and tourism industry will continue to take action to avoid and prevent the sexual exploitation of children. Although there remains much to be done, we have ratified the commitment of our joint establishments to create safe and efficient projects addressing this disaster.”
The project “La Muralla Soy Yo” (I am the Wall), currently being developed in Cartagena, aims to promote corporate social responsibility for protecting children though the involvement and empowerment of the informal tourism sector. It will also provide technical assistance to state agencies to allow the arrest and prosecution of those involved in child sex tourism.
Hollywood actor and Unicef ambassador Danny Glover, who’s been touring Bogota, Cartagena, and Medellin over three days, declared he was very satisfied with the social commitment demonstrated by Colombian hotels regarding the prevention of sexual exploitation.
