Bill Text: GA HR88 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: End the Commercial Exploitation of Children Day at the state capitol; recognize
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-01-31 - House Read and Adopted [HR88 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-HR88-Introduced.html
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House
Resolution 88
By:
Representatives Brockway of the
101st,
Clark of the
98th,
Manning of the
32nd,
Sheldon of the
105th,
Atwood of the
179th,
and others
A
RESOLUTION
Recognizing
February 1, 2011, as End the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children Day at
the state capitol; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
the commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) is a horrific crime
perpetrated by adult men and women who abuse children through prostitution;
and
WHEREAS,
Georgia is the first state to have begun scientifically tracking the number of
adolescent girls victimized by CSEC across the state; and
WHEREAS,
according to the Georgia Governor's Office for Children and Families, the number
of CSEC victims doubled from approximately 250 to nearly 500 girls each month
from late 2007 to early 2010; and
WHEREAS,
according to A Future.
Not A Past., a scientific study of men who
buy sex with young females, 7,200 men pay for sex with an adolescent female each
month in Georgia, accounting for 8,700 paid sex acts, and a significant portion
of these men as "repeat customers"; and
WHEREAS,
hundreds of grassroots activists will gather at the state capitol on February 1,
2011, to raise awareness about the need to end the commercial sexual
exploitation of children in Georgia; and
WHEREAS,
Street GRACE, A
Future. Not A Past., and Wellspring Living
have worked together to organize and empower tens of thousands of grassroots
activists across the state of Georgia to end CSEC; and
WHEREAS,
over 4,000 Georgians attended the premiere of
The Candy
Shop, a film about CSEC, at Fox Theatre
and hosted by Street GRACE; and
WHEREAS,
after several years developing a first-of-its-kind coordinated statewide effort
to end CSEC, Georgia was the first state under study to begin seeing a
systematic decline in the number of adolescent CSEC victims.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of
this body recognize February 1, 2011, as End the Commercial Sexual Exploitation
of Children Day at the state capitol.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized
and directed to transmit appropriate copies of this resolution to Street GRACE
and Wellspring Living.
