Amsterdam-based design platform What Design Can Do has unveiled 13 campaigns against the sexual exploitation of underage children, as part of a design competition called No Minor Thing.
Developed in cooperation with the Dutch Public Prosecutor's Office and the Ministry of Justice and Security, the No Minor Thing project saw 13 Dutch design agencies come up with solutions on how to raise awareness and tackle the issue of sexual violence against minors.
The 13 strategies and campaigns include an interactive online platform that teaches people how to spot signs of sex trafficking, a peer-to-peer check-up system for minors, and an app extension for messaging services that detects nudity in photos and digitally watermarks the images.
Design for Humanity created an Instagram series for young people to include sex education in their everyday interactions"Sexual exploitation of children is common, but it generally remains under the radar, out of sight," said the organisation. "It is estimated that only one in nine girls who have been sexually exploited are known to police and the justice department." "There are even fewer records for the exploitation of boys, which makes it even more difficult to estimate the actual number of victims," it continued.
Each of the participating designers chose one of five questions to offer a solution to, including "How can we teach every child that they are in charge of their own body"", "How can we ...