Child Wise have a variety of free educational materials available. We encourage you to download and share our educational materials with others and ask your local school, community centre or children’s organisations if they could distribute these to parents and carers. Some of our educational resources are also available for free in hardcopy, but larger quantities will require payment for postage and handling. See our Online Publications section for more details.

Child Wise Training Programs and Consultancies

This booklet outlines all of the current Child Wise training programs and consultancies available. These training programs can be delivered on-site or off-site and can be tailored to meet the individual needs of different organisations and communities. Download or order free hard copies by emailing This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Yarning Up about Child Sexual Abuse

This booklet has been written to help aboriginal parents and carers of aboriginal children protect and help them keep children within their care safe. The booklet includes how to identify signs and indicators of abuse, how to talk to children if they disclose, safe online practices for children and families, how to recognise the strategies of offenders and importantly how to report your concerns. Download or order free hard copies by emailing This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

'Wise Up' to Child Sexual Abuse

This recently updated booklet helps you learn about child sexual abuse; how to identify signs and indicators of abuse, how to talk to children if they disclose, safe online practices for children and families, how to recognise the strategies of offenders and importantly how to report your concerns. Download

12 Steps to Building Child Safe Organisations

This booklet introduces the principles of the Choose With Care® program and the 12 steps to building a child safe organisation. If you want to learn more about creating child safe organisations, the Choose With Care comprehensive kit including a handbook, workbook and DVD can be purchased from Child Wise and will help you to build a child safe environment for children. Download

‘Stop Sex Trafficking of Children & Young People’ information booklet

This information booklet was developed for the first year of the ‘Stop Sex Trafficking of Children & Young People’ campaign. The booklet outlines the global phenomenon of child sexual exploitation and what you can do if you see any suspicious behaviour involving a child. Download

Keeping Your Children Safe: Choosing safe organisations and activities for your children (for Victoria)

The aim of this 16 page booklet is to provide parents and carers with a guide to understanding the important features of Child Safe organisations, and the regulations and legal obligations of children's services to protect children in their care. The booklet has been specifically developed for those in the state of Victoria. Whilst it provides useful information for any parents, most references are specific Victoria. Download

A Parent's Guide to Choosing Child Safe Organisations

Child Wise has written this booklet specifically for parents/caregivers to assist you to make informed decisions by asking relevant questions to establish how “child safe” the organisation, program or club is. The Choose With Care® strategies are outlined and a series of questions are listed for your consideration. These questions have been formulated after extensive work with organisations and consultation with parents about the things they wish to know. Download

Mind the Gaps: A Comparative Analysis of ASEAN Legal Responses to Child-Sex Tourism

This report summarises relevant laws and policy instruments relating to child-sex tourism in the ten South East Asian countries - Brunei Darussalam, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Mind the Gaps is intended to assist national action and enable regional comparisons to enhance the legal response to this abhorrent crime. As the first such comparative analysis, Mind the Gaps will be useful for a range of stakeholders including governments, law enforcers, international agencies, NGOs, academics and students. Download

Travelling Child Sex Offenders in South East Asia - A Regional Review 2007-2008

This report represents the third edition of this unique compendium of information relating to the complex and dynamic phenomenon of the sexual exploitation of children in tourism destinations throughout South East Asia. First published in 2006, this annual review has been gratefully received both within the region and beyond. Download

Females Who Sexually Abuse in Organisations Working With Children. Characteristics, International and Australian Prevalence Rates: Implications for Child Protection

Media coverage in recent years has highlighted the number of females in a position of authority who have sexually abused children and young people in their care. This research was undertaken to determine how much child sexual abuse is perpetrated by women in children’s organisations. Child Wise uses the term organisation generically to include a range of children’s organisations such as child care, health or welfare agencies, schools, sporting groups, kindergartens, children and youth groups, babysitters and nannies. Key findings of the research included that 6% of all Australian reported cases of sexual abuse of children were perpetrated by females and up to 30% of female perpetrated child sexual abuse occurs in an organisational setting: primarily while babysitting. Download

Who are the Child Sex Tourists in Cambodia? A Research Report

The sexual exploitation of children in Cambodia has been a matter of significant concern for the past decade. As the anti-child sexual exploitation activities in Thailand and the Philippines began to take effect in the 90s, child sex exploiters started to move their activities to other locations – key amongst these was Cambodia. Through our Child Wise Tourism program we have been working to prevent child sex tourism in Cambodia for nearly a decade. At the centre of efforts to prevent child sexual exploitation is the imperative to understand fully the supply and demand factors that drive the industry. The purpose of this research is to gain a better understanding of the demand factors specifically. This includes gaining an insight into who the child sex tourists to Cambodia are and their modus operandi. Download

ASEAN Tourism Review 2007

This review comprises a country-by-country overview of child sex tourism from the perspective of ASEANs national tourism organisations, law enforcement agencies and community welfare departments. This review compiles the outcomes of the Annual Meeting of the ASEAN Regional Taskforce to Combat the Sexual Exploitation of Children in Tourism Destinations; an activity conducted under the Child Wise Tourism program. Download

Speaking for Themselves: Voices of Young People involved in Commercial Sexual Activity in Australia

The Speaking for Themselves report gives voice to the experiences and views of thirty young people involved in commercial sexual activity in Melbourne, providing a platform from which to talk about themselves, their experiences, their fears and their hopes for the future. This research interviewed young people between the ages of 16 and 29 years. The report outlines the needs of these young people who are caught in a web of sex work, drugs, homelessness and violence; dominant themes in the lives of these young people and recommendation for the provision of services. Download

Youth for Sale: A National Inquiry into the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Young People in Australia

This research was conducted in 1998 gain insight into the nature and extent of young peoples’ involved in commercial sexual activity (CSA) within Australia. Data collected for the report aimed ascertain if the CSA of young people is increasing or decreasing, provide an understanding of the forces and circumstances which predispose young people to engage in CSA, as well as the dangers and difficulties associated with young people’s CSA. It also aimed to gather information on support services that need to be enhanced or changed and establish a series of recommendations for improved policy and practice. The inquiry follows on from the 1998 pilot project “Bridging the Gap”. Download

Bridging the Gap: Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Young People in metropolitan Melbourne

The pilot research was undertaken in 1997 into the commercial sexual exploitation of young people under 18 years of age in metropolitan Melbourne and aimed to inform our National Inquiry Research “Youth for Sale”. The principal objectives of the research were to gain insight into the nature and extent of commercial sexual activities of young people, to investigate areas where youth and community services could be enhanced or changed to better meet the needs of young people. It also served as a starting point for the 1998 national inquiry. Download

Traffic Jam: A report on the Commercial Exploitation of Children

Traffic Jam tells the stories of children and families that have been victimised by child sex trafficking in the South East Asia region. The report contains quotes and photos of children throughout the region. Download