Email this page

September 2005 Newsletter

RECENT UPDATES

1. 6 Countries Avert Sanctions by Improving Records on Combating Trafficking


2. Governor of California Signs Human Trafficking Bill into Law


3. Burma Enacts Anti Trafficking in Persons Law


4. UN Rights Chief Calls for Closer Partnerships to Combat Human Trafficking


5. Australia and ASEAN Unite to Protect Children


6. UNODC Helps Viet Nam Combat Human Trafficking


7. United Nations Special Rapporteurs' Questionnaire On Demand in Trafficking & Prostitution


8. Cambodia Support Center Established for Women Victims of Sex Abuse and Trafficking


9. Workshop on Awareness Raising for Trafficking in Vietnam


10. Global Petition for International Day Against Trafficking in Women


11. Ministry of Tourism in Cambodia and ILO Promote Child Safe Tourism


12. Mekong: High-level Meeting on Labour Aspects of Trafficking


13. Sex Slavery in Australia


14. Child Beggars in Thailand: A Lucrative Business


15. Trafficking of Vietnamese Women and Children on the China-Vietnam Border


16. Chinese Baby Traffickers Shift Focus to Girls


17. Group Sues US Government over Prostitution Pledge


18. IOM Report on Thailand's 'Lost Generation' of Child Migrants


19. Asian Nations Call for Migration Dialogue


20. Human Trafficking in Vietnam


21. Cops Shatter Korean Human Trafficking Ring


22. New Pilot Project by LSCW in Cambodia


23. Cambodia/ Vietnam MOU to Be Signed Soon


24. Expert on Trafficking in Persons Ends Visit to Lebanon


25. Combating Trafficking in Kosovo


26. Interview with Barbara Limanowska on Prevention Activities


27. Angel Coalition Trafficking Resource Book for the Former Soviet Union and Baltic Sea States


28. Italian Group Uses 'Street Units' to Protect Victims of Sex Trafficking

UPCOMING EVENTS

1. AWID International Forum on Women's Rights and Development
   (27–30 October 2005)


2. New Voices from the Mekong Region
   (7-10 November 2005)

PAST EVENTS

1. Promoting Standards for Socio-Cultural Research on the Issues of HIV/AIDS and Trafficking
   (19–21 September 2005)


2. Events in Cambodia
   (September 2005)


3. USA: Fall Forum to Explore Sex Slavery in Connecticut
   (26 September 2005)


4. Women in Asia Conference
   (26-28 September 2005)
5. International Migration in Thailand: A New Report
   (23 August 2005)


6. UN Study on Violence against Children: Experts Meeting on Violence in Cyberspace
   (12–13 June 2005)


7. Stop Violence Against Children: East Asia and the Pacific
   (14-16 June 2005)


8. Exhibition: Human Trafficking in the Form of Child Begging
   (9 September 2005)


9. Documentary Screening of B.A.T.A.M. in Singapore
   (4 August 2005)


10. US Congressional Hearing on Trafficking
    (22 June 2005)


11. Symposium on Trafficking in Connecticut, USA
    (28 September 2005)

NEW RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS

1. International Migration in Thailand
   Jerrold W. Huguet and Sureeporn Punpuing. International Organization for Migration. International Labour Organization. UNICEF. UNDP. United Nations ESCAP. The World Bank. World Health Organization. Bangkok. 2005 (PDF 959 Kb)
   
2. Second Annual Report on Victims of Trafficking in South-Eastern Europe
   International Organization for Migration. 2005.


3. An Absence of Choice: The Sexual Exploitation of North Korean Women in China
   Anti-Slavery International. 2005.


4. Children at Risk: Practical Approaches to Addressing Child Protection Issues in Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Vietnam
   Lawrence Gray. World Vision International. 2003 (PDF 1,192 Kb)
   
5. Children's Work, Adults' Play: Child Sex Tourism – The Problem in Cambodia
   Nuon Rithy Niron, Yit Viriya and Lawrence Gray. World Vision International.
   2001 (PDF 1,544 Kb)
   
6. Chelibeti
   JIT NEPAL: Beyond Trafficking: A Joint Initiative in the Millennium Against Trafficking in Girls and Women. January–June 2005 (PDF 1,047 Kb)
   
7. Florida Responds to Human Trafficking
   Florida State University Center for the Advancement of Human Rights.
   Fall 2003. (PDF 2,498 Kb)
   
8. Critical Response: Assisting Law Enforcement to Meet the Needs of Crime Victims
   The International Association of Chiefs of Police. Vo. 2, Issue 3. Winter 2004 (PDF 350 Kb)
   
9. Ensuring Human Rights Protection in Countries of Destination: Breaking the Cycle of Trafficking
   OSCE/ODIHR. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland. Conference Report. 2005
   (PDF 937 Kb)
   
10. Child Wise
    Issue 76. Winter Newsletter 2005
    
11. Combating Human Trafficking in Asia: A Resource Guide to International and Regional Legal Instruments, Political Commitments and Recommended Practices
    UNESCAP. 2003


12. Trafficking in Women for Sexual Exploitation
    Australian Centre for the Study of Sexual Assault. 2005.


13. Sweet Hazards: Child Labor on Sugarcane Plantations in the Philippines
    Terre des Hommes Netherlands. 2005.


14. Stop Trafficking! Anti-Human Trafficking Newsletter
    Sisters of the Divine Savior; Capacitar International, Inc.; Sisters of Mercy International Justice Network. September 2005. Vol. 3. No. 9.

UPDATES TO ORGANIZATION PAGES

Australia

1. United Nations High Commission for Refugees

Burma

1. Save the Children-UK

Indonesia

1. American Center for International Labor Solidarity / Solidarity Center
2. Indonesian Migrant Workers Trade Union/ Serikat Buruh Migran Indonesia (SBMI)
3. Institute of Community Potency Motivator / Yayasan Bina Potensi Msyarakat (YAPIM)
4. Migrant Care
5. Women's Solidarity for Humanity and Human Rights (SPEK-HAM)

New Zealand

1. Immigration

Philippines

1. American Center for International Labor Solidarity / Solidarity Center

Thailand

1. Mirror Art Group/ Mirror Foundation

United States

1. American Center for International Labor Solidarity / Solidarity Center
2. FAIR Fund, Inc.
3. Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP)

Vietnam

1. World Vision
2. Research Center for Family Health and Community Development (CEFACOM)

CAPACITY BUILDING UPDATES

1. Toolkits
   ABA/LALIC Project to Combat Trafficking in Persons - Ecuador
   Spanish language training resource, with basic information about doing anti-TIP work in Spanish speaking countries.

About Us

HumanTrafficking.org is managed by the Academy for Educational Development (AED) in Washington, DC and supported by the US Department of State.

---

Help disseminate information about Human Trafficking! Forward this Email Newsletter to a friend. If you received this Newsletter from a friend, and would like to SUBSCRIBE for a Monthly Newsletter from HumanTrafficking.org, e-mail our webmaster.
If you received this Newsletter in error, please send an email to the Webmaster to UNSUBSCRIBE.