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August/September 2006 Newsletter

Web Resource for Combating Human Trafficking

This Newsletter will keep you up-to-date on timely additions to Humantrafficking.org. The Web site is updated weekly to reflect the most current events, publications, NGO and Government information, and best practices of the global anti-trafficking community, focusing on East Asia and the Pacific, the United States, and selective global hotspots.

US CITIZENS INTERESTED IN HELPING TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN THE US AND ABROAD

RECENT UPDATES

1. Illinois Governor Awards Chicago Foundation for Women Grant for Anti-Violence Initiative
2. US General Accounting Office Releases Assessment of US Efforts to Combat Trafficking
3. Press Release on Trafficking from Nigeria to the United States
4. ECPAT-USA launches the Protect Children in Tourism Project and the Code of Conduct in Belize
5. International Chiefs of Police Recognize Police Departments for their Anti-Trafficking Work
6. Thailand Tackles Illegal Immigration
7. Orphanages Accused of Child Trafficking in Liberia
8. Human Trafficking Highlighted in China
9. Athens Ethical Principles for the Business Community
10. US Efforts Against Human Trafficking Criticized
11. Two International Sex-Trafficking Rings Foiled in the United States
12. New Program in the US Offers a Way Out of Prostitution
13. Sex Trafficking in Southeastern Europe Thrives, So Does the Effort to Combat It
14. Law in Taiwan is Causing Abused Migrants to Suffer Twice Over
15. Africa's Child Workers
16. Taiwan Comes under Increased Scrutiny after US Issues Trafficking in Persons Report
17. What Do People in Bosnia & Herzegovina Think about Trafficking in Human Beings?
18. Official Launch Ceremony of the Regional Training Programme to Combat Human Trafficking in the Greater Mekong Sub-region
19. Lao Government Steps Up Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking
20. Human Trafficking Mars a Generation in Lao PDR
21. UN Special Rapporteur Report on Human Trafficking - Call for Information
22. Update on the 4th Session of the ILO-Sub-Regional Advisory Committee (SURAC) of the Mekong Project to Combat Trafficking in Children and Women
23. Brothel Raids Expose Problem of Slavery in US
24. Immigration Issue Muddles Fight Against Human Trafficking
    

UPCOMING EVENTS

1. Conference on Survivors of Sex Trafficking
   September 28, 2006
2. Towards the Elimination of Human Trafficking - Nigeria September 28, 2006
3. National Human Trafficking Conference
   October 3-5, 2006
4. Dreams of Freedom Conference & Art Show
   October 21, 2006
5. Human Trafficking and Predation Seminar
   October 27, 2006
6. Money & Movements
   November 9-11, 2006
7. Preventing Abuse Conference on Human Trafficking and Child Protection
   November 13, 2006
   

PAST EVENTS

1. Safe Environment for Children: Joint Parental Response, Pristina, Kosovo
   5-6 June 2006
2. La Strada Bosnia & Herzegovina: Video Link Conference
   12 July 2006
3. MTV EXIT Sarajevo / La Strada Bosnia & Herzegovina
   29 July 2006
4. Central Texas Coalition Against Human Trafficking
   1-2 August 2006
5. Sub-Mekong Regional Training on Human Trafficking
   August 28 - September 6, 2006
6. International Forum of the Asia-Pacific Region
   August 30, 2006
7. Human Trafficking Awareness Seminar
   September 8, 2006 to September 15, 2006
8. 11th International Conference on Violence, Abuse and Trauma
   September 14, 2006 to September 19, 2006
9. 2006 Human Trafficking & Sexual Exploitation National Seminar
   September 18, 2006 to September 20, 2006
10. Hiding in Plain Sight: Finding and Protecting Child Victims of Trafficking
    September 20, 2006
11. Tackling Human Trafficking and Illegal Migration as a Development Issue in Commonwealth and Francophone African Countries
    September 27, 2006
12. Protecting Children: The Battle Against Child Pornography and Other Forms of Sexual Exploitation
    September 27, 2006

PUBLICATIONS

1. Migration, Human Smuggling and Trafficking from Nigeria to Europe
   
2. Physical and Mental Health Aspects of Rehabilitating Children Freed from Slavery
   
3. Stop Trafficking! Anti-Human Trafficking Newsletter August 2006
   
4. International Perspectives and Nigerian Laws on Human Trafficking
   
5. Vital Voices August 2006 Trafficking Alert
   
6. Hope Betrayed: An Analysis of Women Victims of Trafficking and Their Claims for Asylum
   
7. Trafficking of Children and Minors to Norway for Sexual Exploitation
   
8. Other Forms of Trafficking in Minors: Articulating Victim Profiles and Conceptualizing Interventions
   
9. Migrants’ Remittances and Development: Myths, Rethoric and Realities
   
10. From Camp to Community: Liberia Study on Exploitation of Children
    
11. I am not Trash: A Call to Action from Child Soldiers
    
12. Protecting Children from Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Violence in Disaster and Emergency Situations: A Guide for Local and Community Based Organizations
    
13. Action to Prevent Child Trafficking in South Eastern Europe: A Preliminary Assessment
    
14. Child Wise Newsletter
    
15. United States Department of Justice Newsletter
    
16. Stop Trafficking! September 2006
    
17. Assessment of the United States Human Trafficking Situation and Anti-Trafficking Activities
    
18. US Policy Alert
    

NEW ORGANIZATIONS ADDED TO THE SITE

United States
Lutheran Children and Family Service
ACTION Network, San Diego Youth & Community Services
African Tourism Organization
Emancipation Network
Breaking Free
Cincinnati Union Bethel
Human Trafficking Awareness Partnership, Inc.


Lao PDR
Save the Children UK


South Korea
DASI HAMKKE CENTER - Support Center for Victims/Survivors of Sex Trafficking



UPDATED ORGANIZATION PAGES

Cambodia
ECPAT Cambodia

Thailand
Foundation for Women (FFW)

Indonesia
Center for Study and Child Protection/ Pusat Kajian dan Perlindungan Anak (PKPA)

RECENTLY ADDED RESOURCES

1. SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution
2. US Government Anti-Trafficking in Persons Obligated Project Funding (Fiscal Year 2005)
3. Project Hope International’s Toolkit on Setting up a Shelter for Victims of Trafficking
4. Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of Lao PDR and the Kingdom of Thailand on Labour Cooperation
5. Law on Development in Women in Lao PDR (in Lao language)
6. MOU between Lao PDR and Thailand on Cooperation to Combat Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children
   

CAPACITY BUILDING TOOLS

1. Child Sexual Abuse and Incest - "Daughter" Toolkit
2. Human Rights Tools Newsletter
   

About Us

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

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