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MARCH/ APRIL 2007 NEWSLETTER
Web Resource for Combating Human Trafficking
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RECENT UPDATES
SOUTHEAST ASIA
- Poll Highlights Need for Better Understanding Among Thais of the Importance of Migrant Workers to Their Economy
- Agreement Signed Among Southern Provinces in Thailand to Combat Human Trafficking
- Indonesian Legislature Approves Harsh Bill to Combat Human Trafficking
- ILO Efforts to Combat Forced Labour in Burma Unrealistic
- Gangs Control Beggars in Thailand
- Vietnam & Cambodia Discuss Fight Against Human Trafficking
- UNICEF Outraged By Cambodian Child Porn Trade
- Thai Women Probably Forced into Prostitution in Middle East
- First China-Burma Border Liaison Offices Meeting on Anti-trafficking and Joint Border Visit
- Thousands of Stateless Children to Get Temporary ID Cards in Thailand
- Vietnam and Cambodia Discuss Fight Against Human Trafficking
- Trafficking of Women and Children from Vietnam
- The Stark Reality of Human Trafficking in the Philippines
- Child Porn Market Is Thriving in Phnom Penh
- Cambodian Officials Battle Child Porn in Phnom Penh
- Sex Industry in Cambodia
- Danish Red Cross Vows to Fight Trafficking in Cambodia
- Southeast Asian Government Officials Discuss Treaty to Provide Better Protection for Women Migrant Workers
- Bangkok Is a Destination for Many Asian Migrants
- Hundreds of Women from Malaysia were Lured to UK; Traffickers Sentenced
- Malaysia Top Destination for Indonesian Victims
- Downward Mobility for Women Migrants in Thailand
- Trafficking of Burmese to Thailand
- Child Trafficking Cases on the Rise in The Philippines
- Child Trafficking on the Rise in Indonesia
- More Companies in Thailand Using Child Labor
- Protecting Young Women from Human Trafficking in VietNam
- Malaysia's Human Rights Commission Seeks Women Trafficking Crackdown
- Humane Approach to Migrant Labour in Thailand
- Human Rights Violations of Migrant Workers In Thailand
- Stronger Action Needed to Counter Child Sex Tourism in Thailand
- Philippines Strengthens Capacity to Combat Human Trafficking
- Human Trafficking Rate in Indonesia Still High
- Group Works to Rescue Burmese Victims of Human Trafficking in China
- Thai Agencies in Southern Thailand Cooperate to Combat Human Trafficking
- Agreement on Guidelines for Practices and Cooperation between the Relevant Government Institutions and Victim Support Agencies in Cases of Human Trafficking
EAST ASIA
- USG Says that Taiwan Making Progress on Human Trafficking
- Trafficking Victims Detained for Protection in Taiwan
- United Nations Inter-Agency Project on Trafficking Regional Project Manager Visits China
- Yunnan, China Anti-Trafficking Training Workshop for Media Successful
- Anhui’s First Anti-Trafficking Housing Project and Activity Centre is Set Up in Mingguang, China
- Denial Reopens Wounds of Japan's Ex-Sex Slaves
UNITED STATES
- Experts in Washington, DC Discuss Labor Trafficking
- Human Trafficking in Boston, USA
- USAID Cuts Anti-Human Trafficking Funding
- US Justice Department Names Las Vegas Among 17 Most Likely Destinations
- Statement on Language from Ambassador Miller
- Northern Florida Task Force Educates Community About Human Trafficking
- Survivors of Human Trafficking Left in Limbo in the US
- Trafficking in Persons Interim Assessment - US State Department
- US Lawmakers Consider Strengthening Measures to Fight Human Trafficking
- US State Department Releases 2006 Human Rights Report
- Creation of Human Trafficking Prosecution in the United States Department of Justice
- Advocates Pushing for a New York State Law on Human Trafficking
- Thais Receive Compensation and Visas in Los Angeles Human Trafficking Case
- Advocating a More "Complete" Approach to Combating Sex Trafficking
- From Sex Workers to Restaurant Workers, the Global Slave Trade Is Growing
- Servile Marriage Puts Women at Risk
- Human Trafficking Being Debated in Annapolis, Maryland, USA
- Human Trafficking Legislation Proposed in Maine
- Kentucky Legislature Approves Anti-Human Trafficking Bill
- University of New Hampshire Professor Studies Human Trafficking
- US-based Company to Pay Compensation for Enslaving Thai Workers
PACIFIC ISLANDS
- Young Trafficking Victim in the Marianas Tells Her Story
- New Zealand Rebuffs Child Trafficking, Prostitution Claims in US Report
CENTERAL & SOUTH AMERICA
- Latin America's Secret Slave Trade
- Argentina Recruits Celebrities to Raise Awareness about Trafficking in Women
EUROPE & EURASIA
- Some in UK Demand Action on Trafficking
- Police in UK Launch Web site of Wanted Pedophiles
- Young Moldovan Mother Who Survived Trafficking Struggles to Recover
- Yorkshire, UK Tackles Human Trafficking
- London Olympics a Possible Target for Sex Trafficking and Illegal Workers
- Number of Victims of Trafficking from BiH Increasing
- Increasing Number of Bosnian Women Fall Victim to Trafficking
- How to Tackle Human Trafficking in the UK
- UK Steps Up Action on Human Trafficking
- Combating Human Trafficking in Bulgaria
MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA
- United Arab Emirates Addresses Trafficking through Police Training
- Israel Steps Up Fight Against Human Trafficking
NORTH AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
SOUTH & CENTRAL ASIA
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
- Thai and South African Officials Meet to Discuss Victims of Trafficking
- Mozambican Counter Trafficking Drama
- Nigeria Threatens to Withdraw Licence of Airlines if Found Trafficking or Smuggling
- Thai Women in Deadly South Africa Sex Ring
- Police in Durban, South Africa Use Unique Tactics to Combat Sex Trafficking
- Child Trafficking a Concern in South Africa
INTERNATIONAL
- CSR Directory Adds New Category on Human Trafficking
- Julia Ormond Speaks Against Human Trafficking
- UN Fund to Combat Human Trafficking
- UN Highlights Human Trafficking
- Online Photo Exhibition of Women and Girls in Prostitution
- Manpower Inc. Calls on 1,000 of the World's Leading Corporations to Join the Fight to End Human Trafficking
- Marriott Hotel Chain Combats Child Sexual Exploitation
- OSCE States to Intensify Efforts to Combat Sexual Exploitation of Children
- IOM Launches a Unique Tool Designed to Combat Human Trafficking
- New UN Book Aims to Help Vietnam Fight Human Trafficking
- Girls at UN Meeting Urge Action Against Sex Slavery and Trafficking
- EU and ASEAN Join Hands to Fight Trafficking
LINKING NEEDS WITH RESOURCES
In our Linking Needs with Resources Campaign, we are providing information to our site visitors who want to make a difference in the lives of victims of trafficking:*
Organizations in Southeast/East Asia Accepting Individual Donations**
Visayan Forum Foundation (Philippines)
Childhope Asia (Philippines)
Child Rights Foundation (Cambodia)
Chab Dai Coalition (Cambodia)
Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (Cambodia)
Projection of Juvenile Justice (Cambodia)
YAPIM (Indonesia)
Center for Study and Child Protection (Indonesia)
Vietnamese Migrant Workers & Brides Office (Taiwan)
Garden of Hope (Taiwan)
Dasi Hamkke Support Center for Victim/Survivor of Sex Trafficking (South Korea)
Hotline Center Foundation (Thailand)
Mirror Art Group/ Mirror Foundation (Thailand)
Development & Education Programme for Daughters and Communities (Thailand)
Organizations in Southeast/East Asia Accepting Short-term or Long-term Volunteers**
Visayan Forum Foundation (Philippines)
Childhope Asia (Philippines)
Center for Study and Child Protection (Indonesia)
Vietnamese Migrant Workers & Brides Office (Taiwan)
ADHOC (Cambodia)
Garden of Hope (Taiwan)
Dasi Hamkke Support Center for Victim/Survivor of Sex Trafficking (South Korea)
Asia Partnership for Human Development (Thailand)
Development & Education Programme for Daughters and Communities (Thailand)
*Communication must be coordinated directly with the organization. HumanTrafficking.org is not able to accept donations, or facilitate volunteer inquiries, on behalf of the organizations.
** If you are a domestic nongovernmental organization in Southeast/ East Asia and you are listed on HumanTrafficking.org, and you would like to be listed as an organization which receives individual donations or volunteers, email: director@humantrafficking.org
UPCOMING EVENTS
- Human Trafficking Conference at South Texas College
18-20 April 2007 - Human Trafficking Conference and Art Exhibition
18-19 April 2007 - Promise to Protect
24-25 April 2007 - Cultural Considerations in Assisting Victims of Human Trafficking
24-25 April 2007 - Human Trafficking Awareness Seminars - Idaho, USA
30 April - 5 May 2007 - Freedom Network Conference - USA
15-17 May 2007 - Florida Human Trafficking Conference
15-16 May 2007 - Human Trafficking of Asian Citizens into the Western Hemisphere
21-22 May 2007 - Gender and Human Rights in Southeast Asia
25-31 October 2007 - SNOW Benefit - UNIFEM Singapore
12 November 2007
PAST EVENTS
- UNIAP Thailand Inter-Agency Working Group Meeting
- World AIDS Day
- Marshaling Every Resource: Princeton University Human Trafficking Conference
- Campaign Against Child Trafficking: December 12
- The Mekong Challenge – Underpaid, Overworked and Overlooked: The Realities of Young Migrant Workers in Thailand
- Human Trafficking Seminar: CIS/SEE
- Presentation of New Mahidol University/ ILO Publication
- Hear My Voice: Identifying and Assisting Trafficked Persons
- Dissemination Workshop on a Study into Exploitative Labour Brokerage Practices in Cambodia
- WIFLE, EUROPOL, and NCWP Human Trafficking Seminar
UPDATED ORGANIZATION PAGES
UNITED STATES
* Ayuda, Inc.
* American Center for International Labor Solidarity (Solidarity Center)
* Florida Coalition Against Human Trafficking
* Department of Justice Civil Rights Division
VIETNAM
* AFESIP Vietnam
PHILIPPINES
* Viasayan Forum Foundation, Inc.
CAMBODIA
* Legal Support for Children and Women (LSCW)
* Protection of Juvenile Justice (PJJ)
* AIDeTouS
* Cambodia ACTS
NEWLY ADDED ORGANIZATIONS/ AGENCIES TO WEB SITE
CAMBODIA
* Cambodian Red Cross
* Action pour les Enfants (APLE)
SINGAPORE
* UNIFEM Singapore
TAIWAN
* Council of Labor Affairs - Taiwan
EAST TIMOR
* Alola Foundation
UNITED STATES
* Na Loio - Immigrant Rights and Public Interest Legal Center
* Restore International
* Clearwater Area Task Force on Human Trafficking
CAMPAIGNS/ MOVEMENTS/ COALITIONS
- Not For Sale
http://www.notforsalecampaign.org/ - CITIZENSHIFT, Trafficking in Humanity
http://citizen.nfb.ca/onf/info?did=1501 - Rhode Island Coalition Against Human Trafficking
http://www.riagainsttrafficking.org/
RELATED LINKS
- Scelles Foundation - France
http://www.fondationscelles.org - Action to End Exploitation - Canada
http://www.endexploitation.org
USEFUL INTERNET RESOURCES
- International Labour Organization, Bureau of Library and Information Services
- Child Helpline International
PUBLICATIONS
- The IOM Handbook on Direct Assistance for Victims of Trafficking
- Underpaid, Overworked and Overlooked: The Realities of Young Migrant Workers in Thailand
- US Department of Justice Anti-Trafficking News Bulletin Winter 2006-2007
- ECPAT Global Monitoring Report on the Status of Action against the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children: Cambodia
- Global Monitoring Report on the Status of Action Against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children - Australia
- Global Monitoring Report on the Status of Action Against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children - Indonesia
- Global Monitoring Report on the Status of Action Against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children - Japan
- Global Monitoring Report on the Status of Action Against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children - Mongolia
- Global Monitoring Report on the Status of Action Against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children - Philippines
- Global Monitoring Report on the Status of Action Against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children - South Korea
- Global Monitoring Report on the Status of Action Against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children - Taiwan
- Stop Trafficking! Anti-Human Trafficking Newsletter December 2006
- Stop Trafficking! Anti-Human Trafficking Newsletter January 2007
- Stop Trafficking! Anti-Human Trafficking Newsletter February 2007
- Stop Trafficking! Anti-Human Trafficking Newsletter March 2007
- Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies (MIGS) Fall 2006
- Polaris Project US Policy Alert Map February 2007
- EYE on Human Trafficking December 2006
- ASEAN Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers
- Shared Hope International Newsletter November-December 2006
- NGO Statement on the Girl Child & Migration
- ECPAT-USA Newsletter January 2007
- Faith-Based Responses to Trafficking in Women from Eastern Europe
- Global Monitoring Report on the Status of Action Against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children - Thailand
- International Migration in Thailand
- Trafficking in Persons: The U.S. and International Response
- Trafficking in Persons in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Trafficking in Women – Reference Guide
- Trafficking in Women – Website Guide
- Combating the Trafficking in Children for Sexual Purposes: A Training Guide
- Combating the Trafficking in Children for Sexual Purposes: Questions and Answers
- Preventing Trafficking in Women and Children by Addressing the Normative Dimensions of Demand
- US State Department Trafficking in Persons Report: 2007 Questionnaire to NGOs
- Working Day and Night: The Plight of Migrant Child Workers in Mae Sot, Thailand
- Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery
- The Impact of Commercial Sexual Exploitation on the Girl Child
- First Cambodian Red Cross Northwest Regional Workshop: Red Cross Responses to Human Trafficking
- Good Practices To Protect Women Migrant Workers
- Researching Violence Against Women: A Practical Guide for Researchers and Activists
- The Health Risks and Consequences of Trafficking in Women and Adolescents: Findings from a European Study
- Integration of Female Migrant Domestic Workers: Strategies for Employment and Civic Participation
- Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC) and Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) in the Pacific: A Regional Report
- Cambodian Child Beggars in Bangkok
- When They Were Sold: Trafficking of Women and Girls in 15 Provinces of Indonesia
- Trafficking of Human Beings from a Human Rights Perspective: Towards a Holistic Approach
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