Our internationality challenges us to witness to unity in a divided world; to discover unsuspected ways of sharing what we have, especially with the poor and marginalized; and to search for new channels of service in the universal church. (SSND constitution)
United Nations: In March 2007, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) formally launched a Global Initiative to fight Human Trafficking (UN.GIFT).
Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons Especially Women
and Children,
Canadian Department of Justice has information about the trafficking of persons on their website. A poster is also available from them to help increase awareness of the issue among Canadians. " The Government of Canada is working to combat trafficking in persons both domestically and internationally. " read more
Bill C-268: An Act to amend the Criminal Code (minimum sentence for offences involving trafficking of persons under the age of eighteen years).
Joy Smith, Member of Parliament for Kildonan-St. Paul, Manitoba: Human Trafficking is one of her main issues.
Professor Benjamin Perrin, a UBC law professor, was named as one of nine 'heroes' in a report on human trafficking published by the U.S. State Department.
The Future Group is a Canadian-based non-governmental organization dedicated to combatting human trafficking and the child sex trade. One of their current concerns is Preventing Human Trafficking at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver.
The Canadian Religious Conference, (CRC) launched an educational kit entitled "We are a Global Village – Human Trafficking and the 2010 Olympics". The kit introduces high school students to this issue and is available through their website. Included in the kit is a powerpoint presentation, notes for the teacher and "The Oldest Oppression", a 45 min DVD written and performed by grade 11 drama students at St.Mary's Academy, Winnipeg.
Free the Slaves website: Free the Slaves was formed in response to Dr. Kevin Bales' groundbreaking book, Disposable People. “Slavery exists in many different forms around the world. Two characteristics make most slavery today different from slavery in the past: slaves today are cheap and they are disposable.”
Walk with Me: Memoirs of a Sex Slave Survivor: This is the site of Timea Eva Nagy, a Sex Slave Survivor, Speaker and Social Advocate from Toronto, Canada. Timea's sex slave nightmare took place in Toronto, Canada in 1998 after arriving from Budapest, Hungary in the hopes of attaining a summer position. Her new book, Walk With Me, a Memoir of a Sex Slave Worker, is a full accounting of her story and her road to wholeness. It is set to be released in the fall of 2009.
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