UISG has released its resources for The International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking 2018 which will be celebrated on 8 February. The theme is ‘Migration without trafficking’.
Access the resources in multiple languages here
 

The ILO have produced a comprehensive overview of Child Labour , a worldwide phenomenon which impacts the most vulnerable in society.
From defining Child Labour through to examining the extent of Child Labour in regions such as Asia and the Pacific; Sub-Saharan Africa; Latin America and the Caribbean; Middle East and North Africa, the information is easily accessible and makes for sobering reading.
60% of child labour is based in the agriculture sector, a largely unregulated sector known to be particularly vulnerable to labour abuses.
Read about the Push and Pull factors contributing to children’s exploitation in the labour sector, the associated risks which impact on every child and how we can help eradicate the trafficking and exploitation, at:
http://www.ilo.org/infostories/Stories/Child-Labour/Child-Labour-In-Agriculture?utm_content=buffer0796e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer#the-nature-of-child-labour
Prepared by Anne Kelleher, RENATE Communications person.

Solwodi Romania participated in a number of awareness-raising events to mark the European Day against Human Trafficking 2017. In the lead up to the day, Solwodi members participated at a conference on 17 October, entitled Fighting women trafficking: Experience and project from Eastern Europe. The conference took place in Munich and was organized by the Hans Seidel Foundation, together with Aktionsbündnis gegen Frauenhandel and Renovabis. Solwodi Romania had the opportunity to share about its projects under way in Romania, against human trafficking and to join the experts’ panel discussions on sharing local experiences and finding common grounds to fight modern day slavery.
 

 
A diverse attendance of approximately 200 delegates attended, from policemen, researchers and academics to religious, social assistants, psychologists and people interested in the topic. Speakers from Albania, Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary and Romania spoke about their respective country contexts and shared their research on prevention and direct-assistance projects in efforts to address this global problem.
On 19 October, Solwodi Romania, together with Gheorghe Lazăr National College, presented an information and awareness-raising seminar on the topic of human trafficking. Approximately 150 students from schools and high-schools in Bucharest participated. The interactive session aimed to familiarize students with the concept of human trafficking and how it can occur; the various forms of exploitation; who are the traffickers and who are the victims in/from Romania; and how to protect oneself and those around us from becoming victims.
This 19 October information and awareness-raising seminar marked the opening of the Human Trafficking Prevention Campaign, devised by Solwodi for implementation in Romanian High-Schools during the period October – December 2017. The campaign is aimed at addressing more specific and sensitive issues connected to human trafficking such as: pornography, video-chat, recruitment methods specific to minors (Loverboy, work and study offers) .
The fight against abuse and exploitation cannot be done alone. Our efforts are more effective when strengthened by cooperation with organizations and people collaborating together with the purpose of bringing an end to trafficking and exploitation.
Adapted by Anne Kelleher, RENATE Communications Person.

 

 
RENATE member, Bohdana Bezákovà shares with us a radio interview held at the Slovakian radio station rtvs, on the occasion of the E.U. Day against Human Trafficking.

Listen to the recording at: http://www.rtvs.sk/radio/archiv/1541/771587 
Prepared by Anne Kelleher, RENATE Communications Person.
 
 

 
To mark the EU Day against Human Trafficking, 2017, the Missing Persons’ Families Support Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania, in collaboration with Emmaus, held an official opening of ‘’The Green House,’’ on the 10^th of October. 
This was followed by a conference to raise awareness about human  trafficking, at which officials from the Nordic Council of Minister’s office in Lithuania officiated. The Minister of Social Security and Labour, Prosecutors from the Prosecutor General’s Office , Police Department representatives and representatives from the Vilnius municipality were also in attendance. The conference was hugely success in providing an opportunity to not only remember the victims of human trafficking but it was also an opportunity to network and share best practice.
For more, please see: http://www.missing.lt,www.116000.lt
https://www.facebook.com/www.missing.lt/posts/1971082926238590
Prepared by Anne Kelleher, RENATE Communications Person.