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November 2024 was once again a busy month for SOLWODI HUNGARY.
We got an invitation by the Hungarian Women’s Lobby to be member of a panel at
their conference on 12th November 2024 in Budapest, at the Budapest University of
Jewish Studies. The conference was about the 4Ps: Prevention, Protection, Prosecution and
Partnership to combat Human Trafficking in Hungary.
The guest speaker of the event was Reem Alsalem, UN Special Reporter on Human
Trafficking/violence against women who talked about her latest findings and her
reports on the violence against women and girls.
During the panel discussion and after during the workshops we could exchange our
views on the current state of human trafficking in Hungary and could share our best
practices with representatives of other anti-trafficking organisations, operators of
national helpline, police and social workers. We have had a very fruitful conversation
of the topic. We came out of the conference with the idea of our next event: an inter-
faith conversation how to prevent and combat trafficking and sexual exploitation.
On 15th November 2024 SOLWODI team visited the Catholic girl school – ‘Patrona
Hungariea’ – in Budapest. This was a reoccurring engagement. It was not the first-
time sr. Klarissza SSND asked SOLWODI HUNGARY to help raise awareness on
trafficking and other issues related to sexual exploitation. The girls between 16-18
were all very constructive during the conversation and asked a lot of questions.
Hopefully our activity will help them to avoid victimisation.
SOLWODI HUNGARY has started to collect our Christmas gift bags for those
women and girls who take part in the street prostitution. Last year, we collected
34 bags of kind gifts: chocolates, home made cakes, hand-written post
cards/messages, warm cloths, hats and gloves, candles and other small gifts. Our
aim is to replicate last years success and distribute again the gift bags on the street
for the victims of prostitution.