Posts Tagged ‘exploitation of children’
Human Trafficking Not Confined to Poor Countries
Holy See Permanent Observer at the United Nations In an address to the 27th Ordinary Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, Holy See Permanent Observer at the United Nations, chose slavery as the theme of his address. While referring to a number of tragic forms of contemporary slavery that have recently attracted the attention…
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LCWR Resolution to Action Four and a half years ago, the Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph came to Nix Conference & Meeting Management to research the hotel site for their conference. They asked about the hotel’s policy on human trafficking. We were not aware at the time that hotels were the venue for…
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Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in the Solomon Islands The commercial sexual exploitation of children, or sexual abuse in exchange for money or goods, in a remote region of the Solomon Islands, with a focus on the presence of the logging industry and the role this industry plays in abusing and exploiting children is reported…
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New Documentary on Child Sex Slavery Corridors of Children is a documentary outlining some of the reasons for children being trafficked into the sex industry in South East Asia. This film, a project of Children United, can be used to educate about and advocate against child sexual exploitation. Click here to view a trailer of the…
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World Day Against Child Labour – June 12 A 9-year-old girl toils under the hot sun, making bricks from morning to night, seven days a week. She was trafficked with her entire family from Bihar, one of the poorest and most underdeveloped states in India, and sold to the owner of a brick-making factory. With…
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Puppet on a String Report This UK report released by Barnardos indicates sexually abused children are getting younger and the trafficking of children is increasing. Click here to read this report.
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