Monday, July 26, 2010

Human Trafficking Resources

Anti Slavery International

Canadian Religious Conference (Human Trafficking under CRC Priorities)

Child Trafficking Digital Library (Nepal, South Asia and others)

Coalition Against Trafficking in Women

** Combating human trafficking

* Free the Slaves
www.freetheslaves.net (Useful Downloads, Interactive Slavery Map, success stories, books)

The Future Group (Canadian NGO)

Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement (look to right sidebar for country)

Global Alliance Against Traffic in women (Justice Information Section and Resource hub)

International Center for Migration Policy Development (Search geographic-oriented resources)

* Intercommunity Peace and Justice center –(trafficking section, scroll down for resources)

International Organization for Migration

International Union of Superior Generals
www.csjorange.org (look under Justice Office / Resources/Issues)

List of Goods produced by Child and Forced Labor

National Multicultural Institute

Nepal Institute of Peace (Internally Displaced Persons)

Polaris Project: For a World without Slavery

Rescue and Restore Victims of Trafficking - Free outreach materials, posters, screening tools, fact sheets at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/trafficking

* Stop Trafficking Newsletter

UNANIMA International (Stop the Demand campaign resources)

* United Nations Blue Heart Campaign Against Human Trafficking

** Best Practices in Human Trafficking and Africa

UN Development Fund for Women, Human Trafficking Briefing Kit www.unifem.org/attachments/products/traffkit_eng.pdf

* United Nations Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling)
** Click here (Produced by Government of India)

U.S. Catholic Conference of bishops

U.S. State Department (2010 Trafficking in Persons Report)

U.S. Dept. of Education (Human Trafficking of Children in U.S.: A Fact Sheet for Schools)

Action: Request U.S. Congress to stop demand of products made by child and slave labor http://capwiz.com/ipjc/go/childlabor

Action: Ask your favorite brands to ensure their products are slave-free


DVDs

Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids—Explores the lives of the sons and daughters of prostitutes in Calcutta, India. 2005 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. $20 from www.kids-with-cameras.org. 83 minutes.
The Day My God Died—About young girls whose lives have been shattered by the child sex trade in Nepal and India. $30 from Andrew Levine Productions. 70 minutes.

Dreams Die Hard: Survivors of Slavery in America Tell Their Stories—Documentary profiling several people trapped in different kinds of human slavery across the United States. $10 from Free the Slaves. A study guide is available for this movie. 36 minutes.

Human Trafficking—This drama exposes the ugly world of human trafficking. Donald Sutherland and Mira Sorvino received Golden Globe Nominations for their performances in this 2005 Lifetime television mini-series. $6.99 from Amazon.com. 180 minutes.

I Just Keep Quiet: Voices of Human Trafficking—Produced by the Refugee Women's Alliance (ReWA) and the Seattle Police Department, 2006. DVD Available for $20 by calling ReWA: 206-721-0243. 20 minutes. The video is free online and can be accessed either via youtube or http://warn-trafficking.org/.

* Lives for Sale—A joint production between Maryknoll, Lightfoot Films, Inc. and PBS. $19.95 from Orbis Books. 60 minutes. (SCN Media Center has a copy)

* Losing Maria – story of a young adult who has been trafficked, geared toward high school students with preview recommended (SCN Media Center has a copy)

So Great a Violence: Prostitution, Trafficking and the Global Sex Industry—Attempts to debunk myths of prostitution and spotlights the men who create the demand for the sexual exploitation of women and girls. $29.95 from the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women. 29 minutes.

* The Jammed – Story of trafficking of adults made in Australia (SCN Media Center has a copy) or visit www.thejammed.com

The Oldest Lie – 30-minute documentary and guide produced by filmmaker Eve Lamont that debunks the myth of that prostitution is the “oldest profession.” This documentary can be used with girls age 14 and up. Cost is $69.95 and can be ordered from info@lacles.org or call 514.750.4535


United States Trafficking Hotline (information and referral)
1.888.3737.888


* recommended resources
** Best Practices websites

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