Issues of the Day

There are many religious congregations, NGO's, and international organizations that are contributing their might to bring about a just and peaceful world. Fully conscious of a harmonious universe where nature is not ruthlessly exploited, all of them have targeted some burning issues in the area of their work. Aware of these important problems on justice, peace and ecology, let us prioritize our targets and join hands with the rest in tackling them.

Trafficking in Women and Children

Let us join hands with others to fight against trafficking in women and children

1. The Global Alliance Against Trafficking in Women (GAATW) was formed at the International Workshop on Migration and Traffic in Women held in Chiang Mai, Thailand in October 1994. Since that time, GAATW has grown into a movement of members consisting of both organisations and individuals worldwide, and has coordinated, organised and facilitated work on issues related to trafficking in persons and women's labour migration in virtually every region of the world.
http://www.inet.co.th/org/gaatw/index.html

2. WomenAid, founded over ten years ago as a humanitarian aid and development agency, provides relief and assistance to women and children in suffering caused by war, disasters or poverty, empowers women through education, training, provision of credit and campaigns against violations of women's human rights.
http://www.womenaid.org

3. Agir pour les FEmmes en SItuation Précaire (AFESIP, French: Action for Women in Precarious Situration), an NGO of international status, started in Cambodia but now having its center in France, speaks and acts on behalf of women and children in distress irrespective of race, colour, language or ethnic origin (French and English). http://www.afesip.org

4. INSTRAW works towards gender equality and the empowerment of women through its Gender Awareness Information and Networking System (GAINS), an internet-based research and training environment driven by a worldwide network (English, French, and Spanish).
http://www.un-instraw.org/en/index.html

4.1. Q Web is a program of INSTRAW. Q derives from the Swedish word "Quinna", the equivalent of the modern "kvinna" meaning woman. "Web" is short for Women's Empowerment Base. http://www.qweb.kvinnoforum.se/main.html

4.2. For the Resource Book against Trafficking in Women and Girls in the Baltic Sea Region, visit www.qweb.knvinoforum.se/trafficking.

5. Women and children trafficking in Asia-Pacific-US. The trafficking of women and children is one of the most shocking violations in today world. Over one million persons a year are trafficked internationally, making this practice the fastest growing and most lucrative criminal enterprise in the world. Visit this website for further information. http://www.globalhawaii.org/PDF/trafficking.htm

6. The European Women's Lobby (EWL) is the largest co-ordinating body of national and European non-governmental women's organisations in the European Union, with over 3000 member associations in the 15 Member States. Its goal is to achieve equality of women and men in Europe and to serve as a link between political decision-makers and women's organisations at EU level (English and French).
http://www.womenlobby.org/home-en.asp?LangName=english

7. Join hands with others to stop human Trafficking (English, French, and Italian). http://www.stoptrafficking.org.

8. Here is one more organization that works to promote women's empowerment, rights and gender equality worldwide. http://www.unifem.undp.org