AFRICA AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING

Mobilising to raise awareness about human trafficking in Africa in all its forms

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caroline ametepee is now a member of AFRICA AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Welcome Them!
on Saturday
Kenny Richardson is now a member of AFRICA AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Welcome Them!
January 29
Dusty Feet added an event
February 15, 2010 from 12pm to 6pm
A one day luncheon for NGO leaders who would like to join this partnership to end trafficking in East Africa. First 50 RSVP's accepted. Free event.
January 22
Dusty Feet replied to Dusty Feet's discussion 'Networking'
We are based in Nairobi - sorry for the delay between posts, we're very busy this time of year.
January 22
Yvonne added a group
"Our voices, We Must Be Heard"
Our Voices, We Must Be Heard is an advocacy program to educate and mobilize children and youth in Ghana against human trafficking and provide them with a voice as the most vulnerable and affected group.
January 11
Joanna Krawczyk is now a member of AFRICA AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING
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January 11
Yvonne http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/world/2009/10/30/rugman.kenya.sex.tourism.itn.html
October 30, 2009
Dusty Feet replied to Dusty Feet's discussion 'Networking'
We'll do this. Thanks for the networking and the site!
October 29, 2009
Yvonne replied to Dusty Feet's discussion 'Networking'
Also, please join the other forums we have: www.causes.com/africaagainsthumantrafficking, "Africa AGainst Human Trafficking: search groups on facebook, EXIHTINAFRICA on yourcause.com, EXIHT International on 4real.com and EXIHTINAFRICA on Twitter. Th…
October 15, 2009
Yvonne replied to Dusty Feet's discussion 'Networking'
Thank you... that would be awesome. Are you an organization based in Kenya? Please tell me more about your org. I lived and worked in Kenya on trafficking. Please post on our discussion board as regularly as you can. Please begin new discussions and…
October 15, 2009
Dusty Feet added a discussion
Networking
We are all small pieces in a giant puzzle. We would love to network with any organization or individual fighting against trafficking. We love what you are doing. Organizing a forum is an awesome resource. Let us know if we can help you in the fight…
October 15, 2009
Dusty Feet added a blog post
We love what you are doing. Organizing a forum is an awesome resource. Let us know if we can help you in the fight against trafficking. We can be contacted at the following - HopeStartsNow.org - DustyFeetTravel.com - Causes.com/DustyFeet Twitter.co…
October 15, 2009
Dusty Feet, Vernice Guthrie and Tatiana Kotlyarenko joined AFRICA AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING
October 15, 2009
Donna Young replied to Yvonne's discussion 'Domestic Servants/ House-helps: Is this human trafficking?'
You are asking if the inherited practice, Africans employing servants/domestic workers, which is currently regarded as a tradition can now be thought of and viewed by Africans as trafficking. I believe by giving Africans a universal definition of tr…
October 8, 2009
Donna Young is now a member of AFRICA AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Welcome Them!
October 8, 2009
Yvonne and Jaime S. Austria are now friends
October 6, 2009

Members

  • Vernice Guthrie
  • caroline ametepee
  • Kenny Richardson
  • Moses Kanduri
  • Dusty Feet
  • Joanna Krawczyk
  • Yvonne
  • gakenia kamau
  • Jaime S. Austria
  • Siebetcheu Simplice Douglas
  • Tatiana Kotlyarenko
  • judohjudinho
  • Hibist Kassa
  • Donna Young

Human Trafficking in Africa is on a steady rise. This is the cause of our time. Not enough noise is being made about this crime in Africa.

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MAJOR FORMS OF TRAFFICKING

Trafficking in Persons Report
Released by the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
June 4, 2008

Major Forms of Trafficking in Persons
Forced Labor and Sexual Servitude: The Varying Forms of Human Trafficking

The hidden nature of trafficking in persons prevents a precise count of the number of victims around the world, but available research indicates that, when trafficking within a country’s borders is included in the
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Created by Yvonne Oct 3, 2009 at 10:11pm. Last updated by Yvonne Oct. 9, 2009.

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Created by Yvonne Oct 3, 2009 at 9:09pm. Last updated by Yvonne Oct. 9, 2009.

HOW TO RECOGNIZE VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING

How Can I Recognize Trafficking Victims?
Because trafficking in persons is usually an "underground" crime, it can be difficult for law-enforcement personnel, the public, or service providers to readily identify a trafficking victim and/or a trafficking scenario. There have been cases of victims escaping and reporting the situation to the police. However, many are physically unable to leave their work sites without an escort and are not free to contact family, frien
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Created by Yvonne Oct 3, 2009 at 10:14pm. Last updated by Yvonne Oct. 4, 2009.

DEFINITION OF TRAFFICKING

The global or international definition of Human trafficking is found in the "U.N Protocol to Prevent, Supress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially women and children", also known as the "Palermo Protocol". Please note however that African countries who have existing legislation on Trafficking, tend to modify their definitions to include issues such as "human/child sacrifice" , which is not covered in the Protocol.

The protocol defines trafficking as
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Created by Yvonne Oct 3, 2009 at 10:12pm. Last updated by Yvonne Oct. 4, 2009.

 

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We are all small pieces in a giant puzzle. We would love to network with any organization or individual fighting against trafficking. We love what you are doing. Organizing a forum is an awesome res…

Started by Dusty Feet. Last reply by Dusty Feet Jan 22.

Yvonne

Domestic Servants/ House-helps: Is this human trafficking? 1 Reply

It is traditional in most African countries to employ servants/domestic workers. Most of these workers are brought from villages or rural areas. Based on the definition of trafficking (found on the d…

Started by Yvonne. Last reply by Donna Young Oct. 9, 2009.

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Dusty Feet

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We love what you are doing. Organizing a forum is an awesome resource. Let us know if we can help you in the fight against trafficking.

We can be contacted at the following - HopeStartsNow.org - DustyFeetTravel.com - Causes.com/DustyFeet
Twitter.com/DustyFeet

We would like to help in any we can. We post on trafficking everyday through our twitter account.

Posted by Dusty Feet on October 15, 2009 at 3:49pm

 
 

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