How can women and children be protected from online traffickers?  How do criminals evade law enforcement?  What laws and regulations are needed to make sure traffickers do not use digital tools to lure at-risk women and children, in particular those in vulnerable situations, and profit from their trafficking? 

What indicators can help health providers detect victims of sex trafficking? These are just some of the urgent questions that families and policy makers are facing across the globe. This event will bring together policy makers and civil society to discuss and answer these questions with best practices, lessons learned, and recent success stories.

Wednesday, December 7, 2022
1:15 – 2:45 PM
United Nations Headquarters
Conference Room 8

RSVP by Dec 2 at [email protected]
UN Pass required to attend.
Event to be webcast.

EVENT DETAILS

MODERATOR

Stefano Gennarini, J.D., Vice President for the Center of Legal Studies, C-Fam

PANEL SPEAKERS

MP Arnold Viersen, Canadian Member of Parliament

“Putting an end to sexual violence, human trafficking, and youth crime”
Brook Parker-Bello Ph.D., Author, US Patent holder in mental health tech, former victim to champion and the founding CEO of More Too Life. Her memoir “Shame Undone” to be released in 2023

“The Legal challenges that fuel the sexual exploitation of women and girls"
ELEANOR KENNELLY GAETAN, Ph.D., Vice President & Director of Public Policy, National Center on Sexual Exploitation

“What I’ve learned from ten years working with women in the sex industry around the world” 
Helen Taylor, Vice President of Impact, Exodus Cry

“Addressing the health impact to survivors and assisting with healing and harbor”
Marion Kendall, M.Ed., MSW, Executive Director, Lifeway Network

INVITED PARTICIPANTS:
Government officials and representatives of UN Member States, including Members of the Group of Friends United Against Trafficking in Persons, representatives of international organizations, academia, and civil society