Our Campaign: STOP THE DEMAND

The UNANIMA International youth workshop is almost a month past and Jessica and Catherine are working to leverage the interest and enthusiasm generated by the session into a more permanent global youth movement. We have contacted two young persons from each region covered by the workshop to ask them to serve as regional consultants to help build such a movement.

To give you a flavor for the outcomes of the session, hre are the personal commitments from two workshop participants:

1. Work in fellowship with my partners and friends nationally and internationally and in that spirit of solidarity.
2. Paint an image of dignity and humanity of men, women and children who are trafficked to all those who commodify women.
3. Speak out in England to young Catholics and peers about trafficking and demand to educate, inform and inspire.
4. Arrange presentations and talks with organizations and…

Phase 2 Workshop: Ongoing

As this month’s updates are being prepared, Catherine, Jessica and Angela are in the second day of the workshop to plan the youth phase of our STOP THE DEMAND campaign. So far, the participants have experienced a three-day orientation session to the United Nations prepared by Lucianne Siers, OP, of the Global Partnership for Justice, and have seen as much of New York City as they can squeeze into their free time. Since we are only halfway through the workshop, we will report back on the results in more detail later.

Phase 2 Workshop: First Glimpse

UNANIMA International announces the 32 participants in the Youth Workshop, 28-30 May 2010. Varying in ages between 18 and 30, and coming from many corners of the world including Tamil Nadu and Mumbai in India, Negros Occidental in the Philippines, Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, and Lesotho in Africa, the United Kingdom, Australia, and the United States, these participants will have the challenge of learning about the demand side of human trafficking and designing the second phase of the UNANIMA International STOP THE DEMAND campaign.

What are they saying?

“I can share our advocacy and what we are doing here in the Philippines to the group… I believe they are applicable in other countries because we are facing the same problems globally… I think that spreading the message through the worldwide web will be an effective tool, but still, I would recommend face-to-face interaction among my peers such as conducting educations camps,…

Phase 2 Workshop: Update

The application deadline for UNANIMA International’s Workshop on Stopping the Demand is 5 March 2010. With less than two weeks to go, eight women (four men and four women) have been accepted from Ireland, England, Scotland, India, Canada, and the United States. The workshop will include an interactive panel featuring Elaine Afanador, currently a staff member at the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW); Robert Jensen, author of Getting Off: Pornography and the End of Masculinity; Claire Nolan, RGS, former NGO representative for the Good Shepherd Sisters at the United Nations and long-time activist against human trafficking; and Jonathan Walton, a scholar and published poet at Columbia University in New York City and a participant in the December event “A Conversation Among Men” about the demand for human trafficking.

Phase 2 Workshop

Workshop on Stopping the Demand for Trafficking in Women and Children
Passionist Spiritual Center – New York, NY

Application forms for the Workshop on Stopping the Demand for Trafficking in Women and Children to be held in New York from 28 to 30 May are now available online. Please encourage English-speaking youth between the ages of 18 and 25 to consider applying. All expenses will be covered. To learn more and to download the application, please visit Phase 2.

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