Program Overview
Out of a reported 4 million people who are trafficked annually both within and outside their country, 80% are women and girls and 50% are children. Over 90% of trafficked persons are sexually exploited. As part of UNANIMA’s work on the NGO Committee on the Status of Women, the NGO Working Group on Girls, and the NGO Subcommittee on Migration and Trafficking, we pursue the recognition and protection of the rights of these women and children. We have also begun an international campaign to STOP THE DEMAND for Trafficking in Women and Children.
Program Resources
Advent Prayers on the Theme of Human Trafficking: Week 1 (DOC)
Advent Prayers on the Theme of Human Trafficking: Week 2 (DOC)
Advent Prayers on the Theme of Human Trafficking: Week 3 (DOC)
Advent Prayers on the Theme of Human Trafficking: Week 4 (DOC)
Lent Prayers on the Theme of Human Trafficking: Week 1 (DOC)
Lent Prayers on the Theme of Human Trafficking: Week 2 (DOC)
Lent Prayers on the Theme of Human Trafficking: Week 3 (DOC)
Lent Prayers on the Theme of Human Trafficking: Week 4 (DOC)
Lent Prayers on the Theme of Human Trafficking: Week 5 (DOC)
Lent Prayers on the Theme of Human Trafficking: Week 6 (DOC)
UNANIMA at the White House
On April 9-12 UNANIMA was represented in Washington DC at a meeting organized by the U.S. Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) in collaboration with the Bakhita Initiative (U.S. Catholic Sisters United Against Human Slavery) for 12 leaders of groups of women religious who work against human trafficking. The timing was great—for one thing, the Japanese cherry trees were in bloom (picture), and we got to attend a ceremony at the White House for the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. The occasion was the Council’s formal presentation of its report on “Building Partnerships to Eradicate Modern-Day Slavery.” …
Community News
The Holy Union Sisters’ American Province intranet is regularly used to transmit items about pending and current legislation, alerts, and general information about topics closely allied with UNANIMA goals: International Women’s Day/Month, Violence Against Women Act; World Water Day, Farming; Immigration Reform, Dream Act.
Ghana Project
It’s getting exciting—the number of countries that will be represented at the anti-trafficking workshop (April 25-26 in Tamale, Ghana) is increasing, and S. Cecila Nya SHCJ –she’s the one with the whole world in her hands–is busy helping participants with visas and transportation. Several communities have given extra support (see March Update and below) and there are others who have indicated they will. Michele has her shots and her African outfit ready for the event, and is anxious to meet UNANIMA members from many countries!
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