The SCN Family is committed to social ministry that includes charity and systemic change. The Office of Global Ministries emphasizes systemic change that is rooted in the Gospel and directed by the Congregational Mission Statement and most recent General Assembly Directives. These “lens” are used to analyze issues, reflect on potential actions, examine opportunities for collaboration and create a unified voice for confronting global injustices of our time.

Human Trafficking Resources

Anti Slavery International

www.antislavery.org


Canadian Religious Conference (Human Trafficking under CRC Priorities)

www.crc-canada.org


Child Trafficking Digital Library (Nepal, South Asia and others)

www.childtrafficking.com


Coalition Against Trafficking in Women

www.catwinternational.org


** Combating human trafficking

http://www.humantrafficking.org/


* Free the Slaves

www.freetheslaves.net (Useful Downloads, Interactive Slavery Map, success stories, books)


The Future Group (Canadian NGO)

www.thefuturegroup.org


Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement (look to right sidebar for country)


Global Alliance Against Traffic in women (Justice Information Section and Resource hub)

www.gaatw.org


International Center for Migration Policy Development (Search geographic-oriented resources)

www.anti-trafficking.net


* Intercommunity Peace and Justice center –(trafficking section, scroll down for resources)

http://www.ipjc.org/links/trafficking.htm


International Organization for Migration

www.iom.int


International Union of Superior Generals

www.csjorange.org (look under Justice Office / Resources/Issues)


List of Goods produced by Child and Forced Labor

http://tiny.cc/dolreport or http://www.dol.gov/ilab/programs/ocft/PDF/2009TVPRA.pdf


National Multicultural Institute

http://www.nmci.org/news/news_items/trafficking.html


Nepal Institute of Peace (Internally Displaced Persons)

http://www.idps-nepal.org/


Polaris Project: For a World without Slavery

www.polarisproject.org/


Rescue and Restore Victims of Trafficking - Free outreach materials, posters, screening tools, fact sheets at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/trafficking


* Stop Trafficking Newsletter

http://homepage.mac.com/srjeanschafersds/stoptraffic/


UNANIMA International (Stop the Demand campaign resources)

www.unanima-international.org


* United Nations Blue Heart Campaign Against Human Trafficking

www.unodc.org/blueheart


** Best Practices in Human Trafficking and Africa

http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0013/001384/138447e.pdf


UN Development Fund for Women, Human Trafficking Briefing Kit www.unifem.org/attachments/products/traffkit_eng.pdf


* United Nations Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking

http://www.ungift.org/

** http://www.ungift.org/ungift/knowledge/practices.html contains Best Practices


United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling)

www.unodc.org

** Click here (Produced by Government of India)


U.S. Catholic Conference of bishops

www.usccb.org/mrs/trafficking/index.shtml


U.S. State Department (2010 Trafficking in Persons Report)

www.state.gov/g/tip


U.S. Dept. of Education (Human Trafficking of Children in U.S.: A Fact Sheet for Schools)

www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osdfs/factsheet.html


Action: Request U.S. Congress to stop demand of products made by child and slave labor http://capwiz.com/ipjc/go/childlabor


Action: Ask your favorite brands to ensure their products are slave-free

www.chainstorereaction.com



DVDs


Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids—Explores the lives of the sons and daughters of prostitutes in Calcutta, India. 2005 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. $20 from www.kids-with-cameras.org. 83 minutes.

The Day My God Died—About young girls whose lives have been shattered by the child sex trade in Nepal and India. $30 from Andrew Levine Productions. 70 minutes.


Dreams Die Hard: Survivors of Slavery in America Tell Their Stories—Documentary profiling several people trapped in different kinds of human slavery across the United States. $10 from Free the Slaves. A study guide is available for this movie. 36 minutes.


Human Trafficking—This drama exposes the ugly world of human trafficking. Donald Sutherland and Mira Sorvino received Golden Globe Nominations for their performances in this 2005 Lifetime television mini-series. $6.99 from Amazon.com. 180 minutes.


I Just Keep Quiet: Voices of Human Trafficking—Produced by the Refugee Women's Alliance (ReWA) and the Seattle Police Department, 2006. DVD Available for $20 by calling ReWA: (206) 721-8448. 20 minutes.


* Lives for Sale—A joint production between Maryknoll, Lightfoot Films, Inc. and PBS. $19.95 from Orbis Books. 60 minutes. (SCN Media Center has a copy)


* Losing Maria – story of a young adult who has been trafficked, geared toward high school students with preview recommended (SCN Media Center has a copy)


So Great a Violence: Prostitution, Trafficking and the Global Sex Industry—Attempts to debunk myths of prostitution and spotlights the men who create the demand for the sexual exploitation of women and girls. $29.95 from the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women. 29 minutes.


* The Jammed – Story of trafficking of adults made in Australia (SCN Media Center has a copy) or visit www.thejammed.com


The Oldest Lie – 30-minute documentary and guide produced by filmmaker Eve Lamont that debunks the myth of that prostitution is the “oldest profession.” This documentary can be used with girls age 14 and up. Cost is $69.95 and can be ordered from info@lacles.org or call 514.750.4535



United States Trafficking Hotline (information and referral)

1.888.3737.888



* recommended resources

** Best Practices websites




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