The Delhi Murder Trials: A Death and a Wake-Up Call
‘Eve teasing’. When I first heard the expression, it sounded like some kind of children’s game or innocuous mischief, like blowing a raspberry or pulling at someone’s pigtails. In India, the term has darker associations – a common euphemism for public sexual harassment of women; a theme which has made headlines recently with the trial … Read more
Women of Strength
Women of the world! STOP THE TRAFFIK invites you on a journey to help prevent human trafficking internationally. We are offering 8 – 12 days in India with the unique opportunity: To experience and contribute to STOP THE TRAFFIK’s preventative work in India To learn about human trafficking To put your experience into action on … Read more
New Anti-Trafficking Film to be Released!
“Every year, an estimated 2,000,000 children are commercially sexually exploited… … 500,000 of these children are in India” (Freedom Firm). Ben Stamper’s new film, Horse and Rider: Freedom for the Daugthers of India, tells the remarkable true story about about two victims of trafficking in India and their road to freedom and recovery. The film … Read more
Global News Round 13.05.2011
Czech Republic As immigration policy gets stricter, human trafficking increases in the Czech Republic. The country has a history of being associated with trafficking but its association is changing form. Where it once was a transit point and trafficking to the Czech Republic was mostly for sexual exploitation, the country is now becoming a destination … Read more
GLOBAL News Round 18.4.2011
Trinidad and Tobago Three Indian men, who are victims of a human trafficking ring in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T), are pleading to go home. The men were lured to T&T by a job advert in India offering work in granite and marble fabrication. When they arrived in T&T their passports were confiscated and they were … Read more
GLOBAL News Round 12.3.2011
Jamaica One man: It is rare that victims of trafficking are willing to come forward and help the police but one Indian man has. He became a victim of human trafficking by the hands of the company previously employed for and has stepped up to help the police in Kingston to fight forced labour. After … Read more
Women of the world UNITE!
Today is International Woman’s Day! Today is the day we put our feet up and celebrate the very simple fact that we are and (in most cases) always will be women. Wondering what to write, the women in our office tried to think of reasons why it is great to be a woman. Ourlist started … Read more
Global News 19/01/2011
By Simon Butcher Argentina / Holland One of the largest agri-industry companies in the world – the Dutch grain merchant Nidera – has been accused of human trafficking. Argentinean authorities raided a Nidera plantation near Buenos Aires, where 133 seasonal workers, beleived to be trafficking victims, were found to be working in shocking conditions. The company are … Read more
Global News 13/01/2011
Ohio, US The manager of Starbucks in Cleveland, Ohio said he was unaware of what was going on. Staff swiping a few dollars from the till for themselves? Giving their favourite customers and extra marshmallow? Customers writing graffiti on the toilet door? No – on all three counts. He was unaware that when a man, … Read more
Traffik-free Christmas
The whiff of Christmas is certainly hovering in the air: the faint scent of nostalgia, the aroma of kindliness and generosity… and the stench of every company in the land insisting that you spend your hard-earned money on their wares. Fortunately, STOP THE TRAFFIK is here to provide some retail assistance, with some beautiful gift … Read more
Global News 04/11/2010
US Baseball is not a thing that I know much about, or have ever really paid much attention to. I remember playing it a few times in PE lessons at school and recall the teacher instructing me to “swing really hard in case I hit it”. I feel that this teacher may have failed to … Read more
Global News Summary 12.4.2010
Malaysia vows to tackle human trafficking The National Action Plan Against Trafficking in Persons (2010 -2015) was presented in Kuala Lumpur last week. The 9 action points include creating public awareness, assisting prevention efforts and combating trafficking for forced labour. A minister hosting the event said that 400 women and 44 children have been rescued … Read more
Asian Slave Brides in the UK
Hundreds of women from South Asia coming to marry in the UK are treated as domestic slaves by their in-laws; very often there is no one to notice what is happening and very little support offered. The women who report cases of domestic slavery are usually from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Women are treated in … Read more
