On the 5 December 2018, CCARHT Director Dr Pemberton Ford attended a hastily convened group of international scholars and students in London to explore how higher education can contribute more effectively in the fight for resistance to Human Trafficking. As one of eight around the table for a thematic …
It is often argued that religion should steer well clear of politics and the economy – yet when it comes to Human Trafficking communities of faith have been deeply immersed in developing practical steps to respond to the cataclysm this represents to Human lives. These immediate steps of response – the steps which Christian …
Faith based communities – agents for improved civil society response? Read More »
Freshly pressed from the Home Office utilising the methodology used in ‘The Economic and Social Costs of Crime’ (Heeks et al., 2018) adapting where necessary to reflect some of the particular characteristics of this offence type. The report6 utilises the QALY (Quality Adjusted Life Year) methodology which estimates the costs of the physical and emotional …
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A fresh perspective is being called for by the Anti Trafficking Review, convened by Dr Annalee Lepp – the chair of the Women’s Studies department at the University of Victoria and co-founder and current director of the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women Canada. Dr Lepp deploys a human rights centric, “do no harm” approach …
The ‘rights’ and trafficked exploitations of sexual labour – new call for papers. Read More »
This Tuesday 20th March 2018 around 120 business, charity sector, monitoring bodies and faith leaders will be attending our symposium on Supply Chains and the work which is well underway to address the multiple challenges of inequalities, trafficking, exploitation, forced and child labour embedded within them. We are pulling together a number of key resources …
Supply Chains in focus – Just Share collaboration with CCARHT March 20th 2018 Collaboration is what effective work in addressing Human Trafficking at every level is all about. So here at CCARHT we are really delighted to be sharing with JUST SHARE, and the St Paul’s Institute to put on an evening of engagement with …
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This important week-end (13th – 14th January 2018) draws our attention to the plight of Refugees and those in Migration across the globe) Oxfam Humanitarian Policy Adviser Ed Cairns reflects on using evidence to influence the treatment of refugees * Who thinks that governments decide what to do on refugees after carefully considering …
What changes people’s minds in the discourse on Refugees? Read More »
New South African Human Trafficking Resource Line An important milestone to combat human trafficking in South Africa has been reached. On 30 August 2016, the new South African National Human Trafficking Resource Line (NHTRL) was launched. It is tipped by local organisations to not be just another helpline to report human trafficking? In addition to …
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Culture, Context and International Cooperation: Day 2 of the Summer Symposium Less than halfway through the CCARHT Summer School Symposium, a theme that strongly emerged was how broad and far reaching human trafficking is, whilst simultaneously being so distinctive in comparison to other crimes. It is broad and far reaching in the sense that it …
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CCARHT Summer Symposium What’s in a Name? Trafficking in a world of Modern Slavery “The discussion around Human Trafficking has been led by the law…but only a multi-disciplinary, culturally contextual approach will truly enable use to understand the causes and find effective solutions.” Dr. Carrie Pemberton Ford On Monday the 1st of August, the Cambridge …
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