TRAFFICKING IN WOMEN IN EUROPE


In the past ten years, new political and economic configurations in Europe have led to a massive increase in the trafficking in women from poorer countries to richer ones, for the purposes of forced labour, forced marriage or forced prostitution. All countries in the region are involved, either as countries of origin, countries of destination, or as countries of transition where travel documents and marriage certificates may be obtained. Because of the secrecy surrounding the trade, exact numbers involved are not available, but NGO and police sources believe that over 100,000 Eastern European women and girls are living outside their own countries, plus an increasing number of women from Southern Europe and the Balkans, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Asia. Those who employ them, both men and women, come from all sections of society, including the churches, but the culture of silence is such that there is little public awareness that this is the fact.

CCME - EUROPEAN UNION ANTI-TRAFFICKING DAY : CHRISTIAN NETWORK CALLS FOR STRONGER COHERENCE OF EU POLICIES - 15 October 2007
Christian organisations active in the fight against trafficking in human beings have today called for greater coherence in EU policies in order to combat trafficking.

CCME - COMBATING TRAFFICKING IN HUMAN BEINGS: "VICTORY OF GOSPEL OVER SLAVERY" - 8 October 2007
Christian anti-trafficking workshop in Kiev underlines role of churches in former USSR countries. Churches in the countries of the former Soviett Union are emerging as key actors in the fightt against trafficking in human beings...

CME - CHURCHES ENCOURAGE EU COMMISSION TO RATIFY PAN EUROPEAN CONVENTION AGAINST TRAFFICKING - 4 May 2007 The Churches´ Commission for Migrants in Europe (CCME) in a letter to European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso yesterday encouraged the European Commission to ratify the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings. The letter, which was co-signed by CCME and six other international networks active in the fight against trafficking in human beings, was sent on the 2nd anniversary of the adoption of the Convention.

CHURCHES ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF TRAFFICKING IN WOMEN IN EUROPE - A Consultative process on human sexuality from a theological perspective

A NEW WORKBOOK FOR CHURCHES ON TRAFFICKING IN WOMENINTERNATIONAL CONSULTATION ON TRAFFICKING IN WOMEN IN EUROPE - Kerk en Wereld, Driebergen, Netherlands