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STOP TRAFFICK! TACKLI N G DEM A ND FOR SE RVICES OF VICTIMS OF S E X TRAFFIC KING

STOP TRAFFICK! TACKLING DEMAND FOR SERVICES OF VICTIMS OF SEX TRAFFICKING

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Page 1: STOP TRAFFICK! TACKLING DEMAND FOR SERVICES OF VICTIMS OF SEX TRAFFICKING

STOP

TRAFF

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TACKLIN

G DEM

AND FOR S

ERVIC

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VICTI

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SEX TRAFF

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PROJECT PARTNERS

• Mediterranean Institute for Gender Studies (MIGS)

• MONIKA Finland

• Klaipeda Social and Psychological Services Centre,Lithuania

• Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation (BGRF)

• Immigrant Council of Ireland

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PROJECT BACKGROUND

• The Dignity Project (2009/10)

• Interest in understanding the rationale and patterns for buying sexual services of victims

• Lack of research on buyers of sex

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• Immigrant Council’s Report

• Keen to learn more- to develop appropriate strategies and

• Establish an approach to discourage demand for the services of victims of sex trafficking

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INTERNATIONAL TREATIES ON DEMAND • UN Palermo Protocol

• Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Persons

• 2011/36/EU Article 25:

“Member States should establish and/or strengthen policies to prevent trafficking in human beings, including measures to discourage and reduce the demand that fosters all forms of exploitation”

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ULTIMATE GOAL OF PROJECT

Reduction in demand for services of victims of trafficking >

reduce the numbers of women and girls being trafficked for sexual exploitation

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SEX TRAFFICKING CURRENTLY

• 23, 632 Victims of Trafficking Identified in EU between 2008-2010. (Eurostat 2013)

• 6 out of 10 Victims are trafficked for sexual exploitation (UN Global Report on Trafficking 2012)

• Women and girls make up 98% of sex trafficking victims (ILO, Minimum Estimate of Forced Labour in the World, 2005)

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PROJECT AIMS

• Explore attitudes to human trafficking and characteristics of buyers and potential buyers

• Explore awareness levels of buyers of the circumstances of the people they are buying

• Establish the measures identified by the respondents in the study as the most efficient deterrents to purchase of sex

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AIMS CONTINUED • Strengthen Civil Society’ s capacity to challenge

the demand for victims of trafficking

• Identify promising practices and strategies in reducing demand

• Target buyers and potential buyers through employers and trade unions- collaborate with unions and employers on pilot demand-reduction training

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PROJECT OBJECTIVES

• Carry out transnational research in all 5 Partner Countries with buyers of sex

• Produce Policy and Research Paper

• Produce case study report

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OBJECTIVES CONT.

• Develop a Toolkit for training and awareness

• Engage with employers and unions to carry out Toolkit Training programme staff

• Disseminate information on demand-reduction

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The Learning Toolkit Human Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation

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THANK YOU!

Aibhlín O’Leary

Anti-Trafficking Office

[email protected]

Immigrant Council of Ireland

Visit www.immigrantcouncil.ie and www.stoptraffick.ie for more information