Stop Trafficking Newsletter May 2010

Click on the link to the May edition of Stop Trafficking Newsletter. http://www.stopenslavement.org/index.html  This edition of Stop Trafficking is a packed issue providing key information in almost every line.  It also provides pointers for advocacy and action.   The topic is Misogyny – the fuel of human trafficking.  This issues highlights how technology and porn escalate misogyny in our culture and thereby promote human trafficking.  Learn more about pornography and  misogyny in popular music.  Pick up the link to the UN Report: Stem Global Crime and read pages 22-24.  137 States have ratified the UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons.  Presently the General Assembly at the UN is working on a Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons. 

The UNODC 2010 Report can be accessed at this site.    http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/about-unodc/annual-report.html

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