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SYMPOSIUM ON GLOBAL EFFORTS TO END HUMAN TRAFFICKING
LEARNING FROM OUR SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES
*We have reached our venue capacity and have closed our reservation.Thank you for your interest in our symposium, and please check our website for the event report.
Human trafficking is the second largest criminal industry in the world, and affects tens of millions of people worldwide. Over the past decade, countries such as the United States, South Korea, and Taiwan have made major changes in their laws and protection and rehabilitation programs to address both transnational and domestic forms of human trafficking. In contrast, Japan has been criticized by the United Nations, the United States TIP Report, and international NGOs for its lack of comprehensive trafficking measures. In response to these criticisms, Japan enacted the Action Plan for Measures to Combat Trafficking in Persons in 2005 (revised in 2009) and has made efforts toward improving victim protection and other programs.
This international symposium and closed session event will bring together experts and officials from the United States, South Korea, Taiwan, and Japan to intensively discuss and share their successes and challenges in developing anti-human trafficking measures and programs.
Cooperative partnerships between government agencies and civil society will also be emphasized to empower officials, NGOs, and citizens to re-think local and international approaches to this issue.
Date: Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Time: 10:00 - 15:00 (lunch and coffee break inbetween)
Location: United Nations University, Tokyo (5F Elizabeth Rose Hall)
Program:
Opening remarks led by Yoko Komiyama, Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare
Keynote speeches
- Nim Yu, Director of Dasi Hamkke Center, Seoul City, Korea
- James Felte, Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit of Department of Justice, USA
- Bradley Myles, Executive Director and CEO of Polaris Project
- Sandy Yeh, Associate Professor of Central Police University, Taiwan
Q & A Panel Discussion
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Due to the limited seating for members of the general public, we are asking all those who would like to attend to register beforehand. Your name will be entered into a random drawing, and those chosen will receive an invitation message by e-mail. Please bring the printed invitation e-mail to the venue and present it at the reception desk.
This event is organized by Polaris Project Japan and sponsored by the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership.
We are also thankful to the US Embassy in Japan for their support, and for the cooperation of The Body Shop.
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Polaris Volume 49
August 2011
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The autumn is sneaking into Tokyo. Polaris Project Japan is planning a lot
in this fall!
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* Polaris Project Monthly Seminar 2011 "You Know Human Trafficking?"
The fourth seminar at Body Shop Shinjuku on Saturday, September 10
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You wouldn't want to miss our September seminar as it will be the last
of the first half Polaris Monthly Seminar series in 2011.
The forth seminar in September will focus on sex education as
prevention of human trafficking.
We will welcome Dr. Shinya Iwamuro, known as an "expert of condoms"
and discuss what we can do for prevention.
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Forth Seminar:
"Why Children are Sexually Vulnerable? What We Can Do Now."
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July 2011
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In June, Polaris staff members went to Iwate in turn, to conduct
hearings on what women in the disaster areas need for the Post-
Earthquake Support for Women and Children Project.
According to a recent news report, the police arrested men for having
a woman who survived the earthquake work as a prostitute in Tokyo.
We need to carry on a long-term support.
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/polarisproject/20110609/1307601079
(full story in Japanese)
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* Polaris Project Monthly Seminar 2011 "You Know Human Trafficking?"
The third seminar at Body Shop Shinjuku on Saturday, July 23
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July 23 is the third in the Polaris Project Monthly Seminar 2011 series.
This time we will look into the demand for human trafficking.
The third seminar will welcome Ms. Ionescu Magdalena of the University
of Tokyo Graduate School. She will discuss the victims, perpetrators
in the receiving countries (especially in Japan), and what we should
do to combat this problem.
Ms. Magdalena Ionescu, who is from Romania, will provide perspectives
from the European countries. A guest commentator, Ms. Khine Ngwe Hnin
Zaw of the University of Tokyo Graduate School, will talk about South
Eastern Asia. The duscussions will be in Japanese.
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Third Seminar "What causes the demand for human trafficking?"
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The 9.0 magnitude earthquake off the eastern coast of Japan and the ensuing tsunami on March 11
has killed over ten thousand people while leaving tens of thousands more homeless and under unstable
living conditions in evacuation centers. If you remember the Kobe earthquake in 1995 and Hurricane
Katrina in 2005, there was violence against women and children that arose in the chaos at the makeshift
evacuation centers. There are unconfirmed reports of molestation and groping at the shelters already
coming in. In order to prevent this type of tragedy in the aftermath of the recent disasters, we have
launched a new project that focuses on the following tasks:
- Raising awareness among women and children about preventing violence, as well as distributing timely information in evacuation centers
- Providing information and materials to medical and disaster relief personnel on preventing sexual violence against women and children
- Providing supplies for women and children with awareness raising cards by social workers and medical professionals
- Advocating actions to strengthen support mechanisms for women and children
Since April 4th, we have been distributing hygienic and cosmetic supplies as well as the cards on
preventing sexual violence to women and children in the evacuation centers.
The card will mainly be posted in the centers, and stress the importance of communal caring,
while the cards emphasize each individual’s value. The cards and supplies are currently handed over directly by nurse and caregivers
to people living in evacuation centers or at home,starting at Soma city and Iwaki-city, Fukushima.
In addition, with the cooperation of relief workers who provided gender-conscious aid to victims of past disasters
such as Hurricane Katrina and the Kobe earthquake, we will support the evacuation centers staff with appropriate relief strategies throughout Japan’s reconstruction process. Please follow our project update in English from the project website.
We are only able to move this project forward with your contributions.
Please donate today so that we can provide relief to more women and children,
and move towards a society with no violence and a better Japan.
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February 16 - Bradley Miles CEO Conference in Japan (English) U.S. headquarters visits Japan. CEO Miles, Bradley makes a speech at Temple University. "Sex Trafficking in Japan and How We Can Stop It" We discuss current initiatives, such as Japan and Polaris Project in the context of enhancement, including valuable information.
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