Some numbers:
27 million - # of modern day slaves around the world
800,000 - # persons trafficked across international borders each year (UNIFEM estimate 500,000 - 2 million, other...
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The Civil Society Development Forum is the third in a series organized by the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CONGO) prior to the ECOSOC High-Level Segments. The 2008 Forum consists of a component in New York, with a follow-up component in Geneva later in the year to examine action taken and further action...
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On May 30, 2008, FAWCO joined other human rights and women's organizations in a statement to the 8th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, urgently calling for an end to the political violence against women and girls in Zimbabwe. The statement urged the Human Rights Council to establish a program of engagement with Zimbabwe for protection of...
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FAWCO urges U.S. to honor commitments to United Nations and to invest in peace, security, and diplomacy.
The failure of the US to pay past debt and present obligations to the UN and international organizations is seriously jeopardizing the peacekeeping efforts in Darfur as well as other hot spots in the world. It is also damaging to our...
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WAYS YOU CAN SUPPORT UN ACTIVITIES
1. Support FAWCO’s Malaria Project: Our commitment to eradicating malaria will continue and we urge you to focus on this issue by awareness-raising or supporting projects for malaria prevention. You can donate money to FAWCO’s on-going efforts to help alleviate the problem of malaria in conjunction with BioVision. See http://ngo.fawco.org/malaria
2. Join Billion Tree...
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Fact Sheet on Human Trafficking and Prostitution
The Scope of the Problem
- It is estimated that 700,000 to 2 million people are trafficked annually.
- According to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, “trafficking of human beings has reached epidemic proportions. No country is immune.”
- “Traffickers face few risks and earn huge profits.”
- A recent CIA report estimated that 45,000...