CARE International Conference on Poverty
CARE International Conference on Poverty, November 9–12, in Johannesburg, South Africa.
During the CI Global Conference on Poverty, CARE NWB hosted Ms. Marija Andjelovic, representative of ASTRA Anti-Trafficking network from Serbia, to present a regional perspective and trends in human trafficking at one of the Conference’s Break-Out Session. Ms. Andjelkovic gave an overview of trafficking trends in the aftermath of the Balkan’s wars in nineties and the role NGOs played to suppress human trafficking in the region. According to recent statistics and evidence from the field, the Western Balkans is increasingly becoming an origin region as opposed to transit and destination region that used to be in the past. The domestic trafficking is much more difficult to track, especially because the crime moved from the public establishment such as bars and nightclubs to private houses, and the governments are only now addressing an issue of the referral mechanisms for the domestic victims of trafficking. There is a greater need for cooperation in the region both in terms of government structure and the NGOs sector. CARE successfully facilitated the NGO cooperation in the past. Considering that human trafficking is a global issue, the session participants agreed that more should be done on addressing this problem on a global level.
CARE NWB also participated in the SGBV Break-Out session. The representative of CARE NWB, John Crownover, was invited to present CARE NWB’s work with young men and the contribution that work has on changing attitudes of young men in the Western Balkans region. The presentation generated a lot of interest both by CARE colleagues as well as private donors.
Link: http://www.manyvoicesonemovement.org/
During the CI Global Conference on Poverty, CARE NWB hosted Ms. Marija Andjelovic, representative of ASTRA Anti-Trafficking network from Serbia, to present a regional perspective and trends in human trafficking at one of the Conference’s Break-Out Session. Ms. Andjelkovic gave an overview of trafficking trends in the aftermath of the Balkan’s wars in nineties and the role NGOs played to suppress human trafficking in the region. According to recent statistics and evidence from the field, the Western Balkans is increasingly becoming an origin region as opposed to transit and destination region that used to be in the past. The domestic trafficking is much more difficult to track, especially because the crime moved from the public establishment such as bars and nightclubs to private houses, and the governments are only now addressing an issue of the referral mechanisms for the domestic victims of trafficking. There is a greater need for cooperation in the region both in terms of government structure and the NGOs sector. CARE successfully facilitated the NGO cooperation in the past. Considering that human trafficking is a global issue, the session participants agreed that more should be done on addressing this problem on a global level.
CARE NWB also participated in the SGBV Break-Out session. The representative of CARE NWB, John Crownover, was invited to present CARE NWB’s work with young men and the contribution that work has on changing attitudes of young men in the Western Balkans region. The presentation generated a lot of interest both by CARE colleagues as well as private donors.
Link: http://www.manyvoicesonemovement.org/
