UK ANTI-TRAFFICKING NETWORK [UKAT] CONFERENCE COMBATING GLOBAL TRAFFICKING APPROACHES, STRATEGIES AND INTERVENTIONS -- 11 MARCH 2002
The first UK Anti-Trafficking Network (UKAT) conference, 'Combating Global Trafficking: Approaches, Strategies and Interventions' will be held in London on 11 March 2002 at Bloomberg L.P. TV Centre, City Gate House, 39-45 Finsbury Square, London EC2A 1PQ. Organised by WomenAid International, the conference is the first of a series of anti-trafficking conferences that will take place during 2002 with the aim of supporting the development of a UK National Strategy and Plan of Action to combat the trafficking of people, the fastest growing criminal activity in the world. Speakers include: Radhika Coomaraswamy, UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women Mr Peter Brannen, International Labour Organisation (ILO) Counter-Trafficking experts from Italy, Nigeria and Albania. Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia, Mr Koba Narchemashvili, Mr William Hughes, Director-General, National Crime Squad Carol Howlett, Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police Dr Alyson Brown and Margaret Melrose. Alyson Brown is a co-author with Professor David Barrett of 'Knowledge of Evil' the first detailed study of the commercial exploitation of children and youth for sex. Margaret Melrose also co-authored with Professor Barrett 'One Way Street: Retrospectives on Childhood Prostitution'. Inspector Paul Holmes, Metropolitan Police, currently the chairman of an Interpol working group on trafficking. Mr Justice Singer, Family Division, Royal Courts of Justice Mr Peter Dyson, Deputy-Director United Nations Association (UNA) Pida Ripley, Founder WomenAid International The conference will be held in the Auditorium at Bloomberg L.P. For more information please contact <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> WomenAid International, 3 Whitehall Court, Whitehall, London SW1A 2EL Tel: + 44 (0) 20 7839 1790 & 020 7976 1032 Fax: + 44 (0) 20 7839 2929 Website: http://www.womenaid.org/ukat Press line: +44 (0) 20 7925 1331 ***End-violence is sponsored by UNIFEM and receives generous support from ICAP*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe end-violence OR type: unsubscribe end-violence Archives of previous End-violence messages can be found at: http://www.edc.org/GLG/end-violence/hypermail/
