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I hope some of you will plan to join us -
Donna Bickford

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REGISTER NOW!!

Combating Sex Trafficking:
Prevention and Intervention in North Carolina and Worldwide

April 3-4, 2008
Friday Center, Chapel Hill

Every year, approximately 800,000 individuals are trafficked worldwide
across international borders and exploited through forced labor and
commercial sexual exploitation.  Nearly 20,000 of these victims enter
the United States; an estimated 23 percent arrive in the southeast. All
nations that serve as points of origin, passage, and destination must
work collectively to raise awareness, nurture its victims, prosecute its
offenders, and end human trafficking.

The Carolina Women’s Center at the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, in partnership with the Jordan Institute for Families, the
UNC School of Social Work, the Law School, Diversity and Multicultural
Affairs, and the Office of Research Development, along with other
campus, state and community partners, will sponsor a national conference
entitled Combating Sex Trafficking: Prevention and Intervention in North
Carolina and Worldwide on April 3-4, 2008 at the Friday Center in Chapel
Hill, NC.  This conference follows the Carolina Women’s Center 2006
conference, “Sexual Trafficking: Breaking the Crisis of Silence.”

“Combating Sex Trafficking” will be an action-oriented conference,
focusing on: sensitive advocacy for survivors of various ages, races,
and ethnicities; shutting down demand for commercial sexual
exploitation; the role of the travel and tourism industry; legal
research and advocacy; local prevention models and efforts; the media’s
impact in educating the public; and the role of corporate, private,
non-profit, and faith-based sectors in dealing with this global problem.
  The conference will provide training to first responders, educators,
health professionals, and the legal community, with the purpose of
developing a working plan for North Carolina and beyond to help victims,
raise global awareness, and put a stop to sex trafficking.

For more information, contact Dr. Pam Lach at 

or visit: http://womenscenter.unc.edu/08conference/

Online registration is now available at:
http://fridaycenter.unc.edu/pdep/trafficking/

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Donna M. Bickford, Ph.D.
Director, Carolina Women's Center
The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
CB# 3302
134 E. Franklin Street, Suite 215
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3302
Phone: 919-843-5620
Fax: 919-843-5619


Combating Sex Trafficking: Prevention and Intervention
in North Carolina and Worldwide:
http://womenscenter.unc.edu/08conference/