All of you are Christ's body and each one is part of it.
1 Corinthians 12:27
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Visit the Open Horizon website for comprehensive information and resources on trafficking
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Taking action on the trafficking of women and girls in Europe
We are working together with other agencies to raise awareness of this issue. You can read the 2008 report on how the Methodist Church is working with Open Horizon to gain first hand experience of the issues around trafficking.
Where other organisations have produced suitable resources, we recommend them to you. We draw together those booklets and stories that we think will be helpful for churches and individuals as we work together to support victims and survivors, and raise awareness of their needs.
An information pack on Trafficking is available from the Women's Network Office Contact: Women's Network, Methodist Church House, 25 Marylebone Road, London NW1 5JR. Tel: 020 7467 5175.
Cost of pack: £10 plus £3.20 p&p. Cheques payable to Methodist Church Fund.
The information pack contains:
10 copies of the Project Outline which you can also download here
Owner's Manual - an Amnesty International resource
Crime Reduction Toolkit 14: People Trafficking - a Home Office tool kit
Christian Action and Networking Against Trafficking - Europe-wide CAT project
Churches in Europe Against Trafficking in Women - pub. Conference of European Churches
Stop the Traffik - campaign linked with the bicentenary of the abolition of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade 2007
Practical Action Guide 1 - A list of useful resources, websites and their contents (Updated March 2007)
Practical Action Guide 2 - Updated following the signing of the Council of Europe Convention on 23 March 2007. You can still take action!
Practical Action Guide 3 - Now complete - Focus on the World Cup 2006
Practical Action Guide 4 - Ideas for developing relationships/networking with others in Europe (November 2006)
Practical Action Guide 5 - Activities, prayer and worship resource (March 2007)
New focus since the signing of the Council of Europe Convention on 23 March 2007:
Addressing demand for paid sex, supporting the provision of safe housing for victims who have been trafficked, and encouraging the government to put in place actions to implement the Convention, leading to its ratification in 2009. Visit www.chaste.org.uk for more information about addressing demand.
When 8 member countries of the Council of Europe ratified the Council of Europe's Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings it came into force in those countries on 1 February 2008. The government's UK Action Plan needs to be fully in place to ensure the measures required of the Convention can be met in the UK. The UK government plans to ratify the Convention in 2009. You can join various letter writing campaigns. Write to your MP using the website www.writetothem.com or follow our links to:
CHASTE
ECPAT UK
Anti-Slavery International
MTV Exit linked to Stop the Traffik petition
Your donations have been vital in supporting this work against human trafficking. Read a letter of thanks received from the United Kingdom Human Trafficking Centre
