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AUNO Consultation on Human Trafficking, Hong Kong - Nov 3-6, 2009
Photograph taken by Phoebe Griswold
   (Photograph taken by Phoebe Griswold)

As we speak, a ground breaking consultation on human trafficking is underway in the Anglican Communion’s province of Hong Kong sponsored by the Office of the Anglican Observer to the UN.

There are 32 participants, including 7 from the Anglican Women’s Empowerment group of the Episcopal Church and DFMS staff members Margaret Larom and Peter Ng. Country reports are being heard from all over the communion on the status of human trafficking and the efforts being made to combat it. Please see the list of Delegates.

Read the reports coming in from the meeting and the accompanying presentations, reflections, and other materials.


Country Reports
Summary Trafficking of Persons, United Nations Report
Country Report Form
Grace Kaiso. Child Trafficking in Africa
Country Report, India
Carrie Pemberton, UK and Ireland
Avelina Del Aguila, Mexico - Eng
Avelina Del Aguila, Mexico - Spanish
Report from the Association for Women’s Career Development in Hungary, by Andrea Ferenczi
Human Trafficking in the Hong Kong, by Angie Chan
Human Trafficking – India in Focus, by Deepika Diana
Human Trafficking in the GMS, by Ohnmar Ei Ei Chaw
Reversing the Trend by Amalee McCoy, South-East Asia
Summary Trafficking of Persons, US Report

Reflections
Opening Theological Reflection by The Rev. Dr. Maylin Biggadike
Theological Reflection on the Church's Response by the Rev. Dr. Maylin Biggadike
Final Reflection by Phoebe Griswold

Best Practices
Presentation by Edwina Santoyo, Bethune House
Presentation by Subhro Prakash Tudu, Eastern Himalaya

Articles
In Hong Kong, Anglican consultation addresses horrors of human trafficking
Women and men from around the Anglican Communion gathered in one of the most beautiful cities in the world Nov. 2-6 to focus on the ugly billion-dollar trade in children.
Consultation on Human Trafficking with a Focus on Children in Asia
Nearly 40 delegates and experts spent the first day of an Anglican consultation in Hong Kong awash in alarming statistics and painful stories related to the slave trade of the 21st century, human trafficking.