This is the fourth in a series of British Council seminars on violence against women and the first to concentrate entirely on one specific form – trafficking for the purposes of sexual exploitation. Building on the training on this issue undertaken in sending, transit and receiving countries by the seminar directors, it will explore what we know internationally about this form of trafficking, the impacts on victims, law enforcement, inter-agency work and prevention. The seminar is facilitated by the seminar directors together with a range of leading experts with extensive experience of responding to trafficking for sexual exploitation. The event will be organised through presentations, workshops and small group discussions. Space will be made for participants to share information on the situation in their own countries/regions and models of response they have found effective in their own contexts. The main themes to be covered include: - understanding what is meant by trafficking for sexual exploitation
- the current framework in international law, especially human rights
- methods used to recruit, transport and entrap women
- links with women's inequality, conflict and transition
- the role of law enforcement in investigating and prosecuting traffickers
- tackling demand in destination countries
- integrated responses to trafficked women, including return and reintegration projects
- good practice and multi-agency responses
- prevention and counter-trafficking networks.
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