Resources

• Trafficked. A Graphic Story (PDF,158 Kb) - A Simple Illustration - drawn by Pauline Dean, who has spent many years in Africa. This story depicts what can happen when a trafficker gets access to a resource-poor village.

• Prayer for International Women's Day, March 8th 2010 (PDF, 2,41 MB) - The JPIC (Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation) Working group for Human Trafficking has created a prayer which reminds us of the need to pray for those men and women who continue to suffer on this day. Other language versions of the prayer can be found here: http://jpicformation.wikispaces.com/EN_8March

• The Psychological Impact on the Trafficked Person - paper by Eimear Burke, Counselling Psychologist presented at APT Conference: 'Human Trafficking: Psychologically Shattered & Caught in a Legal Quagmire' October 19th 2009 (PDF, 75 KB)

• The Legal Quagmire - paper by Hilkka Becker, Senior Solicitor, Immigrant Council of Ireland presented at APT Conference: 'Human Trafficking: Psychologically Shattered & Caught in a Legal Quagmire' October 19th 2009 (PDF, 170 KB)

• Address to APT Conference, Dublin, October 2009. Stellan Hermansson (PDF, 61 KB)

• Sexuality and Justice. Suzanne Mulligan (PDF, 115 KB)

• Sexuality and the Good of Human Relationship. Suzanne Mulligan (PDF, 115 KB)

• Interfaith Cooperation against  Human Trafficking (PDF, 117 KB):
  Paper by Dr. Maura O'Donohue to Meeting of COATNET, Bucharest, 8 October 2009. It outlines reasons why people of all faiths have reasons to work together to counterat the problem of trafficking of millions of vulnerable people each year.

• Liliana's Story: a Reflection on the Trafficking of Human Persons (PDF, 120 KB)
  Based on the Stations of the Cross adapted by Chigwell Justice and Peace Centre, Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, www.sacredheartsjm.org This is an insiring reflection for Lent and Holy Week which can be viewed online. If you would like to download it in booklet format click here (PDF 170 KB).

• International Women's Day is intended to be ”a day of global celebration for the economic, political and social achievements of women” but there is no room for complacency when so many women are trafficked and sexually exploited on a global scale. We pray for trafficked women and their traffickers.

• Trafficking Routes across the World Based on information collected up to 2004, this is a series of 7 maps, useful for demonstrating the extent of human trafficking.

• Powerpoint Presentation of 30 slides prepared by members of APT to senior secondary school students, third level students and adult groups. (7,8 MB, PDF format)

• Proposed Input for Life Orientation Syllabus for South African Secondary Schools (PDF, 335 KB)  

• A short piece on some Catholic Social Teaching that inspires action to prevent human trafficking (PDF, 78 KB). A paper first given by Sister-doctor Maura O'Donohue at the European Conference of the World Union of Catholic Women, (WUCWO) Verona, 2008.

• The Nature and Extent of Trafficking of Women into Ireland for the Purposes of Sexual Exploitation 2000 - 2006: a report from findings. (PDF, 411 Kb, 48 pages)
  Dr. Eilis Ward of NUI Galway and Dr. Gillian Wylie of the Irish School of Ecumenics which is part of Trinity College Dublin, have published the findings of their research.

Last modified: Tuesday, March 9th, 2010