UN exhibits Photo-exhibition of Women Religious Working against Human Trafficking across the World. The Talitha Kum photo-exhibition commissioned to mark the 10th anniversary of the Talitha Kum network worldwide, has temporarily moved from the Vatican to the  UN, New York USA, showcasing the work in anti-human trafficking that is being done by women Religious across […]

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‘’Pray for the reception of victims of trafficking,’’ says Pope Francis in the preface to the book Crucified Women: The Shame of Trafficking told from the Street. After hearing the story of the women freed from prostitution and sheltered in the John XXIII House in Rome,  Pope Francis felt “almost the need to ask forgiveness […]

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A number of non-profit and statutory agencies have joined force to raise their combined voices against Human Trafficking in Ireland, with a particular focus on Cork. A phenomenon for a long time associated with countries overseas, economic hardship and underground illicitness; its face has changed rapidly in the past years. Human Trafficking finds itself at […]

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In 2013, the UN General Assembly held a high-level meeting to appraise the UN Global Plan of Action to Combat Human Trafficking (2010). The Member States also adopted resolution A/RES/68/192 and designated July 30 as the World Day against Trafficking in Persons. This resolution declared that such a day was necessary to “raise awareness of the […]

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