By Barbara Granner, National Commission on Correctional Health Care
The stereotypical “prostitute” as portrayed in movies and TV shows is a tough, hardened, street-smart professional. According to experts who spoke at the Spring Conference on Correctional Health Care in April, that image is far from reality.
In fact, between 80% and 90% of prostituted persons on the street have been or are currently controlled by a pimp, according to Marian Hatcher, senior project manager and human trafficking coordinator with the Cook County (IL) Sheriff’s Office. “It is the sheriff’s office experience that sex trafficking is both pervasive within and inseparable from the illegal and legal prostitution industry.”
The talk, “Victims Behind Bars: Identifying and Addressing the Sex Trafficking of Women,” was moderated by CAPT. Anita Grant, MS, RN, corrections health manager with the National Institute of Corrections, which sponsored the presentation.
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS, ESPECIALLY WOMEN & CHILDREN - REPORT TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 2018
ANALYSIS OF IDENTIFICATION, REFERRAL & PROTECTION OF VICTIMS & POTENTIAL VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING IN MIXED MIGRATION
Special Rapporteur Website: https://www.ohchr.org/EN/issues/Trafficking/Pages/Traffickingindex.aspx
FULL 20-PAGE SR REPORT TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL SESSION 38
Извор: WUNRN – 22.06.2018
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EU Parliament Gender-Sensitivity Assessment
This is an online tool to support parliaments in assessing and monitoring gender-sensitivity in terms of their organisation and working procedures.
The European Union is strongly committed to promoting gender equality in accordance with international and European frameworks and policy guidelines. Equality between women and men is a fundamental EU value, an EU objective and a driver for economic growth. Gender equality means that women and men have equal opportunities to realise their individual potential – by contributing to their country’s economic and social development, and benefitting from their participation in society.
Dr Flavia Bustreo, Assistant Director General for Family, Women’s and Children’s Health through the Life-course, World Health Organization
We've come a long way since 1995--and it is time to celebrate women and their achievements. But it is also time to take stock of how women’s rights are fulfilled in the world --especially the right to health. Twenty years after countries signed pledges in the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform of Action, women still face many health problems and we must re-commit to addressing them.
Here are ten of the main issues regarding women's health that keep me awake at night:
Cancer: Two of the most common cancers affecting women are breast and cervical cancers. Detecting both these cancers early is key to keeping women alive and healthy. The latest global figures show that around half a million women die from cervical cancer and half a million from breast cancer each year. The vast majority of these deaths occur in low and middle income countries where screening, prevention and treatment are almost non-existent, and where vaccination against human papilloma virus needs to take hold.
Via SVRI – Sexual Violence Research Initiative
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ADOLESCENT RESEARCH BRIEFS
The world is home to 1.2 billion adolescents: the largest cohort of this age-group in history. Adolescence is a critical period of cognitive, emotional, physical and sexual development with consequences that stretch far into adulthood. The period also provides a second “window of opportunity” to build on early investments, promote positive behaviours, and offer a second chance to those who fared less well in early childhood.
