[hr-education] Photo exhibition on human trafficking

Announcing the launch of 'Human Traffic' an exhibition by Anti-Slavery
International

Trafficking of children between African countries hit the headlines in
2001, when a ship carrying 'slave children', the Etireno, went missing in
the Gulf of Guinea.  As the mystery of the ship's whereabouts continued,
most reports concentrated on the plight of children trafficked to work on
cocoa plantations in Cote d'Ivoire.  What most of the stories failed to
recognise was that, far away from the plantations supplying Western
chocolate manufactures, the majority of trafficked children are girls
working as street vendors and domestics.

'Human Traffic' testifies to the extraordinary bravery and courage of
children who have been manipulated, deceived, beaten and raped by the
adults who enslave them.  It reaches behind the headlines, looking at the
people who are fighting for these children's rights and asks what can be
done to bring an end to this horrific trade.

Mike Sheil's photographs have received world-wide acclaim, culminating in
him receiving first prize in this year's World Press Awards.

The Exhibition opens in London, UK at the Global Cafe Gallery, Golden
Square, Soho, London, WC1.  On Thursday 6 June from 7.00pm.  Admission
free.

The Exhibition opens in the US at the International Human Rights Film
Festival in Denver, from 27 September.

If you are interested in hiring the exhibition please contact Rose
McCausland.  We are happy to hire out the exhibition for free, but ask for
mailing costs to be covered.
e-mail: r.mccausland@antislavery.org
tel: 0044 (0)207 501 8936
fax: 0044 (0)207 738 4110

Anti-Slavery International is the world's oldest international human rights
organisation.  Since 1839 Anti-slavery has worked to eliminate all forms of
slavery such as bonded labour, forced labour, trafficking of human beings
and the worst forms of child labour.  We work closely with local partners
around the world to free people and support them in ways that ensures they
do not return to slavery.

In the Philippines, our campaign for the protection of child domestic
workers led to the sponsoring of a new Bill protecting these girls' rights.
Our local partner, Visayan Forum Foundation, is providing an education for
hundreds of child domestic workers.

Anti-Slavery's investigations have exposed the plight of children
trafficked in West Africa.  We campaign for national and international
policy changes to protect the victims of trafficking, penalise the
traffickers and warn children and their parents of the risks.  We also work
with partners who have implemented micro-finance schemes, so that families
do not have to send their children away to work.

For more information about Anti-Slavery, please visit our website:
http://www.antislavery.org




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