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Bill C-268, Joy Smith’s private members’ bill that would impose a minimum sentence of five years on those convicted of trafficking persons under the age of 18, passed second reading in the House of Commons this afternoon. The vote was 232 in favour and 47 against. Only the Bloc Québécois opposed the bill. The bill [...]
The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) last week released Human Trafficking: A Report on Modern Day Slavery in Canada. The report focuses on measures Canada should take to reduce the occurrence of human trafficking at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games. From the Executive Summary: Studies have shown that the number of occurrences of human [...]
This happened last week but was only reported yesterday evening. A United Nations employee was caught with child pornography as he entered the country last week at Halifax Stanfield International Airport. Jose Antonio Ortega Osona, 40, a Spanish citizen who lives in New York, pleaded guilty Friday in Dartmouth provincial court to a Criminal Code [...]
Police in Mississauga have rescued a 15-year-old girl from forced prostitution. She was found in a hotel room hungry and bearing signs of torture. Peel police said yesterday a 19-year-old Brampton man coerced the girl, a 15-year-old runaway from Georgina, with death threats, ordering her to remain in the hotel while he arranged for “clients” [...]
A new study by the Immigrant Council of Ireland finds that hundreds of girls and young women have been trafficked into Ireland and forced to work as prostitutes. In a report out today, the council says hundreds of women are working in prostitution in Ireland and the industry is worth at least €180m every year. [...]
Quebec premier Jean Charest recently claimed that Quebec is a “family paradise”. He said this while visiting a daycare centre. What’s wrong with this picture? “Quebec is recognized as a leader in the world regarding support to families. Our government works so that Quebec remains a paradise for families. We ensure that all parents and [...]
The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada examines recent surveys of giving and volunteering conducted by Statistics Canada and finds that the data sit uneasily with the stereotype of devout Christians as divisive, intolerant, and judgmental. Here are some highlights. Evangelical Christians volunteer and give to charitable causes, both religious and non-religious, at higher rates and higher [...]
Today, a new website is launched publicising the struggle against human trafficking. Canada Fights Human Trafficking (CFHT) is a non-profit organisation seeking to raise Canadians’ awareness about modern-day slavery. The site contains a wealth of information. The impact of trafficking on Canada is estimated at between $120 million to $400 million per year and accounts [...]
Many Saudi Arabian women seek divorce through khula, a provision of Sharia law that requires the wife to provide financial compensation to her husband. Such compensation can entail repayment of the dowry plus other expenses incurred during the marriage. Sara, a 32-year-old mother of three children, has been trying to secure a divorce from her [...]
French-language news site les quotidiennes reports on a UN-sponsored symposium on honour crime to be held in Geneva on Saturday, 4 April. The translation posted below comes from Google, with some editing for intelligibility by this blogger. According to the United Nations, more than 5,000 women and girls each year are victims of “honor crimes”. [...]
Traditional parenting that emphasises parental authority, discipline, and high expectations, is most likely to lead to well-adjusted children, according to researchers from London’s Institute of Education. The best parenting was characterised by high expectations that children would act with the maturity befitting their age. Supervision and discipline was also key, as was responsiveness to children’s [...]
Over a year ago in Guelendeng, southern Chad, a 14-year-old girl named Mariam was forced by her father to marry a 60-year-old man. Mariam tried to commit suicide by setting herself on fire. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports. “After the wedding, my husband told me he wanted me to sleep [...]
A woman has told a court in New Delhi, India, that she wants to marry the man accused of raping her in 2005 and has converted to Islam to make that possible. She has been ostracised and harassed since the rape and believes that marrying her rapist will put an end to her distress. A [...]
In the past year, Northern Ireland police have rescued women from Asia, Eastern Europe, and the Far East who were imprisoned in homes and forced to work as sex slaves. Assistant Chief Constable Drew Harris detailed the extent of the illegal sex trade at the launch of a new support service to help victims. The [...]
This coming Friday, 27 March, British television series Unreported World will present a report about honour crime in Turkey. Unreported World travels to Turkey to investigate honour killings, which have now reached record levels, with more than 200 girls and women killed in the past year alone. And in a chilling new development, the programme [...]
