News

• New publication: Working together- Prevention and Assistance to Women Victims of Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation

  Malin Björk - 13 November 2008

  The new publication outlines the context for working against trafficking in women for sexual exploitation in Europe, and highlights the achievements of the Nordic Baltic Network in strengthening support and assistance to women victims of trafficking.

• EWL seminar 16 October 2008: What is being done to prevent trafficking in women and to assist victims

  Lisa Kerker - 21 October 2008

• European Women’s Lobby and the Nordic Baltic Network welcome the nominations of members to GRETA

  Lisa Kerker - 20 October 2008

• New UN Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons since August 1

  Lisa Kerker - 3 September 2008

• Comparison of legislation relating to trafficking in the Nordic Baltic region

  Lisa Kerker - 19 June 2008

• Establishment of the monitoring body of the Council of Europe Trafficking Convention

  Lisa Kerker - 16 June 2008

• The 4th meeting of the Nordic-Baltic Network was held in Tallinn 15-16 May

  Lisa Kerker - 21 May 2008

• Evaluation of the Swedish law on purchase of sexual services

  Lisa Kerker - 6 May 2008

• Norway in the process of criminalising the buying of sex

  Lisa Kerker - 23 April 2008

• Nordic-Baltic network meeting in May

  Lisa Kerker - 22 April 2008

• Nordic Council conference: "Fight against trafficking in human beings"

  Lisa Kerker - 18 April 2008

• Danish campaign for a prohibition of the purchasing of sexual services

  Lisa Kerker - 4 April 2008

• Seminar on trafficking in women - Brussels

  Lisa Kerker - 18 March 2008

• Latvia has ratified the Council of Europe Trafficking Convention

  Lisa Kerker - 6 March 2008

• Lithuania signs Council of Europe Trafficking Convention

  Lisa Kerker - 20 February 2008

• The Vienna Forum to Fight Human Trafficking

  Lisa Kerker - 20 February 2008

• The Council of Europe Convention on Action against Human Beings enters into force

  Lisa Kerker - 1 February 2008

• Two members of the Nordic-Baltic Pilot Project awarded by the “Fund for Grassroots Activism to End Sex Trafficking” in Kathmandu, Nepal

  Lisa Kerker - 15 January 2008

• Lithuanian version of the EWL and CATW briefing handbook: The Links between Prostitution and Sex Trafficking

  Lisa Kerker - 10 January 2008

• London conference: Tackling Demand for Human Trafficking

  Lisa Kerker - 9 January 2008

• Nordic Baltic Network Conference in Vilnius on 5 October

  Lisa Kerker - 3 December 2007

  The Nordic Baltic network for support and assistance to women victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation held an international conference in Vilnius on 5 October 2007.

• Nordic Baltic Network meeting in Vilnius 4 October 2007

  Lisa Kerker - 2 December 2007

• Joint meeting with the Council of Europe Sub-Committee on Trafficking in Human Beings and European Parliament Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality

  Lisa Kerker - 27 November 2007

• The Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings

  Lisa Kerker - 6 November 2007

• The EU Anti-Trafficking Day

  Lisa Kerker - 6 November 2007

• Prostitution: EWL called for action against the adoption of Council of Europe (CoE) report, ”Prostitution – which stance to take?”

  Lisa Kerker - 6 November 2007

• Irish researchers seek help from Nordic Baltic Network

  Grainne Healy - 31 October 2007

  Have you or your network provided services to a victim of trafficking who has been trafficked into or through Ireland? If so the researchers of a new Irish mapping on trafficking want to hear from you.

• First National Mapping of Trafficking and Prostitution in Ireland announced

  Grainne Healy - 10 October 2007

  The study aims to map trafficking for sexual exploitation into and within Ireland, while also mapping the sex industry.

• www.nordicbaltic-assistwomen.net

  Malin Björk - 26 September 2007

  Launching a new resource and networking tool on assistance to women victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation.

• Portuguese presidency conference: Trafficking in Human beings and gender

  Malin Björk - 25 September 2007

  The Portuguese presidency of the EU is organising a conference on 8-9 October 2007 in Porto. The 2-day conference will focus on ways to move forward the EU action plan against trafficking.

• EU anti trafficking day

  Malin Björk - 25 September 2007

  On 18 October the European Commission is organising a one-day event in Brussels 2007 to highlight the EU anti-trafficking day.

• Nordic Baltic Network meeting and International conference

  Malin Björk - 24 September 2007

  The next Nordic Baltic Network meeting will be held in Vilnius, Lithuania on 4 October 2007. At the same occasion an International conference “Strengthened cooperation against trafficking in women - from national to regional strategies” will be organised on 5 October in Vilnius.

• Roundtable “Networking against trafficking” in the European Parliament

  Malin Björk - 29 June 2007

  The roundtable “Networking against trafficking” in the European Parliament on 14 June was organised by a transnational EQUAL partnership including actors from Latvia, Italy, Sweden and Greece working against trafficking.

• Nordic Baltic regional seminar, Copenhagen 7-9 December 2006

  Malin Björk - 14 January 2007

  The seminar was the second regional Nordic Baltic network meeting within the framework of the Nordic Baltic Pilot project, bringing together national teams (representing NGO service providers, key government agencies, and additional resource persons) from all 8 participating countries to meet and advance the work on reinforcing assistance and support to women victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation.

• Nordic Baltic regional seminar, Riga 18-20 June 2006

  Malin Björk - 27 December 2006