This Forum is in its early stages of development.
In Spring 2007 the United Kingdom Human Trafficking Centre (UKHTC) Research and Education Sub-group was established. This Research Forum aims to bring government representatives, academics and NGO experts together around the table in collaborative partnership.
The Forum will work to identify gaps in knowledge surrounding trafficking in human beings and analysis of gaps in provision for survivors of trafficking. It is an integral part of the UKHTC vision to ensure the UK is made a hostile territory for traffickers.
This Research Zone will see an index of key documents. Currently there are also a range of documents in the Research pages of this website open to the public.
The Research Zone is however password protected. If you have key documents you would like to see here, or details of significant upcoming events in this area that you would like to flag for our attention please email Emma Taylor at admin@chaste.org.uk
KEY RESEARCH DOCUMENTS AND WORKING PAPERS
The UK National Plan of Action 2007
UNFPA State of World Population 2006: A Passage to Hope: Women and International Migration
- The Links between Prostitution and Sex Trafficking: a briefing handbook by Monica O'Connor and Grainne Healy - Prepared for the Joint Project Coordinated by the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW)
and the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) on Promoting Preventative Measures to Combat Trafficking in Human Beings for Sexual Exploitation: A Swedish and United States Governmental and Non-Governmental Organisation Partnership
- Trafficking trauma - research by London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
- Stolen Smiles: a summary report on the physical and psychological health consequences of women and adolescents trafficked in Europe - report written by Cathy Zimmerman, Mazeda Hossein, Kate Yun, Brenda Roche, Linda Morison and Charlotte Watts. This can be found on the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine website.
- A report produced by the Research and Development Unit of the Salvation Army, on 'Substance Use and Health Related Needs of Migrant Sex Workers and Women Trafficked into Sexual Exploitation in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and the City of London:
- Profitable Exploits: Lap Dancing in the UK : a report for Glasgow City Council by the Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit, London Metropolitan University.
"For the first time this report provides us with an analysis and some understanding of the nature of so called ‘gentlemen’s entertainment’. It explodes the myth that it can be likened to, and regulated in the same way, as karaoke, live music and cabaret.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Upcoming events include the establishment of the Interational Centre for the Study of Sexually Exploited Young People.
If there is an event you woud like to see publicised here please send details to admin@chaste.org.uk
Bedfordshire International Centre for the Study of Sexually Exploited Young People