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VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING –
WOMEN & GIRLS – UN VOLUNTARY TRUST FUND FOR VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING
http://www.unodc.org/unodc/human-trafficking-fund.html
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LINK TO FULL 16-PAGE BROCHURE OF TRUST FUND VICTIM TESTIMONIALS
http://www.unodc.org/documents/human-trafficking/Fund/UNVTF_brochure2013_210x210_LORES03.pdf
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At any given time, an estimated 2.4 million people are
trapped in modern-day slavery - human trafficking. Women, children and men
across the globe find themselves being enslaved in forced labour and domestic
servitude, sexually exploited or used as child soldiers. A global enterprise
worth in the region of US$ 32 billion, human trafficking affects nearly ever
country in the world and has become a major concern. It is a crime that
shames us all.
Sadly,
indications point toward most trafficked persons as never being formally
identified - a cruel twist which denies them assistance when they most
critically need it. In a bid to provide help and support to those most
affected, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has launched the United Nations
Voluntary Trust Fund for Victims of Human Trafficking.
Administered
by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the Victims' Trust
Fund will support actual, on-the-ground humanitarian, legal and financial aid
to victims of trafficking through a range of avenues, including governmental,
inter-governmental and civil society organizations.The Victims' Trust Fund has
one primary objective: to provide the opportunity for people from all walks of
life including Governments, the private sector, international organizations,
NGOs and individuals to work together to help victims of human trafficking in a
practical and tangible manner.
