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International International Conference on Sexual Conference on Sexual
ViolenceViolence
Hosted by Hosted by SKOTTUR SKOTTUR an umbrella organisation for 20 Women’s an umbrella organisation for 20 Women’s
OrganisationsOrganisations
Háskólabíó by HagatorgHáskólabíó by Hagatorg25 - 26 October 201025 - 26 October 2010Reykjavik, ICELANDReykjavik, ICELAND
Women Strike Back
Gender Violence in Gender Violence in Africa Africa
Esohe AghatiseEsohe Aghatise
Associazione Iroko OnlusAssociazione Iroko Onlus
Coalition Against Trafficking in Women Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW International)(CATW International)
Prostitution and Trafficking in Select African Countries
Gender and Violence in the Gender and Violence in the African Context: Nigeria as a African Context: Nigeria as a Case StudyCase Study Gender Gender
structures in structures in NigeriaNigeria
► ► Gender Roles Gender Roles and Structuresand Structures
► ► Marriage, Marriage, Family, social Family, social interactions and interactions and kin relations in kin relations in Nigeria:Nigeria:
-Polygamy and Family Life-Women’s Role in the Family- The Girl Child in Nigeria► Culture as Violence-Female genital Mutilation-Widowhood Practices
- Influence of ColonialismInfluence of Colonialism- PolygamyPolygamy- Traditional Norms and PracticesTraditional Norms and Practices- The Role of the ChurchThe Role of the Church- WitchcraftWitchcraft- Prostitution and TraffickingProstitution and Trafficking
Violence Against Women
Prostitution and Prostitution and Trafficking in NigeriaTrafficking in Nigeria
Traditional Attitude to ProstitutionTraditional Attitude to Prostitution Traditional Norms and Practices Traditional Norms and Practices
which encourage prostitution and which encourage prostitution and TraffickingTrafficking
Modern attitudes to prostitution and Modern attitudes to prostitution and TraffickingTrafficking
Geographical distribution of Geographical distribution of trafficking in Nigeriatrafficking in Nigeria
Trafficking of Nigerian Trafficking of Nigerian Women for Sexual Women for Sexual ExploitationExploitation
► ► Victim Recruitment Process Victim Recruitment Process
► ► Voodoo practices and departure Voodoo practices and departure for Europefor Europe
► ► Trafficking of Nigerian women Trafficking of Nigerian women and girls to Europe for Sexual and girls to Europe for Sexual ExploitationExploitation
Voodoo and Trafficking Voodoo and Trafficking in persons 1in persons 1
The voodoo culture in NigeriaThe voodoo culture in Nigeria The importance of voodoo in the The importance of voodoo in the
trafficking processtrafficking process Impact of voodoo practices on victimsImpact of voodoo practices on victims
► ► Psychological impactPsychological impact
► ► Physical, mental and emotional impactPhysical, mental and emotional impact
Voodoo and Trafficking Voodoo and Trafficking in persons 2in persons 2 Voodoo as a hindrance to victim Voodoo as a hindrance to victim
protection and ‘restitution’protection and ‘restitution’ Voodoo as a hindrance to the Voodoo as a hindrance to the
arrest and prosecution of arrest and prosecution of traffickerstraffickers
Addressing Voodoo in Addressing Voodoo in the Assistance and the Assistance and Treatment of VictimsTreatment of Victims
Cultural information and education of Cultural information and education of victims victims
► ► Traffickers and voodoo practises Traffickers and voodoo practises
►“►“Erhinmwin bu’eku” – response of Erhinmwin bu’eku” – response of traditional doctors and voodoo traditional doctors and voodoo practitioners to use of ‘juju’ in traffickingpractitioners to use of ‘juju’ in trafficking
► ► Assisting victims to overcome and Assisting victims to overcome and handle voodoohandle voodoo
► ► Cultural Mediation and Ethnopsychiatry Cultural Mediation and Ethnopsychiatry in Victim Assistancein Victim Assistance
Addressing the Addressing the problem of trafficking problem of trafficking in Personsin Persons
Policies to contrast Trafficking in personsPolicies to contrast Trafficking in persons US TIP Reports and its ImpactUS TIP Reports and its Impact Destination Countries’ Policies on Destination Countries’ Policies on
Trafficking in PersonsTrafficking in Persons Italian Article 18 and its Impact on Italian Article 18 and its Impact on
trafficking in Personstrafficking in Persons Nigerian National Agency for the Nigerian National Agency for the
Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP)(NAPTIP)
Additional Measures to Combat Additional Measures to Combat Trafficking: The need to network Trafficking: The need to network in Fighting Trafficking in Personsin Fighting Trafficking in Persons
Importance of Collaboration between Importance of Collaboration between Countries of Origin, Transit Countries Countries of Origin, Transit Countries and Countries of Destinationand Countries of Destination
Why Networking is importantWhy Networking is important Levels of networks and examples: Levels of networks and examples:
Social, Geographical and Political Social, Geographical and Political NetworksNetworks
Impact of networking on TrafickingImpact of networking on Traficking
Trafficking for Sexual Trafficking for Sexual ExploitationExploitation
Conclusion :Conclusion :
Prerequisites for the elimination of Prerequisites for the elimination of trafficking in persons include:trafficking in persons include:
a.a. Addressing the demand for paid sexual Addressing the demand for paid sexual servicesservices
b.b. Addressing the economic and financial Addressing the economic and financial imbalances in the global economyimbalances in the global economy
c.c. Addressing gender issues and working Addressing gender issues and working for real gender equalityfor real gender equality
Questions and AnswersQuestions and Answers
Associazione Iroko Associazione Iroko OnlusOnlus
Iroko is a multi-cultural Iroko is a multi-cultural NGO, providing NGO, providing services to victims of services to victims of human trafficking, human trafficking, domestic violence and domestic violence and their children. Iroko is their children. Iroko is an affiliate of the an affiliate of the Coalition against Coalition against Trafficking in Women Trafficking in Women and fully shares its and fully shares its policies. policies.
Associazione Iroko Associazione Iroko OnlusOnlus
Over the last decade Over the last decade IROKO has assisted a IROKO has assisted a growing number of growing number of victims of human victims of human trafficking, most of trafficking, most of whom have also been whom have also been subjected to domestic subjected to domestic violence.violence.
Coalition Against Coalition Against Trafficking in WomenTrafficking in Women (CATW) (CATW)
The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women is The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women is an international NGO, with consultative an international NGO, with consultative status to the UN’s ECOSOC. status to the UN’s ECOSOC.
Since 1988, the Coalition has worked against Since 1988, the Coalition has worked against human trafficking as a form of gender human trafficking as a form of gender violence and as a severe violations of human violence and as a severe violations of human rights.rights.