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Rotary Club of Port Harcourt Cosmopolitan partners with NAPTIP in the fight against Human Trafficking. This year’s theme focuses on the child.

“Leave No Child Behind in the Fight Against Human Trafficking”

This year’s global campaign for World Day Against Trafficking in Persons urges accelerated action to end child trafficking. Children represent a significant proportion of trafficking victims worldwide, with girls being disproportionately affected.

1 in 3 victims of human trafficking globally is a child. Additionally, children are twice as likely to face violence during trafficking than adults, according to UNODC’s Global Report on Trafficking in Persons (GLOTIP).
Amid overlapping crises such as armed conflicts, pandemics, economic hardships, and environmental challenges, children are increasingly vulnerable to trafficking. Furthermore, online platforms pose additional risks as children often connect without adequate safeguards.
Children are subjected to various forms of trafficking, including exploitation in forced labour, criminality or begging, illegal adoption, recruitment into armed force, and online and sexual exploitation.

To date, we have not effectively addressed the issue of child trafficking.
This must change. Urgent and comprehensive action is essential to tackle this dire situation,
protect vulnerable groups from exploitation
and support child victims of trafficking.

To effectively combat this scourge, concerted efforts are needed at both national and international levels. States must prioritize child protection, bolster legislation, improve law enforcement, and allocate more resources to combat child trafficking. Prevention efforts should target root causes like poverty and inequality to reduce children’s vulnerability. Special attention must be paid to trafficking of children on the move.

Strengthening child protection systems and implementing child-sensitive justice mechanisms are crucial for supporting victims and holding perpetrators accountable. Addressing online child exploitation requires innovative strategies, collaboration between tech companies and law enforcement, and robust legal frameworks.

Civil society organizations, the private sector, and communities have a vital role in raising awareness, providing support services, and advocating for policy reforms.
As we approach the 10th World Day Against Trafficking in Persons on 30 July 2024, it is crucial to address the shortcomings and accelerate action to #EndHumanTrafficking
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Leave No Child Behind in the Fight Against Human Trafficking Roadwalk

On the 30th of July 2024, the Rotary Club of Port Harcourt Cosmopolitan in collaboration with the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) is rounding up a one week long activities in commemoration of the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons with a walk themed “Leave No Child Behind”.

The walk took off from Isaac Boro Park with broadcast on the issues of trafficking, what counts as trafficking in Persons and a call to action.

“If you see something, say something.”

It’s a crime to employ a child under 12 years as a domestic worker
It is a crime to employ a child under 18 years for work that is exploitative, injurious, or hazardous to the child’s development
It is a crime to deal with any person as a slave
It is a crime to remove, buy or sell human organs
It is a crime to organize foreign travels tha promote sexual exploitation of any person
It is a crime to engage in buying or selling of any human being

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Church and Mosque sensitisation on Human Trafficking

On the 26th and 28th, the Rotary Club of Port Harcourt Cosmopolitan, in collaboration with NAPTIP, went on a human trafficking sensitisation mission to the Mile 1 mosque, a Catholic church and an Anglican church respectively.
The congregations were briefed on what constitutes as trafficking in persons and the penalties. Cards with salient information were distributed, and the congregation asked to report any suspected case to the agency with the contracts on the Cards.
If you see something, say something.
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