Carolina Women’s Center
Combating Sex Trafficking: Prevention and Intervention in North Carolina and Worldwide
William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education
The Carolina Women's Center's upcoming biennial conference, Combating Sex Trafficking: Prevention and Intervention in North Carolina and Worldwide, will concentrate on areas which were not given significant attention during our first conference, including demand, the impact on communities of color, and childhood sexual exploitation. It will also include breakout sessions and working groups which focus specifically on the impact of sexual trafficking in North Carolina. In addition, the conference aims to:
- Facilitate research to quantify the specific ways sex
trafficking is occurring in North Carolina, and the links
to international and domestic sex trafficking;
- Assist in efforts to inform and educate law
enforcement personnel, social service providers, and the
general public about trafficking so that traffickers can
be prosecuted and victim-survivors can receive
appropriate services; and
- Address the demand side of trafficking. Contribute to
efforts to eradicate trafficking.
Featured speakers and participants include (subject to change):
Dorchen Leidholdt, Center for Battered Women’s Legal Services, New York
Dr. Esohe Aghatise, Associazione Iroko Onlus, Italy
Dr. Vanessa Monro, School of Law, University of Nottingham, England
Cynthia Messer, University of Minnesota Tourism Center
Gunilla Eckberg, Co-Director of Coalition Against Trafficking in Women International
Stephanie Davis, Policy Advisor on Women’s Issues, Office of the Mayor, Atlanta
Carol Smolenski, Executive Director, ECPAT-USA (End Child Prostitution, Child
Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes)
Maya Ajmera, Founder, The Global Fund for Children
Branka Minic, Director for Global Corporate Affairs and Workforce Development,
Manpower Inc.
Amy O’Neill Richard, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, US State
Department
Ellie Kinnaird, NC Senator
Registration space is limited, so please register early.
Costs are:
Thursday, April 3: Registration is $25 ($10 for students) and includes breakfast, lunch, reception, and dinner.
Friday, April 4: Registration is $25 ($10 for students) and includes breakfast and boxed lunch.
Both days: Registration is $45 ($15 for students) and includes all meals.
To register:
Phone: Call (919) 962-2643 or (1-800) 845-8640.
Fax: Print out the registration form at fridaycenter.unc.edu/pdep/trafficking/traffick_reg.html, complete it, and fax it to (919) 962-5549.
Mail: Print out the registration form at fridaycenter.unc.edu/pdep/trafficking/traffick_reg.html, complete it, and mail it to:
Combating Sex Trafficking
Professional Development and Enrichment Programs CB#1020 The Friday Center
UNC-Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-1020.
For more information, contact Dr. Pam Lach, Conference Coordinator, at plach@email.unc.edu or (919) 962-8305 or visit womenscenter.unc.edu/08conference/.