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ASTRA is a local grass-root non-governmental organization dedicated to the eradication of all forms of trafficking in human beings, especially in women and children.

ASTRA is a local grass-root non-governmental organization dedicated to the eradication of all forms of trafficking in human beings, especially in women and children.
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MISSION

ASTRA is a local grass-root non-gov­ern­men­tal orga­ni­za­tion ded­i­cat­ed to the erad­i­ca­tion of all forms of traf­fick­ing in human beings, espe­cial­ly in women and chil­dren, as well as an effi­cient search for miss­ing chil­dren and pro­tec­tion of chil­dren after they have been found, apply­ing a com­pre­hen­sive approach, with the aim of elim­i­nat­ing this spe­cif­ic form of vio­lence by pro­mot­ing a soci­ety free of all forms of exploita­tion, vio­lence, dis­crim­i­na­tion and eco­nom­ic and social inequalities.

VALUES WE EMBRACE IN OUR WORK

– Respect­ing human rights in accor­dance with inter­na­tion­al standards
– Tol­er­ance and appre­ci­a­tion of differences
– High­est stan­dards of work
– Ded­i­ca­tion and commitment

ASTRA was estab­lished in 2000 as the first actor to raise the issue of human traf­fick­ing in Ser­bia. ASTRA applies a holis­tic approach to the human traf­fick­ing prob­lem, i.e. it deals with all forms of human traf­fick­ing and all cat­e­gories of sur­vivors – women, chil­dren and men, focus­ing its activ­i­ties con­cur­rent­ly on direct vic­tim assis­tance and rein­te­gra­tion, pre­ven­tion, edu­ca­tion, pub­lic aware­ness rais­ing,  research and net­work­ing, advo­ca­cy at a strate­gic and oper­a­tional lev­el and sup­port­ing the build­ing of a func­tion­al and effi­cient counter-traf­fick­ing sys­tem which ful­ly respects vic­tims’ rights.

Ser­bia is the coun­try of ori­gin, tran­sit and destination/exploitation of traf­fick­ing vic­tims. At the begin­ning of our work, the whole of soci­ety – both cit­i­zens and state author­i­ties – were igno­rant of the prob­lem and how impor­tant it was to fight it. For this rea­son, ASTRA pays spe­cial atten­tion to work on pub­lic aware­ness rais­ing and human traf­fick­ing pre­ven­tion, as well as to the edu­ca­tion of all actors – gov­ern­ment and civ­il soci­ety – involved in the process of assist­ing sur­vivors in their recov­ery and rein­te­gra­tion and crim­i­nal pros­e­cu­tion of perpetrators.

So far ASTRA con­duct­ed or par­tic­i­pat­ed in nine large-scale anti-traf­fick­ing media cam­paigns “Open Your Eyes” (2002), “There Is a Way Out” (2004), “Save the Chil­dren from Human Traf­fick­ing” (2005), “Child Traf­fick­ing – Our Real­i­ty” (2006), “Naked Facts” (2008), “Stop Traf­fick­ing in Chil­dren” (2011), “Labour Exploita­tion. Human Traf­fick­ing. Seri­ous and Orga­nized Crime” and “Stop Labour Exploita­tion” (2012), “Pre­vent, pro­tect, com­pen­sate” (2014).

With­in its Pre­ven­tion and Edu­ca­tion Pro­gram ASTRA has orga­nized or par­tic­i­pat­ed as lec­tur­er in basic and spe­cial­ized train­ings for police offi­cers, judges and pros­e­cu­tors, med­ical doc­tors, school teach­ers, social work­ers, NGO activists, human rights lawyers and media rep­re­sen­ta­tives. Spe­cial atten­tion is paid to work with young peo­ple, who are, although broad and diverse, the cat­e­go­ry under high risk of traf­fick­ing. They are reached out through work­shops, lec­tures, street actions, peer edu­ca­tion, etc. and ASTRA’s activists seek to be present at all events fre­quent­ed by young people.

FEBRUARY 8 — SAINT BAKHITA

ADLAUDATOSI INTEGRAL ECOLOGY FORUM WEBINARS

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OUR MISSION:

THE PURPOSE IS TO SHARE BEST PRACTICES AND PROMOTE ACTIONS AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

WE MAKE AVAILABLE TO YOU GUIDES AND RESEARCH ON TRAFFICKING IN HUMAN BEINGS FROM THE MOST RECOGNISED LEGAL AND OPERATIONAL ACTORS.

AN EXAMPLE FOR CATHOLIC ENTITIES TO FOLLOW: ERADICATE MODERN SLAVERY IN ALL ITS FORMS FROM THE OPERATIONS AND SUPPLY CHAINS OF CATHOLIC ENTITIES IN AUSTRALIA — PROPOSAL OF ACTION PLAN – MODERN SLAVERY RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FROM 2021 TO 30 JUNE 2023

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Adlaudatosi Webinars Videos VIMEO

Videos of the speakers’ interventions adlaudatosi VIMEO

Adlaudatosi Webinars Videos YOUTUBE

Religious Helping Trafficking Victims along the Road of Recovery (ON-DEMAND VIDEO WEBINAR)

Religious Working In International Advocacy Against Human Trafficking (ON-DEMAND VIDEO WEBINAR)

Impact Of Human Trafficking On Health: Trauma (ON-DEMAND VIDEO WEBINAR)

Impact Of Human Trafficking On Health: Healing (ON-DEMAND VIDEO WEBINAR)

International Prosecution Of Human Trafficking — Where Are We Now? (ON-DEMAND VIDEO WEBINAR)

International Prosecution Of Human Trafficking — What can be done? (ON-DEMAND VIDEO WEBINAR)

International Prosecution Of Human Trafficking — Best Practices (ON-DEMAND VIDEO WEBINAR)

Demand As Root Cause For Human Trafficking – Sex Trafficking & Prostitution

Human Trafficking — Interview with Prof. Michel Veuthey, Order of Malta — 44th UN Human Right Council 2020

POPE’S PAYER INTENTION FOR FEBRUARY 2020: Hear the cries of migrants victims of human trafficking

FRANCE — BLOG DU COLLECTIF “CONTRE LA TRAITE DES ÊTRES HUMAINS”

Church on the frontlines in fight against human trafficking

Holy See — PUBLICATION OF PASTORAL ORIENTATIONS ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING 2019

RIGHT TO LIFE AND HUMAN DIGNITY GUIDEBOOK

Catholic social teaching

Doctrine sociale de l’Église catholique

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