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Sri Lanka - Breaking the Cycle of Violence: Interview with President Nimalka Fernando (IMADR International Secretariat)

IMADR Regrets the Termination of 2002 Ceasefire Agreement in Sri Lanka (IMADR International Secretariat)

Field Mission Report from Mannar (IMADR Asia Committee/Centre for Policy Alternatives/INFORM Human Rights Documentation Centre/Law and Society Trust)

Unity is Strength: Struggles of Dalits lead to victories in southern Indian villages (Tamil Nadu Dalit Women's Movement)

We Cannot Tolerate the Institutionalization of Racism and Racial Discrimination: The "Japanese version of US-VISIT" tightens control over foreigners (Hideki Morihara)

Japan's Minority Women Stand Up and Reach Out: Surveys and recommendations from the viewpoint of Ainu, Buraku, and Resident Korean women (Yuriko Hara)

Peoples for Human Rights Volume 10, December 2006
Human Trafficking and Racism
- Exploring the Links between Marginalization and Exploitative Migration

CONTENTS

Preface (Nimalka Fernando)

Part One: Contextualizing Human Trafficking in the Global Era

Human Trafficking, Human Insecurity, and Exploitative Migration
(Kinhide Mushakoji)

Migration and Human Trafficking in Sub-Saharan Africa: Exploring the Gender and Poverty Links (Thanh-Dam Truong)

Trafficking in Children: Lack of Reliable Data Leads to Invisibility for Myriads of Trafficked Children and Youth (Helene Sackstein)

Part Two: Ground-based Observations on Human Trafficking, Racism and Marginalization

Discrimination and Racism – Root Causes of Trafficking in Nepal
(Renu Rajhandari)

Human Trafficking, Racism and Minority Rights – The Situation in West Africa
(Bisi Olateru-Olagbegi)

Migration and Human Trafficking in Latin America: The Cultural Impact on Indigenous Communities (Lina Cahuasquí)

Trafficking in Japan: Racism Hindering Victims’/Survivors’ Access to Help for Human Rights Abuses (Nanako Inaba)

Sexual Trafficking of Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada (Erin Wolski)

Part Three: Addressing the Problem – Local, Regional and International Initiatives

Women Returnees as Agents of Change and Hope: The Story of the Batis Center for Women and the Filipina Entertainers to Japan (Andrea Luisa C. Anolin)

From Victimization to Empowerment: Experiences at KALAKASAN Migrant Women Empowerment Center (Leny Tolentino)

Regional Cooperation to Combat Trafficking in South Asia (Nimalka Fernando)

Human Rights and Human Wrongs: The Case of Trafficking in Persons
(Jyoti Sanghera)

Appendix 1: Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons
Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime
Appendix 2: Recommended Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Human Trafficking: Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to the Economic and Social Council Addendum

IMADR-JC Booklet Vol. 11, November 2006
TRANSFORMING LIVES
Abused Migrant Women in Japan Blaze a Trail towards Empowerment

This book is a testimony of the journeys of six Filipino migrant women towards empowerment. In addition to sharing experiences of domestic violence and institutionalized racism, this work offers concrete proposals as to how we can create positive change in our society, communities and relationships with others, by re-examining the structure of the society we live in. A bilingual (Japanese and English) joint publication by The International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism Japan Committee (IMADR-JC) and KALAKASAN Migrant Women Empowerment Center.

CONTENTS

Preface (KALAKASAN Migrant Women Empowerment Center)

Foreword: Messenger of Empowerment (Yuri Morita)

Breaking Free from Victimization: The Making of Empowered Actors (Nanako Inaba)

Transforming Lives: Abused Migrant Women in Japan Blaze a Trail towards Empowerment
(Leny Tolentino)

Postscript: Minority Women Stand Up and Reach Out (Yuriko Hara)