Guelph women’s group hosting free online seminar on being aware of human trafficking
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The 90-minute information session goes this Wednesday, coinciding with Human Trafficking Awareness Day.
How to detect signs of human trafficking is the focus of a virtual seminar hosted by Guelph-Wellington Women in Crisis.
The 90-minute information session goes this Wednesday and will cover trends, challenges people face, ways help those who are being trafficked and more.
Human trafficking was once seen as a “big city problem,” but there is evidence that women and girls are being recruited or sold for sex in areas like Guelph, Wellington County and Waterloo Region.
“The most common thing to happen to people in Ontario who are being trafficked is to be moved up and down (Highway) 401, in and around the GTA,” said Cindy McMann, a public educator at Guelph-Wellington Women in Crisis.
“It is very easy for traffickers to take detours off the 401, come into small-town and rural areas, and recruit people from those places.”
The seminar will feature a panel of people who work in a variety of anti-human trafficking positions:
There will also be a question and answer session with the panel after the presentations.
While human trafficking often involves physical abuse and violent means, it can also be as subtle as a conversation over coffee.
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