Event
Event posted by: World Youth Foundation Malaysia
This International Conference will bring together a vast array of participants including representatives from youth organizations, institutions of higher learning, civil society organizations to come together and to raise awareness, formulate joint actions and improve mechanisms and build capacities to prevent and combat human trafficking among young women and children.
This International Conference will seek to explore on how responsible leadership can make a difference in the lives of our future generation in the following areas:
a)Addressing the linkages for increased demand for purchasing commercial sex acts and the incentive of sex traffickers to commit the trafficking of women and children ;
b)Preventing and combatting human trafficking by strengthening the institutional and human capacities of the criminal justice systems;
c)Raising awareness and educating youth through capacity building workshops
• Young people between the ages of 18 – 30 (however some flexibility will be exercised as the definition of youth varies from country to country).
• Youth representatives from the various national youth organizations, institutions of higher learning, civil society organizations.
• Scholars with an interest in providing knowledge and methodologies to study the problems surrounding human trafficking.
• Mental health officials who deal in post-traumatic stress disorders or crisis intervention or counseling fields.
• Human/social development field officials who deal with assisting victims of human trafficking.
• Law enforcement agencies, social service agencies.
• Officials of the Ministry of Youth and Sports Malaysia or a related government agency.
• Have a good understanding of the theme and the relevant policies in their respective countries.
• Proficient in English and able to do presentations in English, is a must.