Dear Sir/Madam
I hope my message finds you well. My name is Ané Auret and I am writing to you as a co-founder of the above event.
This is to invite you to join us for the Conference and also to request that you would kindly consider spreading the word amongst your networks. As the whole 3 day event will take place online there is no travel involved and all the sessions can be accessed for free from all over the world. Participants are coming from all corners of the globe and we are very excited to be creating a free and accessible resource for all who are working to end child trafficking and other forms of child exploitation. You can find out more at www.counterchildtrafficking.org. On the website you will also find a dedicated Media Page where more information is available. Please don't hesitate to contact us should you have any questions or queries. Your support in reaching as many members of the global Counter Trafficking Community as possible would be much appreciated.
For your information I insert some of the Press release information below.
London, United Kingdom - 2013, September - The first ever Global Online Counter Child Trafficking Conference will take place between 16 - 18 October 2013. This ground-breaking three-day event aims to bring together the global community of those who are working to end the trafficking and exploitation of children. The BBC has already called it a 'major international summit'.
Based one hundred percent online, the conference will be the largest gathering of private sector, third sector and public sector professionals and practitioners across the world representing the business, education, government, health care, law enforcement and non-profit sectors. Registration and participation is free, and attendees will have the chance to connect and share and learn from others in the field.
The Conference programme consists of over 40 webinars and for three days and across time zones, participants will be able to listen to high profile speakers like
. Luis CdeBaca, US Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
. Joy Ngozi Ezeilo, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, especially women and children
. Maria Grazia Giammarinero, Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
. Dr. Myria Vassiliadou, Anti-trafficking Coordinator, European Commission, DG Home-Affairs
. Grace Akallo, Former Child Soldier and Founder of United Africans for Women and Children Rights
. Rosi Orozco, Congresswoman and Human Rights Activist from Mexico
. Ruchira Gupta, founder of Apne Aap Women Worldwide (India)
. Rachel Lloyd, CEO of Girls Educational and Mentoring Services (GEMS) in New York
. Dr. Gundelina Velazco, Director of Love146 Asia Aftercare based in the Philippines
The speaker line-up also includes academics, clinicians, frontline practitioners and other representatives from organisations like Polaris, ECPAT, Chab Dai, Save the Children, Terre des Hommes, AFRUCA, Victoria Climbie Foundation UK, Barnardo's, Children's Society, International Justice Mission and Unicef as well as programme leaders and practitioners from grassroots community projects in the USA, Africa, Europe, India, South East Asia and Australia.
Ané Auret, Director of Touchpoint Child Protection and Co-founder explained the rationale behind the concept saying "Through the Conference we will facilitate a platform where the Counter Child Trafficking community can increasingly reach and relate to others beyond country borders and language groups, where they can share ideas, make connections, build genuine partnerships and find and create new opportunities to collaborate. The potential for collective action through digital empowerment is enormous and means we can help develop and disseminate information in a free and accessible way."
Philip Ishola, Director of the Counter Child Human Trafficking Bureau and Co-founder commented: "The fight against child trafficking is not one that can be undertaken by a single agency or country. It's something that requires the help of governments, agencies and organisations around the world. The Online Counter Child Trafficking Conference is a way for the global community to collaborate in our efforts against those who traffic and exploit children.Through this event we are paying tribute to the Counter Child Trafficking community and we wish to support, celebrate and promote good practice by the many organisations and individuals working to bring and end to child trafficking and exploitation."
Recent registrants have made comments including: "Excellent initiative. The more people make global partnerships and connections, the more that can be done to stop organised networks and develop better support systems for children," and, "It is empowering and ineffably satisfying as a practitioner myself to see something of this scale and scope being organized to allow international communication and the exchange of meaningful yet practical dialogue, both for the goal of combating child trafficking, and healing the trauma left in its wake."
We'd love to welcome you and hope you would consider joining us!
Kind Regards
Ané
Ané Auret
Co-founder | Global Online Counter Child Trafficking Conference 2013
+44 (0)7789037673
http://counterchildtrafficking.org/
https://twitter.com/NoChildHarmed
https://www.facebook.com/GlobalOnlineCounterChildTraffickingConference
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