Dear Friends:
Here is news of a report some of you may find of interest. To download the report go to: http://www.agapeim.org/
Abolition!
Lisa
September 24, 2009 Dale Didion
202-544-5430
ddidion@didiongroup.com
"Stolen Lives" Study Addresses Recovery of Human Trafficking Victims in India
Study examines the impact of forgiveness and self-empowerment on healing and gives recommendations to halt crisis
Conshohocken, PA- A pioneering study entitled "Stolen Lives: Dignity, Forgiveness, Hope, and Future-Mindedness for Victims of Sex Trafficking in India," is bringing international attention to a growing problem worldwide—human trafficking. Funded by the John Templeton Foundation and authored by Dr. Victor Joseph of Agape International, the study focuses on trafficked victims between the ages of 14 and 22 who were sold into brothels. The research analyzes their psychological and emotional stages in a post-brothel setting and focuses on the impact of forgiveness and future-mindedness on their lives.
"Stolen Lives" provides new psychological research that will serve as an important tool for NGOs, universities, governments and law enforcement personnel to not only reduce the incidence of this global issue and prosecute those involved, but also to help restore the lives of the traumatized victims. Dr. Joseph’s study recorded the personal accounts of trafficking victims in India, which is a major hub of the more than 700,000 victims trafficked worldwide each year. Further, the report addresses a new angle on recovery, highlighting how forgiveness, faith and future-mindedness play a fundamental role in the healing process.
Dr. Joseph has worked for over seven years with the Office of Religious Freedom at the U.S. Department of State, Congress, and the White House as an advocate for religious freedom and human rights issues in India and other nations. Joseph says of the crisis, "Everyone at all levels--locally, nationally, and internationally—must redouble their efforts to get the word out to the poorest neighborhoods about the lies that lead to trafficking. The successful prosecution of those involved in these crimes against humanity must be a focus of the community at all levels."
Dr. Joseph plans to open the Victory Center, a place that will provide shelter, counseling, job training and placement for trafficked victims to help them start new lives. Further, the Center will work with the Indian government and law enforcement officers to promote greater awareness of this serious issue and provide legal training to aid in the prosecution efforts.
John M. Templeton, Jr., M.D., President and Chairman of the John Templeton Foundation said, "It is the hope of the John Templeton Foundation that on the basis of this research and careful analysis of Victor Joseph and his colleagues using India as a case study, that there will be a coherent, committed, and realistic engagement among all aspects of global society against this cruel manipulation and abuse of the most vulnerable among us. This engagement clearly must involve a genuine beneficial impact of coordinated suppression of this system of abuse, and concrete progress towards the recovery and restoration of for the victims of trafficking in persons."
For more information or to obtain a copy of the report, please visit www.agapeim.org To interview Dr. Joseph, please contact Dale Didion at 202-544-5430.
Agape International Ministries (AIM) is taking the lead to work with the Indian government and several NGOs who work in this field. We are committed to help eradicate this modern-day slavery, as well as to help in the recovery and reintegration of formerly trafficked victims back into society.
Here is news of a report some of you may find of interest. To download the report go to: http://www.agapeim.org/
Abolition!
Lisa
September 24, 2009 Dale Didion
202-544-5430
ddidion@didiongroup.com
"Stolen Lives" Study Addresses Recovery of Human Trafficking Victims in India
Study examines the impact of forgiveness and self-empowerment on healing and gives recommendations to halt crisis
Conshohocken, PA- A pioneering study entitled "Stolen Lives: Dignity, Forgiveness, Hope, and Future-Mindedness for Victims of Sex Trafficking in India," is bringing international attention to a growing problem worldwide—human trafficking. Funded by the John Templeton Foundation and authored by Dr. Victor Joseph of Agape International, the study focuses on trafficked victims between the ages of 14 and 22 who were sold into brothels. The research analyzes their psychological and emotional stages in a post-brothel setting and focuses on the impact of forgiveness and future-mindedness on their lives.
"Stolen Lives" provides new psychological research that will serve as an important tool for NGOs, universities, governments and law enforcement personnel to not only reduce the incidence of this global issue and prosecute those involved, but also to help restore the lives of the traumatized victims. Dr. Joseph’s study recorded the personal accounts of trafficking victims in India, which is a major hub of the more than 700,000 victims trafficked worldwide each year. Further, the report addresses a new angle on recovery, highlighting how forgiveness, faith and future-mindedness play a fundamental role in the healing process.
Dr. Joseph has worked for over seven years with the Office of Religious Freedom at the U.S. Department of State, Congress, and the White House as an advocate for religious freedom and human rights issues in India and other nations. Joseph says of the crisis, "Everyone at all levels--locally, nationally, and internationally—must redouble their efforts to get the word out to the poorest neighborhoods about the lies that lead to trafficking. The successful prosecution of those involved in these crimes against humanity must be a focus of the community at all levels."
Dr. Joseph plans to open the Victory Center, a place that will provide shelter, counseling, job training and placement for trafficked victims to help them start new lives. Further, the Center will work with the Indian government and law enforcement officers to promote greater awareness of this serious issue and provide legal training to aid in the prosecution efforts.
John M. Templeton, Jr., M.D., President and Chairman of the John Templeton Foundation said, "It is the hope of the John Templeton Foundation that on the basis of this research and careful analysis of Victor Joseph and his colleagues using India as a case study, that there will be a coherent, committed, and realistic engagement among all aspects of global society against this cruel manipulation and abuse of the most vulnerable among us. This engagement clearly must involve a genuine beneficial impact of coordinated suppression of this system of abuse, and concrete progress towards the recovery and restoration of for the victims of trafficking in persons."
For more information or to obtain a copy of the report, please visit www.agapeim.org To interview Dr. Joseph, please contact Dale Didion at 202-544-5430.
Agape International Ministries (AIM) is taking the lead to work with the Indian government and several NGOs who work in this field. We are committed to help eradicate this modern-day slavery, as well as to help in the recovery and reintegration of formerly trafficked victims back into society.
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