About this Event
Join Sister IsaBelle Couillard, SGM (the Action Committee against Internal
and International Human Trafficking - Montreal) and Eva Rodriguez-Diaz
(Program Manager - Migration, Refugee and Human Trafficking, The Mary
Ward Centre - Toronto) for an engaging discussion/workshop on the state
of human trafficking in Canada.
Sister IsaBelle Couillard, SGM is a Sister of Charity of Montreal and President, Action Committee Against Internal and International Human Trafficking (CATHII) http://www.cathii.org/ (Sisters of Charity of Montreal: https://sgm.qc.ca/)
“The Action Committee Against Internal and International Human Trafficking (CATHII)'s mission is to promote the dignity of all human beings:
- by opposing all forms of violence and/or exploitation related to human trafficking, as defined
- by the Palermo Protocol[1], a protocol signed by Canada;
- by ensuring respect for the rights of victims and survivors, particularly women and children;
- by acting to protect and support them.”
Eva Rodriguez-Diaz is the Program Manager, Trafficking, Migrants & Refugees at The Mary Ward Centre for Education, Spirituality and Justice, A Ministry of the Loretto Sisters (IBVM Canada) https://www.marywardcentre.ca/
Eva has 20 years of experience working in Colombia protecting the rights of peasant populations and indigenous affected by the armed conflict and internal displacement, and protection of women's human rights and the promotion of their economic rights as employees, owners and producers of the land. She collaborates with international organizations designing human trafficking prevention programs for Latino-American countries.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
St. Paul's College, 70 Dysart Road, Winnipeg, Canada
USD 0.00
