Polaris Post　Volume 29
October 2009
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*Saturday November 14, 2009 7pm at Tokyo Volunteer Center
The seventh in Polaris' on-going seminar series, "How do we stop
commercial sexual exploitation of children?"


The film "Children of the Dark," (闇の子供たち/Yami no kodomotachi) inspired
Thai NGO network against human trafficking.
Did you know that Polaris was the first to start working to establish
an NGO network
against human trafficking in Japan?


Japan is a destination for large numbers of trafficked people.  Many of these
are women and children from Asia and South America who are trafficked for sex.

November's lecture on Polaris' on-going seminar series, "How do we
stop the commercial sexual exploitation of children?" will feature
the Japan Network AgainstTrafficking in Persons (JNATIP) co-chair,
Yoko Yoshida.  Ms. Yoshida, a lawyer, will will speak about the following
topics from a legal perspective:  international trends in trafficking and
Japan's place in these trends, child victims of trafficking and
Japan's trafficking
policy.  Please join us!

*Please note that the time and venue are different from previous seminars.
**Please not that a previous Polaris Post listed a different time; the
seminar will
start at 7pm

＜Date and Time＞Saturday November 14 7-8:30pm

＜Venue＞Tokyo Volunteer Center Meeting Room B located next to JR Sobu Line
Iidabashi Station in the Central Plaza Building 10F
map：http://www.tvac.or.jp/page/tvac_access.html

＜Speaker＞
Yoko Yoshida, Lawyer and Professor at Ritsumeikan University
Ms. Yoshida contributed several chapters to the edited volume, "Abolishing Human
Trafficking:  Japan as a Major Destination Country" (in Japanese).  The book was
published by Akashi Shoten Press.

＜Admission Fee＞
1,000 yen (500 yen for students; please present your student ID at the door)

<Registration>
Please register by filling in the form online (in Japanese) at:
http://my.formman.com/form/pc/jtlfbc6KYEZPZFJm/

*Your registration will be complete when you submit the form online.
Polaris Project will not reply to you registration.
*Same-day registration at the door will be accepted only when there are
seats available.

 Polaris Post Volume 28
 October 2009
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* Polaris Project to Start Drop-in for Young Women*

I wouldn't dare to tell my teachers, or my parents.
I don't think I should say it to my friends...

Polaris Project has a place for girls and young women to voice such
worries in a comfortable, non-threatening environment.

We have started a drop-in center for young women since September 2009.
The drop-in center is a place for young women to come and talk safely
It is open on Saturday nights, twice a month.
It has an expert staff who can consult problems young women may have,
such as dating violence, family violence, psychological and
physical issues.
The center will hold workshops on prevention of sex crime
victimization.

The targets are users of Polaris Project's SOS website for young
women (http://www.pol214.com/） as well as other women in their
teens and twenties.

An increasing number of young women are victimized by sex crimes
such as coerced prostitution through Internet dating websites.

Polaris Project is working toward awareness raising and preventing
human trafficking by providing a drop-in center, where young women
can come and talk freely.

For more information, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .