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Polaris Post Volume 48
July 2011
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In June, Polaris staff members went to Iwate in turn, to conduct
hearings on what women in the disaster areas need for the Post-
Earthquake Support for Women and Children Project.

According to a recent news report, the police arrested men for having
a woman who survived the earthquake work as a prostitute in Tokyo.
We need to carry on a long-term support.
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/polarisproject/20110609/1307601079
(full story in Japanese)

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* Polaris Project Monthly Seminar 2011 "You Know Human Trafficking?"
The third seminar at Body Shop Shinjuku on Saturday, July 23
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July 23 is the third in the Polaris Project Monthly Seminar 2011 series.
This time we will look into the demand for human trafficking.

The third seminar will welcome Ms. Ionescu Magdalena of the University
of Tokyo Graduate School. She will discuss the victims, perpetrators
in the receiving countries (especially in Japan), and what we should
do to combat this problem.

Ms. Magdalena Ionescu, who is from Romania, will provide perspectives
from the European countries. A guest commentator, Ms. Khine Ngwe Hnin
Zaw of the University of Tokyo Graduate School, will talk about South
Eastern Asia. The duscussions will be in Japanese.

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Third Seminar "What causes the demand for human trafficking?"

Saturday, July 23, 2011, 4pm-6pm

The Body Shop Shinjuku, 3rd Floor, The Body Shop Room (max 30 seats)
JR Shinjuku East Exit (3-minute walk),
Tokyo Metro Shinjuku San-chome A5 Exit (1-minute walk)
http://www.mapion.co.jp/c/f?uc=4&pg=1&ino=BA799518&grp=bodyshop

Ms. Ionescu Magdalena, PhD student, Graduate Program on Human
Security (HSP) of the University of Tokyo


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


Please fill in the form online (in Japanese) at:
http://my.formman.com/form/pc/wAlNkkChuezca8DX/
* Your registration will be complete when you submit the form
online (Polaris Project will not reply to confirm your registration).

For more information, contact:
Polaris Project Japan Office
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(subject to change)
Saturday, September 10, 2011, 4pm-6pm
The Body Shop Shinjuku, 3rd Floor, The Body Shop Room
Speaker： Dr. Shinya Iwamuro, Health Promotion Research Center at the
Japan Association for Development of Community Medicine

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* US Department of State Released Trafficking in Persons Report
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On June 28, 2011, US Department of State Secretary, Hillary Clinton
released the annual Trafficking in Persons Report.

The report ranks countries around the world on their policies against
human trafficking.

For the last eleven years, Japan has been ranked in the second tier--
recognized as one of the countries whose governments do not fully comply
with the the U.S. Trafficking Victims Protection Act's minimum standards.
http://ht.ly/5rtBs (full report in English)

Polaris believes that raising public awareness is the most important
to combat human trafficking.
Public awareness poses a risk to perpetrators; the society needs
to watch out for human trafficking and to listen to victims.

Polaris Japan will be attending a meeting held by the National
Police Agency on human trafficking in July with other experts
from Japan and abroad.
This fall Polaris Japan is planning an international conference
on human trafficking to lean best practices.

Please help us raise public awareness.
Your twitter and Facebook accounts can be powerful tools for
the cause. Please follow us on twitter and become a Polaris
Japan fan on FB!

If you are a blogger, please post what you think about human
trafficking as well as our hotline numbers.

Follow us on twitter--our fellow is twittering in English!
http://twitter.com/PolarisFellow

Polaris Japan on Facebook: http://bit.ly/polarisjp


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* Polaris Digest (June-July 2011)
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June 8  Polaris staff spoke on "Children's right: Toward the world
without child pornography" at human rights seminar of Koto
Ward, Tokyo.


June 18  Polaris Project Monthly Seminar 2011 "You Know Human Trafficking?"
Second Seminar "Japan's Anti-Human Trafficking Policies:
Issues and Feedback from the Frontline"

June 20-23 Polaris staff attended the World Justice Forum held in Spain,
joining a session on human trafficking and law.

June 26  CNN Japan aired a documentary on human trafficking,
"Nepal's Stolen Children," featuring the actress Demi Moore.
During the air time and till July 5, CNN Japan aired 30-second
commercials of Polaris Japan for 13 times in total.

June 28  Polaris staff spoke at a conference for teachers in kindergartens
in Saitama prefecture on sexual exploitation of children.

July 2   Polaris staff spoke at an event of the Association for Women in
Finance.         

July 6   Polaris staff appeared at N-Sta, a news program of TBS Television.
The program featured Polaris Project Japan, as well as child
pornography and child prostitution.


From June 1 to 30, 2011, Polaris received 37 hotline inquiries.
Among the 37vcontacts, 19 were by phone and 18 were via the Internet.
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* Human Trafficking Related News (in Japanese)　http://bit.ly/cqeQHE

* Blog Polaris Diary: http://d.hatena.ne.jp/polarisproject/ (in Japanese)

* Booklet "It's Happening to Her, Right Now" On Sale (in Japanese)
http://bit.ly/bBod3r

* Polaris: SOS website for girls http://www.pol214.com/ (in Japanese)

* Polaris Project's Drop-in Center for Women (in Japanese) http://bit.ly/abOHFJ

* Polaris Community on mixi (in Japanese) http://mixi.jp/view_community.pl?id=1374560
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