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UN Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons Submission.
Last month, the Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children, Migrant Domestic Workers...
Mar 41 min read


February 8, International Day for prayer and awareness for the victims of Human Trafficking
On February 8th, the feast of St. Josephine Bakhita, the Patron Saint of victims of human trafficking, we remember and invite all people to
Feb 72 min read

Thank you to The Catholic Register for amplifying our call to prevent Human Trafficking.
Human trafficking for sexual and labour exploitation remains the primary source of profit for criminal gangs of human traffickers. The Unite
Jan 61 min read

December 6th: The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
December 6th: The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
Dec 6, 20243 min read

CCR Annual Consultation from November 24 to 28th, 2024.
This was Mary Ward Centre's first time at the CCR national consultation meeting. Over four hundred people from all regions in Canada...
Dec 3, 20241 min read

Participation in the preparatory groups of the Global Forum of Migration and Development (GFMD).
As MWC, and in coordination with the IBVM/CJ UN Office, we participate in the UN NGO Office of Migration and are part of the preparation...
Nov 7, 20241 min read

Meeting with international networks working on human trafficking.
Christian Organizations Against Trafficking in Human Beings (COATNET) and CATHII from Quebec, which is the “Comité d’action contre la...
Nov 7, 20241 min read

Empowered and independent Latin Women.
In October, five of the eight workshops in the series Latin Women: Empowered and Free of Economic Violence were held. Economical violence...
Nov 6, 20241 min read

Raising awareness on human trafficking with students at St. Michael College.
As we agreed in May this year, we developed a campaign to prevent human trafficking among St. Michael College Students. It was a complete mo
Nov 5, 20241 min read

The Canadian Dream - Private screening.
As part of the strategy to raise awareness on labour exploitation happening inside Canada, at MWC, we had a private screening of the...
Nov 5, 20241 min read


Gender-Based Violence (GBV) prevention with Latin women.
Since May, we have been working with the OASIS Community Centre to build a strategy to prevent women from being victims of human...
Sep 9, 20241 min read


"No hay trato con la trata", Canadian and Latin American Radio Collaboration Against Human Trafficking.
At the Mary Ward Centre, we wanted to create a strategy to inform, raise awareness, educate, and prevent human trafficking and labour...
Jul 29, 20241 min read

Combating Child Trafficking: IBVM’s Policy Statement at the UNODC Forum in Vienna.
The United Nations Working Group on Trafficking in Persons, subsidiary body of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations...
Jul 29, 20241 min read


Addressing Labour Exploitation: Our Latest Recommendations to Combat Human Trafficking 2019 - 2024Â (Part 2).
This is the second part of our strategy regarding Canada's National Plan to Combat Human Trafficking. Today, I want to tell you about the...
Jul 26, 20242 min read

Proposals from the Mary Ward Centre to the Federal Government on the National Plan to Combat Human Trafficking (2019 - 2024)
Did you know that the Government of Canada approved a National Plan to Combat Human Trafficking for 2019-2024? The Canadian government...
Jul 23, 20242 min read


The Catholic Register highlights Mary Ward Centre's fight against human trafficking.
The Catholic Register, Canada's oldest English Catholic publication, recently highlighted the Mary Ward Centre’s crucial role in...
Jul 17, 20241 min read

Continuing the strategy to combat human trafficking and implementing permanent consultations with survivors and service providers are part of the requests sent by organizations part of the TCHTN.
A group of eight organizations participants of the Toronto Anti-Human Trafficking Network (TCHTN), a collaborative coalition of...
Jun 19, 20241 min read

The fight against human trafficking, in all its forms, is a challenge that never ends.
We collected some general elements inviting the Government to continue the National Plan to Combat Human Trafficking.
May 29, 20244 min read

Advocacy to Combat Human Trafficking in Canada
Working to end human trafficking requires continued action and knowledge of different strategies to combat it in Canada and around the...
May 1, 20241 min read


End Human Trafficking -A Commitment for All- Third season - "Spanish broadcast".
End Human Trafficking -A Commitment for All- Migration is a right of all people but it is important to migrate safely, reducing risks....
Apr 9, 20241 min read
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