{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Gender 305 Gender and International Human Rights ","title":"Women in Focus: Human Trafficking in Canada Targeting Marginalized Women","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/b91fa627\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1307,"description":"In this episode students focus on human trafficking in Canada, exploring how women are suppressed emotionally, spiritually, and physically which can inhibit them from reaching out for help, and from speaking up on their issues and experiences. Students explore how Indigenous women don't feel comfortable coming forward due to authority and distrust within prosecution and feel fearful or ashamed due to it being taboo. The main goal is to give publicity to this issue, and bring awareness to how colonial institutions within Canada neglect Indigenous women and girls leading them into unsafe situations. Unstable unaffordable housing, child welfare system, racism with the justice/penal system.References:Meaningful and Personal Reports: Sierra and Heidi Marshallhttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/human-trafficking-ontario-indigenous-akwesasne-survivor-2023-1.6760973https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/indigenous-women-trafficking-sexual-exploitation-1.6373597Reports identified that sex labor trafficking are the most common forms of human trafficking inCanadahttps://www.canadiancentretoendhumantrafficking.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ENG-Human-Trafficking-Trends-in-Canada-%E2%80%93-2019-20-Report-Final-1.pdfIndigenous women and girls; migrants and new immigrants; 2SLGBTQI+ persons; children andyouth in the child welfare system; those who are socially or economically disadvantaged: andfactors such aslanguage barriers, working in isolated/remote areas, lack of access to services and supportIndigenous women are disproportionately affected by racialized violence in Canada throughexposure to both historic and ongoing gender discriminationhttps://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Committee/421/JUST/Brief/BR10002955/br-external/NativeWomensAssociationOfCanada-e.pdfQuote: “Trafficking in person, also known as human trafficking, is often described as amodern-day formof slavery that is thought to affect every country worldwide either as a point or origin...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/nvNULwoxoPFTm1CCmWbUj7zg0urWbxETCdGHjEQSjNw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xYzk5/NmZiNGI2Y2Q3YjEy/NWMxNmI0NGVjNWU3/ZGQ0NS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}