CATHII Calls for Action Regarding the Report on Violence Against Women and Girls

CATHII Calls for Action Regarding the Report on Violence Against Women and Girls

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CATHII, the Comité d’action contre la traite humaine interne et internationale (action committee against internal and international against human trafficking) has multiplied its actions since the beginning of 2024. As the organization’s president, IsaBelle Couillard, points out that the international component has also expanded.

Thus, in CATHII’s most recent publication (in French only), we discover the role played by the organization in promoting concerted action, notably with the visit of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery to Montreal. We also took advantage of his expertise to set up a working group regarding the safety of the speakers as well as the victims. 

The newsletter presents a summary of Talitha Kum’s 2nd General Assembly, which includes photos, and highlights the 4th Conference to End the Sexual Exploitation of Women and Girls organized by CAP International in collaboration with Quebec organizations, including La CLES. There is also a review of the documentary Mon ami Omar, available for free on TOUT.TV, and several other interesting references.

Finally, the newsletter notes the presence in Montreal of Reem Alsalen, Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, at the CAP International conference. Ms. Alsalen has published a report asserting that prostitution is linked to “various forms of violence against women and girls, and [constitutes] a form of violence in itself”.

Like many other organizations, CATHII supports this report. It has also issued a call to action asking Canadian authorities and the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to immediately support the report.

The report is available in several languages. To take account of the very short time allowed for the adoption of such a report by the United Nations, CATHII and the other organizations are calling for immediate representations by transmitting a standard message. See the PDF file for full details (in French only).