The final draft of The Code of Conduct is available. View The Code of Conduct to Prevent Human Trafficking in Niagara.
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The Code of Conduct for Human Trafficking Prevention in The Niagara Region
The Code of Conduct for Human Trafficking Prevention in the Niagara Region - It’s not always obvious. Sometimes, human trafficking may not look like what we imagine!
Project Overview:
Tools of Empowerment for Success (TOES Niagara) in partnership with Brock University Professional and Continuing Studies Office, with funding from the Government of Canada’s Women and Gender Equality (WAGE) will develop and put in place a code of conduct to prevent human trafficking in the hospitality and tourism industry in the Niagara Region to strengthen the GBV sector, based in part on ECPAT International’s The Code of Conduct for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation in Travel and Tourism. The project aims to make the Niagara Region adopt a zero-tolerance approach to human trafficking and also ensure it becomes a safe tourist destination and community to live and work.
Objectives
Address the need to provide awareness, tools, and support to the hospitality and tourism industry to prevent human trafficking in Niagara.
Establish a multi-stakeholder steering committee that will develop and adapt a local Code of Conduct based in part on the ECPAT model with input from the community including survivors and at-risk populations.
Implement the developed Code of Conduct, among pilot organizations and provide training to these organizations for a successful implementation.
Organize outreach events to share information on the promising practice with key employers in major border cities so that they may replicate it or expand upon.
The Code of Coduct Endorsed by The Niagara Regional Concil
We listened, we built, & now we have the final draft of the Code of Conduct.
After multiple rounds of community consultation with over 200 stakeholders in the Niagara Region, the Code of Conduct Steering Committee approved the final version of the Code of Conduct for Human Trafficking Prevention in the Niagara Region.
On June 26th, Niagara Regional Council also passed a motion to endorse the Code of Conduct to Prevent Human Trafficking in the Niagara Region. This endorsement means that all municipalities across the region will be encouraged to adopt the Code of Conduct. This is a great step and is a signal to local businesses to also adopt the Code of Conduct.
We sincerely thank Councillor Laura Ip for bringing forward the motion seconded by Joyce Morocco and the Niagara Regional Council for unanimously endorsing the development of The Code of Conduct for Human Trafficking Prevention in the Niagara Region. We acknowledge WAGE for the funding and federal support that made this work possible, and we thank Vance Badawey for tirelessly working alongside us to bring this funding to Niagara. We also acknowledge the dedication and commitment of our Steering Committee, the CFUW Volunteer Facilitators, the many businesses, organizations, and community members who shared their voices to shape The Code of Conduct for Human Trafficking Prevention in the Niagara Region.