Migration, Security and the Human Dimension in the EU Borderland
Date:
April 1, 2011 - 17:15 - 19:00
Building:
Nador u. 9, Monument Building Room:
Senate Room Event type:
Seminar Event audience:
CEU Community + Invited Guests External presenter(s):
Dóra Dezső External presenter(s):
Jeff Labovitz External presenter(s):
Dana Graber Ladek External presenter(s):
Tunde Turai External presenter(s):
Júlia Andrási CEU organizer(s):
Irina Molodikova CEU host unit(s):
Center for Environment and Security (CENSE) CEU contact person:
Irina Molodikova A Migrant Domestic Worker “Settled in Mobility” – A Local Perspective
The Gender Studies Department (Ms. Dóra Dezső) presents some of the results of the PRIMTS project research involving Third Country Nationals (TCNs) with the aim of proposing policy mechanisms to positively affect TCNs’ marginalized situations in the EU labor market. Having conducted both quantitative and qualitative research, the story of one migrant domestic worker Eva highlights the gender aspect of current migration flows. Through her experiences in the Hungarian context, we aim to direct attention to some paradoxes along the intersections of gender, age, class, ethnicity, legality and migration. By identifying particular features of Eva’s story, we invite politicians, researchers, statisticians, and feminists to reflect on some of the dilemmas found.
Trafficking in Human Beings: Protection and Prevention
Although the global scale of human trafficking is difficult to quantify, as many as 800,000 people may be trafficked across international borders annually, with many more trafficked within the borders of their own countries. The demand for cheap labour, sexual services and certain criminal activities are root causes of trafficking. Poverty of opportunity and resources, as well as a lack of social power are other contributing factors.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has been working to counter the trafficking in persons since 1994. In this time, the Organization has implemented almost 500 projects in 85 countries, and has provided assistance to approximately 15,000 trafficked persons. IOM's primary aims are to prevent trafficking in persons, and to protect victims of the trade while offering them options of safe and sustainable reintegration and/or return to their home countries. Mr. Jeff Labovitz, Regional Representative, and Mrs. Dana Graber Ladek, Head of Regional Support Unit, will present the causes, issues, and what is being done to prevent human trafficking in Europe and the region.
1 April 2010, 5.15 pm (Central European University, Senate room)
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