Sentences with phrase «measure of human trafficking»

Its index assessed number of slaves, a measure of child marriage and a measure of human trafficking in and out of a country.

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The agenda, which Cuomo announced at the State of the State address in January, includes measures aimed at curtailing domestic abuse, ensuring pay equity and stopping human trafficking and discrimination.

Whereas, New York State is a leading voice for women's equality and has raised that voice in action through such significant achievements as passage of the historic «Women's Equality Agenda» in 2015 - eight laws that advance women's equality in New York State by helping to achieve pay equity, strengthen human trafficking laws and protections for domestic violence victims, and ending pregnancy discrimination in all workplaces; other measures further safeguard and promote women's interests and help improve their status in settings where they live and work; and

Nearly the entire package of measures — which focused on pay equity and curtailing human trafficking — has become law, save for a controversial measure aimed at strengthening abortion rights.

Martins, who faces Democrat Adam Haber, has touted his support for other aspects of the omnibus package, which including a measure meant to crack down on human trafficking.

Senate Republicans have approved aspects of the legislation, including pay equity and a measure designed to crack down on human trafficking, but have balked at the abortion plank.

Cuomo formed the ballot line last year as a way of gaining support from women voters and drawing attention to a 10 - point package of measures aimed at pay equity, human trafficking and strengthening abortion rights.

Not anymore,» Cuomo said after unveiling the agenda that included protections for domestic violence victims, greater penalties for human trafficking, and a measure that would make Roe v. Wade part of New York law.

The Irish Government on Wednesday urged the federal and states governments to create jobs for the youth as an effective measure to address the menace of human trafficking in Nigeria.

Modern slavery, or human trafficking, is multifaceted and requires a range of research - based methods to measure its reach and remove and rehabilitate its victims, according to a panel of experts at a Feb. 18 news briefing at the AAAS Annual Meeting in Austin.

The measure passed 101 - 1 by the subservient lower house of parliament and is intended to help halt human trafficking in the ex-Soviet nation.

73 Although the SBC, which is the basic legislation in the matter, states in Article 12 (4) thereof, that the aim of such surveillance is to apprehend individuals crossing the border illegally, it does not contain any rules concerning the measures which border guards are authorised to apply against persons or ships when they are apprehended and subsequently — such as the application of enforcement measures, the use of force or conducting the persons apprehended to a specific location — or even measures against persons implicated in human trafficking.

The legal issues include child trafficking, crime victimization (gender - based violence, sexual abuse, rapes, crimes in housing camps), unlawful evictions, inadequate housing, dangerous deportations (leading to issuance of precautionary measures by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights), immigration (e.g. need for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) extensions and redesignations in the U.S.), and access to justice and the courts.

House Bill 1246, a proactive measure to increase awareness of human trafficking, now awaits awaits Gov. Greitens» signature.

Child sex trafficking was also a major topic of interest, with measures ranging from including human trafficking in the definition of child abuse, to identifying and reporting youth at risk.