Effects of COVID-19 On Human Trafficking and Education
WHEN: 19 February 2021, 11:00 - 14:00pm CET (Central European Time)
WHERE: Online Event on Zoom
ORGANISED BY: Webster University Leiden Student Government Association (SGA), partnering with Bridge 2Hope and Centre for African Justice Peace and Human Rights.
It is crucial to reflect on COVID-19, especially individuals whose voices may not be heard in society. This includes human trafficking, where COVID-19 influences the exploitation of victims. It is thus key to shed light on such issues, to form discourse and discussion on it, for awareness to occur.
The event Webster Leiden Campus is holding will be a webinar, specifically a Panel Discussion on the ‘’Effects of COVID-19 on Human Trafficking and Education’’. It will host a range of speakers, all with professional expertise in this field, enabling engagement for dialogue. Highly relevant, and exceptionally informative, this event is for all - Webster and non-Webster individuals alike!
Speakers
Dr. Sheetal Shah - Bridge 2Hope Founder, Academic Director of Webster Leiden Campus. A psychologist, she specializes in counseling for trauma and chronic illnesses, with specific research interests in human trafficking. She founded the Bijlmer project, analyzing the needs of victims of human trafficking, and is a part of Bridge 2Hope, a research project that focuses on the psychosocial needs of sexually trafficked individuals in the EU. Having taught many courses at Webster Leiden, we are very pleased to have you for this event!
Dr. Sumaiya Musharraf - Centre for African Justice Peace and Human Rights, Program Manager of the Sexual Violence Team . The aim of the Sexual Violence Team is to create awareness of sexual violence against the male gender. Ultimately, the goal is to break the stigma of sexual violence against the male gender, through research, publishing articles, and advocating for change when sexual violence against men and boys is not recognized. We are pleased to have you for this event!
Kean Smith - Centre for African Justice Peace and Human Rights, Member of the Right to Quality Education team. The aim of the Right to Quality Education team is to create a safe learning environment through public knowledge and gain support from the community in contributing to the developmental project of building washroom facilities in improvised schools in Africa. He will emphasize the importance of education. We are pleased to have you for this event!
Amanda Mauro - Program Manager and Psychologist for the Bridge 2 Hope, Counseling Psychologist at her own private practice AM Counseling. She works with victims of human trafficking and severe trauma, through resilience building. Other tasks of hers include being part of the management team, organizing vocational training, and facilitating administrative responsibilities. We are pleased to have you for this event!
Jean-Paul van Marissing - Director of Webster Leiden Campus. In the public and private sector, he has both management and leadership experience, having been both a partner at law firms, representing the Dutch government in the EU in Brussels, and teaching at Nyenrode Business University. Currently, he is also the Secretary at The Bridge2Hope foundation. He is excited to be supporting the Red Card Campaign, aimed at speaking out against all violence and discrimination against girls and women. We are pleased to have you for this event!
We are thrilled to have you all as speakers!
There will be Q & A sessions, PRIZES INCLUDED after speakers have presented.
Come join - you won’t regret it!
As an alternative to the QR code, please click on the poster to register!
by Sina Ammann
