Trust Women Conference

Trust Women Conference
Headquarters London, United Kingdom
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Trust Women is an annual conference organized by the Thomson Reuters Foundation. The conference aims to put the rule of law behind women's rights through concrete action. The 2014 conference will be held in London on November 18–19. The agenda includes: the global fight against human trafficking and modern-day slavery; solutions to boost the economic empowerment of women, including access to land and access to finance, and women and the cities.

History

In 2012, the inaugural Trust Women Conference gathered over 350 delegates. The event addressed issues including human trafficking, modern-day slavery, child and forced marriage, female genital mutilation and the consequences of the Arab Spring on women. Speakers included two Nobel laureates, Aung San Suu Kyi and Shirin Ebadi; Queen Noor of Jordan, Oscar-winning Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy, Sima Samar and Christy Turlington Burns.

As a direct result of the 2012 Trust Women Conference, the Thomson Reuters Foundation - along with the Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr - launched a financial working group to fight human trafficking. Members of the group include some of the world’s biggest financial institutions (Bank of America, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Barclays, TD Bank, American Express, Western Union) along with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Human Trafficking Pro Bono Legal Center, and NGOs working with trafficking victims. In 2014, the financial working group released a white paper aimed at helping the wider industry to identify and report irregularities in financial transactions that might be linked to human trafficking activity.

In 2013, Trust Women gathered over 450 delegates from 40 countries. Participants committed to 32 key actions to help empower women globally, including plans to create a global human trafficking hotline and a legal network to end forced sterilization.

Trust Women Advisory Board 2014

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