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| 2020-02-26 |
UFS to host public lecture with Governor of Reserve Bank |
| 2020-02-26 |
UFS to host public lecture with Governor of Reserve Bank |
| 2020-02-26 |
Vegetable tunnels established to continue the fight against food insecurity |
| 2020-02-26 |
Vegetable tunnels established to continue the fight against food insecurity |
| 2020-02-25 |
Kovsie alumna secures spot on SAICA Honours Roll |
| 2020-02-25 |
Kovsie alumna secures spot on SAICA Honours Roll |
| 2020-02-24 |
Schools honoured for delivering top Kovsie students |
| 2020-02-24 |
Schools honoured for delivering top Kovsie students |
| 2020-02-18 |
UFS collaborates with Gift of the Givers to improve food security |
| 2020-02-18 |
UFS collaborates with Gift of the Givers to improve food security |
| 2020-02-18 |
Proud new Kovsies tell their stories |
| 2020-02-18 |
Proud new Kovsies tell their stories |
| 2020-02-18 |
UFS shines light on bright matriculant stars |
| 2020-02-18 |
UFS shines light on bright matriculant stars |
| 2020-02-18 |
UFS Mental Health Student Toolkit a winning formula |
| 2020-02-18 |
UFS Mental Health Student Toolkit a winning formula |
| 2020-02-18 |
Download KovsieApp for real-time urgent communication |
| 2020-02-18 |
Download KovsieApp for real-time urgent communication |
| 2020-02-17 |
UFS Student Toolkit first of its kind in South Africa |
| 2020-02-17 |
UFS Student Toolkit first of its kind in South Africa |
| 2020-02-13 |
CUADS: human rights-based support for students with disabilities |
| 2020-02-13 |
CUADS: human rights-based support for students with disabilities |
| 2020-02-12 |
Strong transformational focus at faculty opening, celebrating 40 years |
| 2020-02-12 |
Strong transformational focus at faculty opening, celebrating 40 years |
| 2020-02-12 |
Expo promises to keep Bloemfontein healthy and fit |
| 2020-02-12 |
Expo promises to keep Bloemfontein healthy and fit |
| 2020-02-12 |
Active citizenship and accountability can save South Africa from the precipice |
| 2020-02-12 |
Active citizenship and accountability can save South Africa from the precipice |
| 2020-02-11 |
Endless possibilities for women in science, says UFS zoologist |
| 2020-02-11 |
Endless possibilities for women in science, says UFS zoologist |
| 2020-02-11 |
Qwaqwa first-year students formally welcomed to the UFS |
| 2020-02-11 |
Qwaqwa first-year students formally welcomed to the UFS |
| 2020-02-11 |
Visibility and impact the focus in 2020 |
| 2020-02-11 |
Visibility and impact the focus in 2020 |
| 2020-02-07 |
New principal exhorts South Campus students to ‘unlock their future’ |
| 2020-02-07 |
New principal exhorts South Campus students to ‘unlock their future’ |
| 2020-02-07 |
Kovsie Alumni Trust secures R2,4 million in funding to relieve student debt |
| 2020-02-07 |
Kovsie Alumni Trust secures R2,4 million in funding to relieve student debt |
| 2020-02-07 |
Get your 2020 vision clear with the new Kovsie Advice |
| 2020-02-07 |
Get your 2020 vision clear with the new Kovsie Advice |
| 2020-02-06 |
Symposium bridges the gap between students, staff, and management |
| 2020-02-06 |
Symposium bridges the gap between students, staff, and management |
| 2020-02-06 |
Clarification of urgent notice regarding accredited and non-accredited accommodation |
| 2020-02-06 |
Clarification of urgent notice regarding accredited and non-accredited accommodation |
| 2020-02-04 |
Three from UFS selected for prestigious future-professors programme |
| 2020-02-04 |
Three from UFS selected for prestigious future-professors programme |
| 2020-02-04 |
2020 Kovsie ACT programme rounds off on an electrifying note! |
| 2020-02-04 |
2020 Kovsie ACT programme rounds off on an electrifying note! |
| 2020-02-04 |
Universities unite to discuss fragility and resilience in higher education |
| 2020-02-04 |
Universities unite to discuss fragility and resilience in higher education |
| 2020-02-03 |
Shimlas starts Varsity Cup with experienced team |
| 2020-02-03 |
Shimlas starts Varsity Cup with experienced team |
| 2020-02-03 |
Break the cycle of road accidents at traffic circles |
| 2020-02-03 |
Break the cycle of road accidents at traffic circles |
UFS Faculty of Law helps to establish a FS Forum on Human Trafficking
2009-10-12
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The Unit for Children’s Rights in the Faculty of Law at the University of the Free State (UFS) is a member of the Trafficking Action Group that recently hosted an Indaba on Human Trafficking in Bloemfontein.
Adv. Beatri Kruger from the Department of Criminal and Medical Law and the Unit for Children’s Rights at the UFS gave a presentation at the Indaba on the South African legal response to combating human trafficking. Prof. Susan Kreston, Research Fellow at the Centre for Psychology and the Law at the UFS, was also a speaker at this event. She spoke, amongst others, about trafficking between South Africa and neighbouring countries and also gave some practical guidelines on how to prevent human trafficking.
Apart from creating awareness, various role players identified cases of human trafficking, which led the Indaba to realise that this crime is prevalent in the Free State, especially in Bloemfontein. Many problems that need to be addressed were identified at the Indaba. Consequently, a forum consisting of the most relevant role players was mobilised to proceed with the work to realise the goal of handling complicated human trafficking cases effectively.
The three-day Indaba was attended by more than 120 delegates from various key governmental departments such as the SAPS, Social Development, Health, Immigration and several civil societies, including Child Welfare Bloemfontein/Childline, Famsa, the Thuthuzela Centre, the Free State Network on Violence against Women, the Aurora Clinic, academia from the UFS, various churches and private-sector businesses.
At the event were, from the left: Ms Matshidiso Ntsiuoa from Childline Free State and Child Welfare Bloemfontein; Adv. Beatri Kruger from the Department of Criminal and Medical Law at the UFS; Ms Zine Mogorosi, Absa Regional Manager: Marketing, Communications and Corporate Affairs; Ms Motsedisi Shale from Lesotho Save the Children/Childline Lesotho; and Pastor Busi Khumalo from the Seventh Day Adventist Church.
Photo: Leonie Bolleurs |