Tag Archives: Immigrant Women & Children
Human Trafficking Victim Obtains Successful Settlement in Federal Court
by CBJC StaffJanuary 22, 2016
From the time she was five years old, Miriam (not her real name), a Nigerian victim of human trafficking, lived with an aunt’s family where she was mistreated and abused, especially by an older cousin.
Read moreImmigration Women & Children Project in Vienna
by CBJC StaffNovember 17, 2014
Suzanne Tomatore, the project director of the City Bar Justice Center’s Immigrant Women & Children (IWC) Project, was one of only four U. S. representatives from service providers to attend the U.N. Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) October 22 & 23 meeting in Vienna, Austria, on the role of recruitment fees and recruitment agencies in trafficking in persons.
Read moreAnti-Trafficking Around the World
by CBJC StaffAugust 14, 2014
Today the staff and director of the Immigrant Women and Children Project hosted a meeting with Tomomi Shimizu, Senior Program Manager of the Tokyo-based Kamonohashi Project.
Read moreCity Bar Justice Center Selected as an Inaugural Justice Fellow Host Organization
by CBJC StaffJuly 18, 2014
The City Bar Justice Center is pleased to be selected as one of Immigrant Justice Corps’ inaugural Justice Fellow Host Organizations. CBJC will host two Justice Fellows for a period of two years.
Read moreImmigrant Women & Children Project Honored by Volunteer
by CBJC StaffJune 20, 2014
The Immigrant Women & Children Project (IWC) at the City Bar Justice Center was recently honored by one of our volunteers, Sandra Edmund, an Administrative Legal Assistant at Time Warner Corporate, with a donation of $5000.
Read moreRight to Legal Counsel for Immigrant Detainees: A Progress Update
by CBJC StaffOctober 16, 2013
On September 30th, the New York Law Journal reported on the two public defender organizations that will form the New York Immigrant Defenders (NYID), a unique pilot project to provide universal legal representation to indigent detainees facing deportation.
Read moreTaiwanese Delegation Visits Justice Center
by CBJC StaffJune 12, 2012
The City Bar Justice Center’s Immigrant Women & Children Project (IWC) staff met at the City Bar with a Taiwanese Delegation hosted by the U.S. Department of State on Friday, June 8.
Read moreJustice Center Project Director Travels to Europe with U.S. Delegation to Combat Trafficking
by CBJC StaffMay 23, 2012
Immigrant Women & Children Project Director Suzanne Tomatore attended a human trafficking seminar in Warsaw, Poland on May 14-16, 2012. She was invited to be part of the official U.S. delegation as the only non-governmental representative.
Read moreEmerging Issues with Trafficked Youth
by CBJC StaffJanuary 12, 2012
The Immigrant Women and Children Project, together with Greenberg Traurig and the New York Anti-Trafficking Network, hosted a panel discussion on National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, January 11, to highlight emerging issues with trafficked youth in New York City.
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