Please join us for IANGEL’s 7th Anniversary Dinner Gala, “In It To Win It.” We’ll be honoring Joan Haratani with the Amel Zenoune Zounani Rights & Leadership Award and featuring keynote speaker Connie De La Vega.
April 29, 2020 at Sir Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco.
Join us February 12th for a special evening presentation and discussion on our upcoming delegation to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, 64th Session
On Monday January 14, 2020, IANGEL attended SFCAHT’s press conference in support of Human Trafficking Awareness Month. The San Francisco City Hall room was packed to overflowing as supporters and members gathered to listen to speakers and the progress of new initiatives throughout the Bay Area.
As 2019 comes to a close, we’ve taken the time to review our past year’s successes, new initiatives and the partners and collaborators who have made it all possible.
It is a great honor to announce that Ms. Bennoune has cited IANGEL’s paper, Women, Cultural Rights, and Public Spaces, in her report to the UN General Assembly. In her report, Ms. Bennoune addresses public spaces in the context of cultural rights, the international legal framework supporting cultural rights through public spaces, and offers a “cultural rights checklist” for policymakers regarding public spaces.
On October 30th, IANGEL produced an attorney training specifically focused on California’s vacatur law for survivors of human trafficking. About 25 attorneys were trained on the basics of human trafficking, trauma-informed representation of survivors, and criminal records clearance.
Join us for a holiday benefit concert featuring the wonderful singing of Jennie and Mark Walstrom on 12/14/19 at Timbre Folk & Baroque in Berkeley. Enjoy beautiful music and support gender equality around the world! All proceeds benefit IANGEL. Space is limited – Register now.
UN Special Rapporteur Maria Giammarinaro presented on innovative and transformative models of social inclusion of trafficking survivors into societies, the subject of her recent report to the UN General Assembly. She discussed the use of the term “social inclusion” and the impact terminology can have on survivors. As a term, “social inclusion” is meant to highlight the importance of quality of life after trafficking, including dignity, employment and family unity.
October 11th marks the 8th annual International Day of the Girl which serves to “highlight and address the needs and challenges girls face while promoting girls’ empowerment and the fulfillment of their human rights.”¹ This year, to mark achievements attained since the adoption of the Beijing Platform for Action in 1995, the theme of the day is “GirlForce: Unscripted and Unstoppable.” Today IANGEL is proud to announce two new initiatives aimed at supporting girls’ rights.
IANGEL recently attended SFAHT’s 2019 Annual Conference, Surviving the Systems: Anti-Human Trafficking Symposium. The conference provided opportunities for members of the collaborative, like IANGEL, and others to dialogue and brainstorm on a community level.