{"id":123695,"date":"2019-03-07T16:28:38","date_gmt":"2019-03-07T16:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.do\/?p=123695"},"modified":"2019-03-09T04:51:30","modified_gmt":"2019-03-09T04:51:30","slug":"us-contributes-us1-6-million-to-combat-people-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2019\/03\/07\/us-contributes-us1-6-million-to-combat-people-trafficking\/","title":{"rendered":"US contributes US$1.6 million to combat people trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.do\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Trata-de-Personas-MIREX-1024x731.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-123726\" width=\"600\" height=\"428\"\/><figcaption>Photo: MIREX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>US Ambassador Robin Bernstein said the US government has donated US$1.6 million to the Dominican Republic to back the efforts of the Inter-Institutional Commission to Combat Trafficking in Persons (CITIM). Bernstein made the observation when participating in the presentation of \u201cUna <g class=\"gr_ gr_8 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"8\" data-gr-id=\"8\">nueva<\/g> <g class=\"gr_ gr_10 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling\" id=\"10\" data-gr-id=\"10\">forma<\/g> de <g class=\"gr_ gr_11 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling\" id=\"11\" data-gr-id=\"11\">esclavitud<\/g>: la <g class=\"gr_ gr_9 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"9\" data-gr-id=\"9\">trata<\/g> de personas. Una gu\u00eda para <g class=\"gr_ gr_12 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling\" id=\"12\" data-gr-id=\"12\">su<\/g> <g class=\"gr_ gr_13 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling\" id=\"13\" data-gr-id=\"13\">derrota<\/g>\u201d, a book on people trafficking at the Ministry of Foreign Relations on 6 March 2019 with the collaboration of the civic group, Participaci\u00f3n Ciudadana. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ambassador said that combatting people trafficking is one of her priorities as ambassador. Ambassador Robin Bernstein said that the Trump administration understands that cooperation is needed to end human trafficking. &#8220;No government or individual can fight on its own,&#8221; she reflected. &#8220;Governments, religious organizations, civil society and survivors must work together,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the presentation, Foreign Minister Miguel Vargas said that national statistics for 2018 reveal that 50% of the victims are adult women and 25% are minor girls. Vargas called the publication a practical tool to be consulted by those working to eradicate trafficking in the Dominican Republic. Vargas is the president of the CITIM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mirex.gob.do\/medios\/noticias\/cancilleria-y-participacion-ciudadana-presentan-guia-contra-la-trata-de-personas\">Mirex<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elcaribe.com.do\/2019\/03\/07\/panorama\/pais\/ee-uu-apoya-la-lucha-contra-trata-de-personas\/\">El&nbsp;Caribe<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7 March 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Ambassador Robin Bernstein said the US government has donated US$1.6 million to the Dominican Republic to back the efforts of the Inter-Institutional Commission to Combat Trafficking in Persons (CITIM). Bernstein made the observation when participating in the presentation of \u201cUna nueva forma de esclavitud: la trata de personas. Una gu\u00eda para su derrota\u201d, a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2019\/03\/07\/us-contributes-us1-6-million-to-combat-people-trafficking\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[154,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123695"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123695"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123749,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123695\/revisions\/123749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}