Women religious brought to the Talitha Kum gathering their strategies, struggles and successes. GSR heard from sisters on the ground, working against human trafficking on six continents.
During their first gathering, delegates from 48 countries shared best practices; they celebrated trafficking survivors they had helped, and the expansion of their network; and they established three new priorities.
Sisters must reframe the narrative around trafficking, Australian Sr. Angela Reed told delegates of women religious from 48 countries in a Sept. 23 panel.
More than 2,000 women religious are members of Talitha Kum, with 43 national networks doing work in 77 countries. The worldwide issue of human trafficking brought together 86 women religious serving as delegates from 48 countries, Sept. 21-27.
