Welcome to the Cambridge Centre for Applied Research in Human Trafficking (CCARHT) and to the gathering excitement which is building around this year’s symposium – “Land, Widows and Wombs: A Gendered Assets Approach to ‘Enabling Environments’ of Human Trafficking and Exploitation”. 11th – 12th September 2024.

Dr Carrie Pemberton Ford​

Founding Director of the Cambridge Centre for Applied Research in Human Trafficking

As with former editions of the symposium which you can catch up with later in our back catalogue, we will be exploring somewhat overlooked and neglected drivers of human trafficking.
This year with members of former faculties, and with many new colleagues gathered from across the globe, we are focusing on gender, reproduction, extraction economies, civil and national wars, and customary laws affecting widowhood. We have called together survivors, expert analysts, IGO leaders, lawyers, and advocates from a wide international spread and intersectional realities to examine how these factors, contribute to exploitation and intergenerational trafficking vulnerability.
We are delighted to being hosted by the Margaret Anstee Centre in Newham College in the University of Cambridge and look forward to some of you joining us around the few remaining seats around the table. For those of you unable to access Cambridge UK at this time, don’t worry, this is a hybrid event and you will be able to come and engage with the speakers, and contribute to the discussion around our virtual table, through our on line ZOOM link for each chapter of the journey over two days. Find out more here – some bursaried seats around the virtual table remain – but hurry they are disappearing fast. 

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Get your tickets now

  • Tickets available on Eventbrite for full-day and half-day attendance, both online and in-person
  • Special student discounts available with university emails and NGO discounts
  • Promo Code for students and NGOs available in Eventbrite, any difficulties connect with CIARAN@ccarht.org
  • Online attendees will have access to recordings for 10 days post-event

Your support in spreading the word is vital and will enhance the diversity, depth and reach of our discussions,  which will assist the evolution of more effective strategies in combating human trafficking and exploitation. 

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TRAVEL

Cambridge is only one hour from Kings Cross /st Pancras / Liverpool St /London Bridge trains every half hour!) to enjoy the most wonderful environment of Newnham College for our discussions and meet with some of the panellists who are coming to present in person.
Accomodation at Newnham for under £100 a night is available but hurry these rooms will soon be unavailable.

For booking please cite CCARHT symposium 2024.

Together, we can drive meaningful change in the fight against human trafficking and exploitation through a deeper understanding of the real drivers, in the international, national and local struggles with human trafficking and exploitation.

Carrie Pemberton Ford Research Director and Symposium Convenor.