The ToT covers the following topics:

1. Domestic and International Situationer on Human Trafficking
2. Salient Features of Republic Act 9208 as amended by Republic Act 10364, or the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act, and other laws against illegal recruitment, mail-order spouse scheme, and online sexual exploitation of children (OSEC)
3. Forms of Trafficking: Labor and Sex Trafficking
4. Gender Sensitive and Victim-Friendly Handling of Human Trafficking Cases
5. Ways to Help in Fighting Human Trafficking
6. Community-Based Anti-Trafficking Advocacy Campaign

Twenty-five faculty members from the different colleges/campuses/units are expected to benefit from the training and are expected to prepare a module design on community-based orientation on anti-trafficking and an action plan to ensure the implementation of the community-based anti-trafficking campaign.

The said activity is part of the Memorandum of Agreement signed by CvSU and the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) wherein the latter shall support CvSU鈥檚 GAD Resource Center Extension Program by implementing activities that will promote the campaign against gender-based violence such as human trafficking in the province of Cavite and within the region. (SGTan)

The research paper presented by Drs. Alfe M. Solina and Liane Vina G. Ocampo of Imus Campus in a parallel session at the Asia-Pacific Consortium of Educators and Researchers (APCoRE) International Virtual Conference on 2-4 December 2020 was accepted and published in a Scopus-indexed journal, Psychology and Education (2021) 58(5), ISSN 1553-6939.

Around 800 research papers have been evaluated for presentation during the conference. Among the speakers in the said conference were from Burapha University in Thailand, Nottingham University in Malaysia, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Taylor & Francis, USA, New York University, USA, and many others. APCoRE is an international member-based organization of topnotch researchers, scientists and educators who are committed and focused on the development of research, knowledge, and academic values in the Asia Pacific Region. (AMSolina/LVOcampo)