| Resolution Number: | 2003-A025 |
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| Title: | Fund Resource Materials on Trafficking in Women and Children |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred as Substituted |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the 74th General Convention recommend that the Executive Council provide $4,000 to the Committee on the Status of Women to enable identification and development of resource materials to be used by congregations and dioceses to address the domestic and international problem of trafficking in women, girls, and boys as well as any known local connections in trafficking; and be it further
Resolved, That the General Convention request the Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget and Finance to consider a budget allocation of $4,000 for implementation of this resolution.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Minneapolis, 2003 (New York: General Convention, 2004), p. 320. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Executive Council: Committee on the Status of Women |
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on National and International Concerns |
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on National and International Concerns presented its Report #4 on Resolution A025 (Trafficking of Women, Girls, and Boys) and moved adoption of a substitute.
Original Text of Resolution:
(A025)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the 74th General Convention recommend that every diocese bring to the attention of its members the domestic and international problem of trafficking in women, girls, and boys as well as any known local connections to trafficking; and be it further
Resolved, That the Executive Council provide $4,000 to the Committee on the Status of Women to enable identification and development of resource materials to be used by congregations and dioceses to address this problem; and be it further
Resolved, That the Office of Government Relations put trafficking—especially the sexual abuse of women and young girls—among its top priorities, including working with other denominations and alerting the Public Policy Network of opportunities to address trafficking in their home communities.
Committee Substitute:
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the 74th General Convention recommend that the Executive Council provide $4,000 to the Committee on the Status of Women to enable identification and development of resource materials to be used by congregations and dioceses to address the domestic and international problem of trafficking in women, girls, and boys as well as any known local connections in trafficking; and be it further
Resolved, That the General Convention request the Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget and Finance to consider a budget allocation of $4,000 for implementation of this resolution.
Motion carried
Substitute resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #123)
House of Bishops
The House of Bishops Committee on National and International Concerns presented its Report #8 on HD Message #123 on Resolution A025 (Trafficking of Women, Girls, and Boys) and moved concurrence.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #224)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, August 8.
| Report Reference: | Executive Council: Committee on the Status of Women, Reports to the 74th General Convention, 2003, pp. 87-93. |
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| Abstract: | The 74th General Convention recommends that Executive Council provide funding for resource materials on trafficking in women and children for use by dioceses and congregations. |