ODIHR has been active in preventing and combating trafficking in human beings in the OSCE region since 1999, focusing on the promotion of international human rights standards and gender-sensitive responses to trafficking. As a result of this work, ODIHR has developed expertise in victim protection and the promotion of the rights of trafficked people and groups who are at risk. In 2019, ODIHR raised awareness of these issues by arranging screenings of the film “Love Sonia”, 28 DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE OSCE After an initial screening for OSCE delegations in Vienna in May 2019, ODIHR showed the film in Georgia, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, the United States and Uzbekistan. The Office also subtitled the film into Russian and Georgian. The presence of experts, survivors, and the director and lead actor at the screening helped to increase the impact of the film and raise the awareness of government officials, civil society and the public about the importance of combating this crime across the OSCE region, and also the need for a victim- and survivor-centered, human rights-based and gender-sensitive approach. ODIHR is planning to launch a Survivor Advisory Council in 2020, with support from a number of participating States. On the World Day against Trafficking in Persons (30 July), a film screening organized for a high-level audience composed of government representatives and civil society in Tashkent, FREE SEATING Directed by Tabrez Noorani Thursday 19 September 2019 | 19:30 | Kino Kultura 19/09/19 | 19:30 THE OSCE OFFICE FOR DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS (ODIHR) HAS THE PLEASURE OF INVITING YOU TO A PRIVATE FILM SCREENING OF: ARUTLUK ONIK Nearly 72 per cent of trafficking victims are women and girls, which means that far greater attention needs to be paid to gender and gender-based violence. Despite a growing body of knowledge about victims, their vulnerabilities and types of exploitation, identifying and protecting victims remains a tremendous challenge. As the world becomes ever more interconnected through new technologies and globalization make, traffickers’ ability to recruit and exploit their victims, especially girls and boys, has also intensified. which tells the story of a girl fighting to find her sister who is entangled in global sex trafficking. Watching the film provided deeper insight LOVE SONIA into trafficking in human beings and, in particular, the overriding role that gender and globalization play in driving up the number of victims. AINOS EVOL It is estimated that some 40 million people around the world become victims of modern slavery and trafficking in human beings each year. At the same time, less than one per cent of victims of trafficking are identified worldwide. These low figures indicate that trafficking in human beings remains largely hidden, even though it is happening in plain sight. ADMIT ONE 2.1 Raising awareness of the gender dynamics of trafficking in human beings