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The A21 Campaign is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, non-governmental organization that works to fight human trafficking, including sexual exploitation and forced slave labor.〔B. Smith (2012) A21 Raises Awareness for Human Trafficking in the New Year. The Christian Post. Retrieved February 6, 2014 from http://www.christianpost.com/news/a21-raises-awareness-for-human-trafficking-in-the-new-year-67369/〕〔 The A21 Campaign. (n.d.). The A21 Campaign. Retrieved February 6, 2014 from http://www.thea21campaign.org/index.php#.UvQgVP2qNSU〕〔Melissa Skinner. (2014). Christine Caine Tells Youth: Take Risks for the Kingdom. Charisma News. Retrieved February 5, 2014 from http://www.charismanews.com/us/42655-christine-caine-tells-youth-take-risks-for-the-kingdom〕 〔Lindy Lowry. (2010). Christine Caine: Hillsong Church, The A21 Campaign. Outreach Magazine. Retrieved February 6, 2014 from http://www.outreachmagazine.com/people/3728-Christine-Caine-Hillsong-Church-The-A21-Campaign.html〕 The campaign was founded by Christine Caine, an international motivational speaker, in 2008.〔 J. Kavanagh. (2011). Abolishing Sex Slavery by Helping One Girl at a Time. CNN Freedom Project. Retrieved February 6, 2014 from http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/16/abolishing-sex-slavery-by-helping-one-girl-at-a-time.〕 Aiming to "abolish injustice in the 21st century," The A21 Campaign focuses on combatting slavery around the world through educational awareness and prevention, the protection of victims (by providing services such as medical and psychological treatment, as well as legal and vocational assistance for victims of human trafficking in their crisis centers, shelters and transitional homes), the prosecution of traffickers, and various partnerships (including official bodies, community members, other non-governmental organizations and corporations).〔 The A21 Campaign has teams on the ground in Ukraine, Greece, Bulgaria, the United Kingdom, Norway the United States, South Africa, Thailand and Australia.〔The A21 Campaign. (n.d). Where We Work. Retrieved February 5, 2014 from http://www.thea21campaign.org/content/where-we-work/gjgenc〕 Of note, A21 founder Christine Caine is featured in a recent chart-topping single "Twenty Seven Million" by recording artist Matt Redman.〔Eryn Sun. (2012). Matt Redman, LZ7's 'Twenty Seven Million' to Awaken Church on Human Trafficking. CP Entertainment. Retrieved February 7, 2014 from http://www.christianpost.com/news/matt-redman-lz7s-twenty-seven-million-to-awaken-church-on-human-trafficking-71108/〕〔Tony Cummings. (2012). Matt Redman & LZ7: Twenty Seven Million reasons to buy their song. Cross Rhythms. Retrieved February 7, 2014 from http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/articles/music/Matt_Redman__LZ7_Twenty_Seven_Million_reasons_to_buy_their_song/47701/p1/〕〔Louder Than The Music. (2012) Matt Redman & LZ7's Lindz West Perform '27 Million' Single At Passion 2012 Conference. Retrieved February 7, 2014 from http://www.louderthanthemusic.com/document.php?id=2809〕 The song was inspired by The A21 Campaign, and was written in light of the estimated 27 million world-wide slaves.〔〔〔〔United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. (2012). Trafficking in Persons Report. Retrieved from http://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/glotip/Trafficking_in_Persons_2012_web.pdf〕 〔U.S. Department of State. (2013). "Trafficking in Persons Report." Retrieved from http://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/2013/〕 The A21 Campaign was also featured on the Global Freedom Report to raise awareness of human trafficking, while A21 representative Phil Hyldgaard was named a 2012 TIP Report Hero by the U.S. Department of State.〔U.S. Department of State. (2012). Trafficking in Persons Report. Retrieved February 6, 2014 from http://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/2012/〕〔The Global Freedom Report. (2011). The Global Freedom Report 2011 Archive. Retrieved February 7, 2014 from http://www.americafreedomreport.com/archives.html〕 The A21 Campaign is a non-governmental organization that works to “abolish injustice in the 21st Century.” 〔〔〔 Efforts are currently focused on human trafficking and sex slavery in Europe, North America, Asia, Africa and Australia. 〔 Greece, a destination country for human trafficking, and other Eastern European countries, including Ukraine and Bulgaria, are countries of origin, and increasingly countries of destination, for victims of trafficking.〔 The United States of America, Great Britain and Australia are mostly destination countries for trafficking victims, while South Africa and Thailand are both sources and destinations for trafficked human beings.〔〔 See also human trafficking in Greece, human trafficking in Ukraine, human trafficking in Bulgaria, human trafficking in South Africa, human trafficking in Thailand, human trafficking in the United States, human trafficking in the United Kingdom and human trafficking in Australia. The A21 Campaign was referenced in both the 2011 and the 2012 publications of the United States Department of State publication of the Trafficking in Persons Report.〔U.S. Department of State. (2011). Trafficking in Persons Report. Retrieved February 6, 2014 from http://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/2011/〕〔 The A21 Campaign develops global programs and initiatives that encourage students and the general public to be abolitionists in their own way.〔 Recently, The A21 Campaign partnered with recording artist Matt Redman to release a single titled Twenty Seven Million.〔〔〔 The song was inspired by The A21 Campaign and was aimed at raising global awareness.〔〔〔 "Twenty Seven Million" was released on February 27 of 2012, in recognition of the estimated 27 million slaves throughout the world today.〔〔〔〔〔 ==History== The A21 Campaign was founded by Christine Caine, a leader from Hillsong Church.〔〔Allison J. Althoff. (2013). Christine Caine: Abused but Not Defeated. Today's Christian Women. Retrieved February 7, 2014 from http://www.todayschristianwoman.com/articles/2013/july-august-issue/christine-caine-abused-but-not-defeated.html〕〔〔 Brittany Smith. (2012) Christine Caine at Orange Code: God Doesn't Believe in Expiration Dates. Retrieved February 7, 2014 from http://www.christianpost.com/news/christine-caine-at-orange-code-god-doesnt-believe-in-expiration-dates-67275/〕 Her husband Nick Caine is the organization's director, and is supported by teams in Greece, Ukraine, Australia, USA, Bulgaria, United Kingdom, Norway, South Africa and Thailand.〔 Christine Caine started the organization in 2008 when she discovered that there was not enough action being taken against human trafficking.〔〔〔〔〔 〔 United Nations. (2009). UN Agency Calls for Better Monitoring to Combat Human Trafficking in Europe. UN News Centre. Retrieved February 7, 2014 from http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32575&Cr=human+trafficking&Cr1.〕〔Brian Iselin. (2002). Barriers to Effective Human Trafficking Enforcement. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Retrieved February 7, 2014 from https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:RqQPXZAaP_wJ:www.hawaii.edu/global/projects_activities/Trafficking/Brian_Iselin's_paper.doc+Barriers+to+Effective+Human+Trafficking+Enforcement+brian+iselin&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESgWdIxpLMaYrnEH3wJnz0cEkFiiWS7nEFFSoz3cRM6lCyvMOLbZUWtE8bhQKp3bNs5LHacBFUWJhKkn7WArEh-y7ltm5UuyJxgXAJ5OHjAaG1JoBq1w6gUkVWOfXzv7nEjSfwyn&sig=AHIEtbRkS4t_5ecaXgQLuXDPM0-Ay8t0RA〕 The organization continues to expand throughout the world.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The A21 Campaign」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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