The Victims Alliance

Lobbying Organisation The Victims Alliance

Date published 19 Jan, 2021

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 Sep, 2020 to 31 Dec, 2020

Specific Details AnyoneTrafficked.com stat issue and Ruhama involvement in DP centre for sexual violence victims and trafficking survivors

Intended results Improve recording of human trafficking statistics by AnyoneTrafficed.com Remove Ruhama from the management of Direct Provision centres, in particular those housing sexual violence victims and trafficking survivors

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Emma-Jane Dempsey

Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?) No

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (1)

Emailed DPO regarding AnyoneTrafficked.com stat issue and Ruhama involvement in DP centre for sexual violence victims and trafficking survivors. Still need to check site for removal of "99% of all sex trafficking victims are woman and girls" and check on status of Ruhama as org responsible for DP residential unit for human trafficking victims

Designated public officials lobbied

The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them. As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.

Helen McEntee Minister (Department of Justice)