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Tímea Nagy (activist)

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284:, the lawyer seeking to strike down the laws, addressed these women by saying, "I'm sorry for what happened to you, but don't extrapolate from your experience into public policy." That September, Nagy attended Toronto's second annual Freedom Walk. At this event, aimed at raising awareness about human trafficking nationally and internationally, Nagy was joined by such other abolitionists as 349:, massage parlors, and strip clubs. In response to these two decisions, Nagy said: "I think it's a really good start, we just have to make sure other avenues are tightened as well, such as more strict monitoring of student visas and visitors visas." She said that some women are kept in strip clubs, without access to a phone or to their identification papers. 228: 276:; she argued that "this ruling will not make it any safer" for human trafficking victims, and that "it will not free them up from being enslaved". Nagy attended the hearing with a group of other former victims of prostitution who were opposing the striking down of the laws. One of these other women was 357:
In 2010 in Winnipeg, Nagy received an award at the first annual Honouring Heroes ceremony, which was organized by Joy Smith, who is also an anti-human-trafficking activist. Nagy responded to her award by saying, "I'm honoured to be honoured." Nagy was one of five award recipients at the ceremony, the
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struck down several anti-prostitution laws, and Nagy said that this decision would result in "police officers way less power to arrest domestic traffickers". That July, Nagy praised two decisions that were made in Canada to combat human trafficking. The first of these decisions was one announced by
178:; the RCMP estimates that 1,400 women and children are trafficked into Canada each year, 600 of whom are trafficked for sexual purposes. Nagy said that she finds it difficult emotionally to speak about her experiences of sexual slavery, "but until the public hears it from a victim, it's not real". 207:
had been tricked into sexual slavery in Canada through similar circumstances to those Nagy had experienced 11 years prior. At the workshop, Nagy said that, "It could happen to anyone... All you have to do is answer a stupid ad. Or go with a guy who tells you that he loves you. They'll take you to
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featured Nagy's story in an anti-human-trafficking campaign, called, "The Truth Isn't Sexy"; the campaign sought to raise awareness about "people who are sold on the street, who don't have a choice". That September, Nagy spoke at a
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workshop that had been convened as part of a larger human trafficking seminar for immigration and police officials, a few days after the first time human trafficking charges were laid in
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After her escape, Nagy began advocating on behalf of human trafficking victims. She said that she "started speaking out it seemed like there was a huge need". In 2009, Nagy founded
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for human trafficking victims. By 2013, she had spoken with more than 200 victims. In June 2011, Nagy spoke out against a decision that had been made to strike down some
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An Act to amend the Criminal Code (minimum sentence for offences involving trafficking of persons under the age of eighteen years)
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other four being the other primary proponents of Bill C-268. At the ceremony, Nagy spoke about the
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to speak about human trafficking at a conference for police officers. The conference was held at
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to stop processing new applications for sex-industry-related businesses, such as
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in Canada in 1998. She escaped after three and a half months.
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in 2009. Her activism has drawn upon her own experience of
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at the time; Constable Lepa Jankovic; MP Joy Smith; MP
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Budapest, Hungary
Hungarian
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Abolitionist
Public speaker
prostitution
human trafficking
www.walk-with-me.org
human trafficking
Walk With Me
Salvation Army
forced prostitution
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prostitution
Walk With Me
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Salvation Army
women's shelter
raise awareness
human trafficking in Canada
Salvation Army
Calgary
Alberta
Fiji
Beijing
Edmonton
Enoch Cree Nation
Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team
Joy Smith
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (minimum sentence for offences involving trafficking of persons under the age of eighteen years)

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