Trgovina ljudima je vid modernog ropstva. Prema podacima Međunarodne organizacije rada i nekoliko međunarodnih nevladinih organizacija, procenjeni broj robova u svetu iznosi 10-30 miliona ljudi. Ovo su provizorne procene, jer niko ne može sa sigurnošću reći koliki je stvarni broj robova. Trgovina ljudima radi seksualne eksploatacije ili prinudne prostitucije je jedana od najružniji strana modernog ropstva. Sedamdeset procenata trgovine ljudima je seks trafiking. Procenjuje se da dve trećine žena koje su žrtve trgovine ljudima, seks trafikinga dolazi iz istočne Evrope. Uticaj ove kuge na region je zapanjujući.

Biografija predavača:
Prof. Ausra Park is currently a Fulbright US Visiting Assistant Professor in Kaunas, Lithuania.
Ausra Park received her Ph.D. in International Studies from the University of South Carolina, MA in European Studies from the College of Europe, and BA in Business Administration and Management from Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania). She is a recipient of the German Marshall Fund of the United States Dissertation Research Fellowship, American Councils for International Education (ACTR/ACCELS) Advanced Research Fellowship, and other research grants.

Dr. Park’s primary research focuses on political leadership profiling, states’ foreign policymaking processes, and top leaders’ influences on key domestic institutions. Her research interests are centered on Eastern European politics, democratization processes in the post-communist world, political psychology, and comparative foreign policies (including United States). She has published articles in European Security, Eastern European Quarterly, Journal of Baltic Studies, and Place Branding and Public Diplomacy. She has lived, conducted research, and traveled throughout Central, Eastern, and Western Europe and Eurasia.