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Sr. Patricia Ebegbulem works to restore human dignity among women who feel forced to go to Europe for sex work.
The first time Sr. Patricia Ebegbulem traveled to Italy from Nigeria, she had never heard the term “human trafficking.”
Today, Sr. Patricia, a member of the Sisters of St. Louis, is one of the foremost experts working against the practice in Africa. She and two other religious were honored for their work with the first Sisters Against Trafficking Awards, at a ceremony in London October 31.
It was 1996, and Sr. Patricia was president of the Nigeria Conference of Women Religious. She and several colleagues traveled to Italy at the invitation of Sr. Eugenia Bonetti, a Consolata Missionary Sister who was working among women who were being trafficked for sex work in Europe. Sr. Eugenia had been a missionary in Africa, and she noticed a disproportionate number of African women walking the streets of Turin, Italy.
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The first time Sr. Patricia Ebegbulem traveled to Italy from Nigeria, she had never heard the term “human trafficking.”
Today, Sr. Patricia, a member of the Sisters of St. Louis, is one of the foremost experts working against the practice in Africa. She and two other religious were honored for their work with the first Sisters Against Trafficking Awards, at a ceremony in London October 31.
It was 1996, and Sr. Patricia was president of the Nigeria Conference of Women Religious. She and several colleagues traveled to Italy at the invitation of Sr. Eugenia Bonetti, a Consolata Missionary Sister who was working among women who were being trafficked for sex work in Europe. Sr. Eugenia had been a missionary in Africa, and she noticed a disproportionate number of African women walking the streets of Turin, Italy.
“Fornicators will go to hell”
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African girls trafficked to Italy find help from this nun
Sr. Patricia Ebegbulem works to restore human dignity among women who feel forced to go to Europe for sex work.
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