The Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW) is an Alliance of more than 100 non-governmental organisations from Africa, Asia, Europe, LAC and North America. The GAATW Secretariat is based in Bangkok, Thailand and co-ordinates the activities of the Alliance, collects and disseeminates information, advocates on behalf of the Alliance at regional and international levels.
Events and News"Despite numerous positive developments, the unfortunate reality is that the rights of women in India continue to be violated, with impunity as the norm. Accountability is the exception rather than the rule, according to many submissions received. Mediation and compensation measures are often used as redress mechanisms to address cases of violence against women, thus eroding accountability imperatives, and further fostering norms of impunity." Statement of the SR on Violence Against Women at the end of her official mission to India Call for Papers: Anti-Trafficking Review Special Issue 'Following the Money: Spending on Anti-Trafficking'. Anti-trafficking funding and work has mushroomed since the 1990s. Lacking is analysis of those anti-trafficking funds - where they come from, who they go to, what they are meant to do, what they actually achieve, and indeed whether they are needed... Four years of negotiations and still no review mechanism: the best outcome? GAATW-IS reports back on the UNTOC Conference of the Parties, Sixth Session |
Strategic DirectionGAATW's research and advocacy recognises that trafficking is embedded within gendered migration and labour contexts, and women's complex realities. GAATW's diverse membership has stressed that anti-trafficking strategies must respond to local and regional socio-political contexts. As always our work will strive to centre the voices of affected groups and aim to be relevant to the lives of trafficked persons, migrating women workers, sex workers and other marginalised groups. ACCOUNTABILITY Advocating for the accountability of anti-trafficking stakeholders in all responses to trafficking to end harms caused by repressive anti-trafficking assumptions, policies and measures. ACCESS TO JUSTICE Increasing and broadening spaces within which trafficked persons and migrant workers can access their rights. POWER IN MIGRATION AND WORK Centring an analysis of women's power in their labour and migration to better assess migration and labour policies' impact on women, and to work towards labour and migration processes that reflect migrants' needs, aspirations and capabilities. |
Reflections of immigrant women who suffered human trafficking by Helga Flamtermesky The author presents the thoughts and experiences of trafficked women who participated in a Feminist Participatory Action Research she coordinated between 2007 and 2010...
IN HER WORDS: Exposing obstacles to the effective implementation of rights and protection policies for human trafficking survivors in Spain by Jennifer Pro The issue paper forms part of ongoing research using in-depth personal interviews to explore survivors’ recovery and integration process...
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Latest Update: Conference of the Parties, Sixth session - Agenda item 1(f): General discussion We welcome the agreement achieved in the negotiations to date to review the implementation of UNTOC and its Protocols...
GAATW Statement on the Review Mechanism Increasingly, human rights defenders and activists worldwide are calling attention to antitrafficking measures that...
Reducing the risk of human trafficking by increasing the opportunities for safe migration Human trafficking mostly happens in the context of labour migration. People leave home in search of a better life...
GAATW Statement on 'Violence against migrants, migrant workers and their families' In every period of human history people have migrated in the hope of a better quality of life. Border controls...
Deported without Justice: Discrimination in the identification of foreign born victims of human trafficking Franciscans International (FI) and GAATW welcome the report of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons...
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Stories of Migrating Women
These women choose to leave home for a variety of reasons. GAATW-IS, in partnership with members and colleagues, has held discussions with returnee female migrant domestic workers in India, Bangladesh and Nepal to better understand the processes and outcomes of migration for women... |
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