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Bangladesh Nari Sramik Kendra (BNSK)

BNSK logoBangladesh Nari Sramik Kendra (BNSK) works to promote and protect rights of Bangladeshi women migrant workers. It was founded in 2010 and registered in 2012 with the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs.

BNSK’s programmes are – (i) Mass awareness campaigns for safe migration and protection of the rights of migrant women; (ii) Capacity building for potential migrants and socioeconomic reintegration of returnee migrants; and (iii) Advocacy to promote and protect rights of the migrants and victims of trafficking.

It works all over Bangladesh for safe migration, especially for women workers involved in both the formal and informal sector. It capacitates workers on decision making, life skills and leadership skills development. It supports potential and returnee migrants especially victims of trafficking and irregular migrants. BNSK regularly conducts research among migrants in order to create evidence for advocacy purposes. It provides psychosocial and economic reintegration services for returnee women migrants and survivors of trafficking. It organises campaigns for protecting the rights of women and workers. 

Contact Details:
Address: 35/17, Road No. 4, Shyamoli, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh
Tel: +88 01715155198; +88 01942374564
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Website: bnsk.org

Saejowi Initiative for National Integration

SaejowilogoSaejowi is a non-profit NGO in Seoul, Republic of Korea that assists North  Korean refugees through psychological and medical healthcare, education, and employment services. Establishd in 1988, Saejowi is the only centre in the world to license North Korean counsellors. Over the past decade, Saejowi has provided direct services to over one in three North Korean refugees in South Korea. As over 80 per cent of North Korean refugees are women, and many are subjected to human trafficking during their escape, many of Saejowi's programmes are specifically designed to help women articulate their needs and find healing from sexual trauma. These programmes include: Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Prevention Programme, Reunification Plays, and hospital funding to assist women in their recovery. Saejowi's literary journal Underwater Railroad raises awareness about survivors' stories through non-fiction accounts and poetry. 

Contact Details:
12th floor, Inui Building, 112-7 Changgyeonggung-ro 
Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea 110-780
Tel: +82 2-747 2944
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Website: saejowi.org 

Sunita Foundation

Sunita FoundationSUNITA FOUNDATION is an organisation established and run by survivors of human trafficking. It focuses on youth empowerment to prevent human trafficking at the grass root level and to establish the issue of human trafficking as an issue of national importance in Nepal. SUNITA FOUNDATION works in the areas of prevention of human trafficking, protection of survivors and capacity building, as well as lobby and advocacy.

As a new initiative, SUNITA FOUNDATION also works for youth empowerment via providing employment opportunities to youth through the Modern Agriculture Farming. A large number of young people in Nepal are lured by traffickers with promises of quick job opportunities and foreign employment. In order to prevent this, SUNITA FOUNDATION works with young people and acts as a bridge between youth and local, provincial and federal authorities to utilise the available resources for modern agriculture farming. The aim is to reduce the risks of human trafficking and exploitation by providing employment opportunities for young people within Nepal.

Contact Details:
Tel: +977 985-1147103
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Facebook: facebook.com/Sunita-Foundation

 

Women's Initiatives (WINS)

WINSWomen's Initiatives (WINS) works on gender equality and diverse sexuality issues and enables poor and marginalised social groups, such as sex workers, HIV positive women, single women and migrant women, to articulate the issues of gender discrimination in a rights based structure. WINS creates an enabling environment where communities can live a life with dignity, access resources and build capacities and competencies to deal with challenges, their own productive resources and rightful access to government support and services.

WINS supports women in the struggle for justice and human rights and against those who would deny access to services or rights because of their livelihood.

WINS believes that sex workers are capable of making decisions and encourages them to hold influential positions that matter to the community. WINS extends skill enhancement so that they can use the opportunities available to them and thereby help them move up the social ladder. WINS insists on sex worker leadership at every level of decision making on policies around sex work.

Contact Details:
Address: 6-8-938, NGO’s Colony Tirupati 517507 Andhra Pradesh, India
Tel: +91 984-9204-711
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Website: womensinitiatives.in

 

Aaprabasi Mahita Kamdar Samuha (AMKAS)

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Aaprabasi Mahila Kamdar Samuha (AMKAS) is an organisation for, by and of returnee women migrants with a focus to unite and establish a strong network among women migrants workers. AMKAS aims to support women migrant workers, looking at both intra- and inter-country migration to advocate for their rights, enhance their skills and provide a safe space for women migrant workers to discuss, share and learn from each other's life experiences. Many women in Nepal migrate internally as a stepping stone to their overseas migration. Therefore AMKAS feels strongly that more intensive work and interaction is needed with women in this first phase of migration, to improve their skills and capacity and understanding of their rights. This in turn will reduce the risks and vulnerability to trafficking for those women who plan to migrate abroad. 

 

Contact Details:
Address: Aprabasi Mahila Kamdaar Samuha Bansbari Road, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu
Tel: +977 9841404337; +977 4373963
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Website: amkas.org.np