The Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women welcomes the appointment of Maria Grazia Giammarinaro as the new Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children.
Maria Grazia Giammarinaro is one of the foremost experts on trafficking. Currently an Italian penal judge, and until recently the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, she was appointed in recognition of her qualifications and her experience working with a variety of stakeholders on the issue.
The 20th anniversary of GAATW will be an occasion to take stock of our work and define the priorities for the alliance in consultation with members and friends. Together with members we will showcase and analyze current programmes and plan next steps. We will also look at emerging issues, try to define challenges and opportunities and plan our steps for engagement.
SAVE THE DATE: GAATW International Members Congress (IMC) 23-26 September - Bangkok, Thailand
Around this time every year we notice a spike in press coverage, especially in US media, about a projected rise in trafficking for sex in whichever US state is hosting the Super Bowl. It is an idea that is used to frame prostitution abolitionist and/or anti-migrant sentiments in a more humanitarian form. This moral panic starts over a year in advance of the event: the first story we noticed for the 2014 Super Bowl in New Jersey was published back in August 2012.
GAATW’s 2011 report, What’s the Cost of a Rumour? A guide to sorting out the myths and the facts about sporting events and trafficking, critically analysed this manufactured media hype about the role of international sporting events in creating a “demand” for trafficked women and children. Although this always generates a lot of media attention, action by anti-prostitution groups and law enforcement, and funding for anti-trafficking activities by state actors and NGOs, there is no evidence to support the claim. Subsequent research on more recent sporting events has confirmed this finding, for example here, here and here.
The Honorable Dr. Condoleezza Rice Secretary of State U.S. Department of State 2201 C Street NW Washington, DC 20520
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RE: Trafficking in Persons Report June 2008
Dear Madam Secretary,
The Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW) welcomes the release of the 2008 Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP Report). GAATW is an Alliance of more than 90 organisations spanning five continents committed to ending trafficking and to the protection of the human rights of trafficked persons and women migrant workers. The Alliance includes organizations that provide direct assistance to trafficked persons and exploited migrant workers; research and policy organisations; self-organised groups of migrant workers, domestic workers, sex workers and survivors of trafficking; and grassroots human rights and women’s rights organisations.
At the outset, we recognise that during the past eight years the TIP Report has become increasingly influential worldwide in the fight against trafficking. This year we are pleased to see more attention given to trafficking for labour exploitation and the recognition that migrant workers can be trafficked even if migrating legally. We hope that the TIP Report will continue to focus more on other forms of trafficking and the protection of these trafficked persons.
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The 20th anniversary of GAATW will be an occasion to take stock of our work and define the priorities for the alliance in consultation with members and friends. Together with members we will showcase and analyze current programmes and plan next steps. We will also look at emerging issues, try to define challenges and opportunities and plan our steps for engagement.