• Collecting, processing, disseminating and making easily accessible to members, essential documents on trafficking, as well as generally relevant information, in support of their activities

GAATW has a long history of undertaking research to assess and investigate priority areas and global trends of trafficking. Some research has been formal and academic – for example, Collateral Damage: The Impact of Anti-Trafficking Measures on Human Rights Around the World, and Women, Mobility and Reproductive Health: The Assessment of the Circumstances of Mobility and Reproductive Health Needs Among Women Migrant Workers in Thailand. Other research we have conducted has been to address internal needs. GAATW member organisations have limited resources in terms of time, funds and staff to allocate to research, particularly international research. Yet, they are aware that they need to remain updated on new developments due to constantly changing global and regional trafficking/migration scenarios.

GAATW’s research helps to shape our activities, such as our advocacy, can strengthens our understanding and perspective of human rights centred anti-trafficking initiatives, and centring the rights of trafficked persons and exploring the nexus between trafficking and migration.