31 August-4 September 2009, Kathmandu, Nepal This five-day regional consultation with member organisations and allies in Asia discussed the various socio-political situation in a number of countries in Asia and its impact on women’s human rights; interactive discussions on the rights of domestic workers and another session on the impact of anti-trafficking legislation on the rights of sex workers as well as thematic workshops on advocacy, psycho-social care, and the links between migration, labour, gender and trafficking.
GAATW Global Consultations - Harmonised Summary of Findings and Recommendations
The dearth of research and the scarcity of recorded primary knowledge is being increasingly recognised and lamented in the field of anti-trafficking. The GAATW International Secretariat (IS) has sought to make a small but we hope significant contribution to filling this lacuna by looking to the experience and knowledge of our member organisations and others working around the world to combat trafficking. We have divided this inquiry into the three fields so commonly discussed in anti-trafficking work: protection, prosecution and prevention. In doing so, we are recognising that trafficking is a global problem and that many of the challenges we face and the strategies we use to overcome these can, in many instances, be shared and used as a source of inspiration for each other. As part of this endeavour, detailed work has been carried out in exploring country-specific information, compiling personal experiences and facilitating international consultations among like-minded colleagues.
This document, merging the findings of three consultations, reflects the culmination of these multi-country, multi-disciplinary collaborations undertaken from 2005-2006.
GAATW was part of a multi-country pilot study by Bridget Anderson and Julia O' Connell Davidson. This paper reports some of the findings on the demand side of two sectors in which it is known that the labour/services of trafficked persons are sometimes exploited: prostitution and domestic work.
The research design was set out to explore the “demand-side of trafficking” into sex and domestic work. The study involved semi-structured interviews with employers of domestic worker and clients of sex workers.
Partners in Change: A Report of the Conference, 2002
This report provides a summation of the panel presentations and the discussions of Partners in Change, a three-day conference in November 2002, organized by GAATW. The report tries to retain the voices of women, as they narrate their experiences of migration, trafficking, and rebuilding lives.
Strategy in Action, 2003 -A Report of the National Advocacy Project, Participatory Evaluation and Strategy Meeting of the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Persons
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RIPPLES IN THE WATER…. - External Evaluation of the Research and Action (RA) Project on Traffic in Women in the Mekong Region (Cambodia and Vietnam) 1997 – 2000
This report provides a summation of the panel presentations and the discussions of Partners in Change, a three-day conference in November 2002, organized by GAATW. The report tries to retain the voices of women, as they narrate their experiences of migration, trafficking, and rebuilding lives.