GAATW sees the phenomenon of human trafficking as intrinsically embedded in the context of migration for the purpose of labour.
Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women
Awaj Foundation aims to redress the structural problems in the garment industry, raise awareness on the issues that garment workers face, train workers on their rights and responsibilities under national and international labor law frameworks. Awaj’s actively builds leadership capacity and negotiation capability of women workers as they are the majority of the workforce in the industry as Awaj believes that leadership from women can transform the society towards greater equity and justice. They also work on prevention of gender-based violence and sexual harassment against women (at work and at home) by campaigning, providing factory level awareness training, advocacy including demanding for ratification of ILO C190, focuses on training financial independence, reproductive health services for women workers to help improve their lives. It has also expanded the scope of its work beyond the garment sector to areas such as women migrant workers in the RMG sector, precarious workers and working conditions in the leather and textile sectors. Awaj’s overseas migration program assists workers, particularly migrant women, through all stages of the migration process.
Contact details:
Address: 5/F, 3rd Floor, Rasulbagh, Mohakhali, Dhaka-1212
Telf: +88029830067
Email:
Website: awajfoundation.org
Badabon Sangho is a women’s rights and women-led organisation working in the areas of women’s rights to land, work, water-bodies, climate justice, natural resources and sexual and reproductive health. It has developed a number of tested tools and methods in order to support women migrant workers, especially their control over on resources and lands. The organisation provides capacity building support to groups and local women’s rights organisations challenging existing social, political and economic power systems that exclude, oppress and violate their human rights, and that have internal structures which reflect feminist principles.
Contact details:
Address: Vill: Katamari, Post: Vakotmari, Upazila: Rampal, Bagerhat, Bangladesh
Tel: +88 01732 396585
Email:
Website: badabonsangho.org
Light House is a non-profit organisation working for the development of rural and urban poor, marginalised and high risk population, particularly the landless, homeless, sex workers, drug users, men who have sex with men, Hijra, transgender, distressed, school dropouts, child labourers, Adibashi and other disadvantaged adults and children in Bangladesh.
It was founded in 1988 following a devastating flood. Since then, the organisation has grown and has established relationships with civil society, district and upazilla level administration and local government. At present, Light House workis in 29 districts of 7 divisions of Bangladesh. The organisation promotes decentralised and sustainable facilities through increasing the capacity of marginalised communities and facilitating their access to basic health services, public health (HIV/AIDS prevention) awareness, community legal service and justice (Human rights & Good Governance), food security for poverty reduction, and disaster risk and reduction.
Contact Details:
Address: Jahurul Nagor, Bogra 5800, Bangladesh
Tel: +88 02 8836323
Email:
Website: lighthousebd.org
Bangladesh 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
Email:
Website: bnsk.org
Ovibashi Karmi Unnayan Program (OKUP) is a community-based migrants rights organisation that operates on the principles of human rights and gender justice, substantive equality and non-discrimination.
OKUP has sound capacity and expertise in the area of migrants rights, health, and social and economic reintegration. OKUP advocates for the human rights of all migrant workers across the borders including the rights of movement, rights of employment, rights of dignity, and the rights of health. The fundamental guiding principle of OKUP is the centrality of migrant workers in the migration discourse at all levels through unity, capacity enhancement, and leadership development.
Contact Details:
Address: Sawdagar Garden, 4th Floor, Jatrabari, Dhaka-1236, Bangladesh
Tel: +88 02 22338137
Email:
Website: okup.org.bd
The Association for Community Development (ACD) was established in 1989 by social activists in view of community development with a philosophy of mainstreaming gender equality, social justice and good governance. ACD is committed to empower the most disadvantaged and marginalised women, children and adolescent girls whose lives have been suppressed under the traditional patriarchal societal system and economic hardship. In addition, ACD has been initiating its interventions by an integrated approach in view of establishing the rights of grassroots women and children, protecting violence against them, reducing gender based discrimination and establishing social justice with developing community care system.
Contact Details:
Address: H-41, Sagarpara, Rajshahi-6100, Bangladesh
Tel: +88 0721770660
Fax: +88 0721775383
Email:
Webmail: acdbd.org
Rights Jessore is a Secretariat for an NGO network which is a platform of 483 Bangladeshi NGOs willing to work on human trafficking. Out of those NGOs, a total of 46 members are directly involved with Rights Jessore’s project implementation at grassroots level. The mission of Rights Jessore is to protect the human rights of all people especially women and children though promoting awareness, developing sensitivity among the duty bearers and developing a social safety net.
Activities include: legal assistance, shelter home, hotline, counselling, educational campaigns, safe repatriation, advocacy/lobby, health assistance referral, income generation, trainings and access to employment.
Contact Details:
Address: 119/2, Mahima Mahal, Jail Road, Jessore, Bangladesh
Tel: +88 0421 66508
Fax: +88 0421 64243
Email:
Website: rightsjessore.org
Bangladeshi Ovibashi Mohila Sramik Association (BOMSA) aims to unite and protect the welfare of female migrants of Bangladesh. Founded and operated by returned women migrant workers, BOMSA has been working with internal and external women migrants since 1998 to ensure the protection of migrants’ rights. At that time it was the only voice for female migrants in Bangladesh. BOMSA has been registered with Department of Women’s Affairs, Government of Bangladesh DWA Registration no. Jesbikka/ Dhaka/250, NGO Bureau Reg. No. 1920. BOMSA is operational in eleven districts. Their work continues to shape the lives of many women, who battle against the odds in foreign lands by offering both pre- and post- departure support and training.
Contact Details:
Address: 132, Darus Salam (3rd floor), Karlanpur, Mirpur Road, Dhaka-1216. Bangladesh
Tel: +8801718405546, +8801819432782
Email:
Website: bomsa.net