The year 2015 was a significant year for GAATW-IS. While we continued to work on planned projects, some core support allowed us to hold a strategic planning as a follow up to GAATW’s 20th Anniversary Members’ Congress in 2014. It was an opportunity to discuss the future direction of the Alliance with the International Board and advisors in the light of emerging trends.
It was clear from the Strategic Planning Meeting that the Secretariat needs to strengthen and restructure itself to work optimally. Two Advisory Groups were set up to support the Secretariat’s work. Other input from the meeting include ideas to carry out research on emerging issues.
Of the work we did in 2015, the engagement with colleagues in South Asia who provide safe-migration information to migrating women stands out the most, not so much for the achievement or success but for the complex questions it throws up to guide our work.