The year 2018 was an important one for GAATW International Secretariat. In addition to implementing two thematic programmes that comprised five projects and straddled all continents, and carrying out our core functions, we also set out to address some of the structural issues such as membership and decision making processes. Following the organisational assessment carried out in 2017, it was imperative that we take steps to implement is key recommendations.
So it turned out to be a very busy year. We completed a research project with sex worker rights organisations in seven countries which documented how sex workers are organising to tell their own stories, improve their working conditions, and address exploitation, including trafficking. During the year we began three more feminist participatory action research projects in collaboration with partners in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Our advocacy work continued to engage critically with anti-trafficking initiatives and amplify progressive feminist analyses within the migrant and labour rights discourse and work. The publication of Anti-Trafficking Review was on schedule and the published essays were well appreciated by academics and practitioners.