Events and News

• Joint Submission Report to CEDAW: The Human Rights Situation of Migrant Domestic Workers in Saudi...

  This report presents two joint submissions prepared for the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), highlighting the human rights challenges faced by migrant domestic workers in Saudi Arabia. Part 1 is a joint submission by the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW) and our member Sema...

• "Do you have a boyfriend here?”: Exploring the Impact of Stereotypes and Prejudices in...

  Over the past two decades, GAATW has consistently explored issues related to access to justice for migrant and trafficked women who have struggled with judicial processes due to discriminatory practices that prevent them from claiming their rights. This new report highlights the stereotypes and prejudices of decision-makers that continue to...

• EU Anti-Trafficking Day Statement

  18 October 2024 For the PDF version, please click here. The Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW) is an Alliance of more than 100 non-governmental organisations from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean and North America. GAATW views human trafficking within...

• Oral statement at the 56th regular session of the Human Rights Council

  As a joint effort among organisations supporting Sex Workers rights, GAATW submitted a statement for the 56th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. As part of a delegation of representatives of Sex Workers groups and organisations, Sabra Boyd from Sex Workers and Survivors United, a member organisation of our US member organisation...

• Sex Workers Welcome UN Experts’ Backing to Decriminalize the Industry

  Opinion by Maya Linstrum-Newman  and  Nadine Gloss • May 30, 2024 This...

• Submission to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants for the...

  Global Alliance against Traffic in Women  February 2024  About GAATW  The Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW) is an Alliance of non-governmental organisations from Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Member organisations work to promote the rights of migrants and survivors...

• Joint NGO Statement on recast EU Anti-Trafficking Directive

  25 April 2024  On 23 of April, during its last plenary meeting of this mandate, the EU parliament adopted the final text of the recast of the EU anti-trafficking Directive1. We, the undersigned non-governmental human rights organisations, welcome some progress that has been made in the revised Directive. It is positive that sanctions for...