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...
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...
18 October 2024
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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...
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...
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...
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...
SEVA is a development organisation whose mission is to ensure socio-economic development of the poor and disadvantaged through community-based development approach. SEVA focuses on gender quality, human rights, promotion of sustainable livelihoods, and health issues of people in the communities where they work. In terms of anti-trafficking, SEVA's activities include awareness raising & mobilisation, networking & coordination, advocacy & lobbying, augmenting informed mobility, and rights-based repatriation, among others.
Contact Details Address: Vikas Nagar Colony, P.O., Fertilizer, Gorakhpur-273001, U.P., India Tel / Fax: +91 551-226-1369 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Website: http://www.mssseva.org
PusatKajian dan Perlindungan Anak (PKPA) is an independent organisation that tightly holds the principles of public responsibility, prioritises child participation, as well as respects and protects the rights of the child. Established in 1996, PKPA is working on issues facing children and women in North Sumatra. PKPA helps to strengthen the position of children and women through research activities, outreach projects to women and children as a process of group strengthening.
Contact Details Address: PKPA (Center for Study and Child Protection), Jln. Mustapa No. 30 Medan, North Sumatera, Indonesia Tel: +62 61 8200170 Fax: +62-61-821-3009 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Website: http://pkpa.org
Solidaritas Perempuan (SP-Women's Solidarity for Human Rights) was established on 10 December 1990. Its vision is to bring into reality a democratic social order based on the principle of justice, ecological awareness, with respect to pluralisms and non-violence by holding onto equal relations between women and men as well as the ability to share access and control to natural, social, cultural, political and economic resources justly.
Contact Details: Address: Jl. Jatisari No.14A, RT.005/RW.007, Jati Padang, Kec. Ps. Minggu, Kota Jakarta Selatan, 12540 – Indonesia Tel: +62 21 79183108 Fax: +62 21 7981479 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Website: solidaritasperempuan.org
The main purpose of YASANTI is the empowerment of women, which means improving the quality of the life of women economically, socially and politically. Activities like study, research, publication, seminar, workshop and discussion are the foundation’s supporting activities. The foundation has carried out various activities of facilitating and defending female labourers and also has implemented programs for the development of print media.
Yasanti’s main areas of work include protecting the labour rights of women workers particularly the women in the informal sector in Jogja and in Ungaran working with factory workers. To the extent that Yasanti works on trafficking, it is through training about internal trafficking to industries in Central Java.
Contact Details: Address: Jl. Puntodewo DK VII No. 1 Jomegatan RT. 11, Ngestiharjo, Kasihan, Bantul, Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta, 55182. Indonesia. Tel/Fax: +62 274 375908 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Website: yayasanannisaswasti.or.id
Legal Resources Center- Untuk Keadilan Jender Dan Hak Asasi Manusia (LRC-KJHAM) was established in 1999 and works in Central Java to promote understanding and campaign for values of gender equity and human rights. LRC-KJHAM activities include:
Legal aid for victims of gender-based violence;
Counselling for victims of gender-based violence;
Monitoring and campaigning in cases of gender-based violence;
Community organising and critical education for grassroots communities: such as female migrant workers and sex workers.
Contact Details: Address: Jl. Kauman Raya No 61 A Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia Tel: + 62 24 6715520 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Website: lrckjham.id
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