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...
Since 1991, the Women's Rehabilitation Center (WOREC) has been working in partnership with grassroots people in order to resolve the major socioeconomic, cultural and human rights injustices prevalent in Nepal and to work towards the attainment of social justice and sustainable livelihood at the community level. While WOREC’s main goal is to prevent the trafficking of persons from a human rights perspective, because of the complex underlying causes of trafficking, WOREC works from a holistic perspective in order to achieve human rights for all Nepali persons.
Contact Details: Address: P.O Box 13233 Balkumari, Lalitpur, Nepal Tel: +977-01-5186073; +977-01-5186374 Fax: +977-01-5186271 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Website: worecnepal.org
Shakti Samuha (Power Group) was established in 1996 as a mark of unity and strength by Nepalese girls and women who have survived trafficking and other forms of violence committed against women. Shakti Samuha was officially registered as an organisation in 2000 and has since become a powerful and well-respected organisation in Nepal and among international women’s networks as the first organisation of trafficking survivors in the world. Shakti Samuha is working with the vision of women and children survivors of trafficking to live a dignified life in society through economic and social empowerment. Shakti Samuha’s objectives are: to unite and empower those affected by trafficking; to analyse trafficking from the perspective of women's rights and operate an issue-wide movement; to provide services to those affected by trafficking and other types of violence; to change the perspective of society towards victims of trafficking and to spread public awareness; to unite all trafficking survivors and work for their fundamental human rights. Shakti Samuha fulfils its objectives through: the creation and mobilisation of adolescent girls’ groups; awareness-raising programmes in carpet factories, urban slum settlements and high schools; empowering survivors of trafficking through skill-building courses, income-generating programmes, counselling and peer support; advocacy and lobbying activities, such as street theatre, video advocacy, and participation in national and international advocacy activities; and networking with activists and service providers and producing publications.
Contact Details: Address: Chawahil (Hospital Marg, House no. 203-behind Medicare Hospital), Kathmahdu, Nepal Tel: +977 1-4478117; +977 01-4481380 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Website: shaktisamuha.org.np
Transient Workers Count Too (TWC2) was established in 2004 to work towards the improvement of conditions for both female and male workers. It aims to promote respect for domestic workers through education and to secure better treatment of domestic workers through legislation and other means. The organisation's primary focus is on migration and labour issues. Its activities include counselling, educational campaigns, research, advocacy and promotion of self-organisation.
Contact Details:
Address: 5001 Beach Road, Golden Mile Complex #09-86, Singapore 199588
Tel: +65 6247 7001
Fax: +65-639 0759
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GABFAI works in communities with schools, youths, adults, district and provincial leaders and NGOs mainly in two Northern provinces. The group uses a two-prong strategy of community outreach and mobile theatre to penetrate target communities. GABFAI provides workshops, performance and skills training to educate and empower villagers about issues related to human trafficking, HIV/AIDS, domestic violence and other human rights issues.
Contact Details: Address: 30/1 Rajapuek Rd., Changpuak, Muang, ChiangMai 50300 Thailand Tel: +66 53 404582 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Facebook: facebook.com/GabfaiCtp
Sanayar-Thi-Pan Women’s Centre was formed in 2004 by Burmese migrant women in Thailand after participating in a self-help health care training coordinated by GAATW. Sanayar-Thi-Pan Women’s Centre addresses an important gap in healthcare services as most migrant women workers are excluded from mainstream healthcare services in Thailand due to lack of documentation, income insecurity and language barriers. The Women’s Centre is staffed by Burmese migrant women and has become a trusted community resource and refuge for the Burmese migrant community along the Thai-Burmese border. The women run a drop-in centre, provide health care and treatment (herbal remedies), provide counselling, offer refuge for women in need and also run an outreach programme offering mobile health care in factories and brothels. The Women’s Centre also provides direct assistance to women who have been abused or suffer serious health problems, and produces information on women’s health, migration and labour issues. Workers also teach women how to plant herbs for health treatments, assist women in locating employment, provide accompaniment to the police when necessary and assist women with returning to Burma if desired.
Contact Details
Address: 13/5 Bua Khoon Road, Mae Sot District, Tak, Thailand, 63110
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