Human Rights
at home, abroad and on the way....
Human Rights
at home, abroad and on the way...
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...
Opinion by Maya Linstrum-Newman and Nadine Gloss • May 30, 2024 This...
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...
For the PDF version, click here. Joint civil society recommendations for the trialogue negotiations on the revision of the EU ‘Anti- Trafficking Directive’ (2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and...
22nd November, 2023 For the PDF version, go here. GAATW International Secretariat and members stand in solidarity with Bangladeshi garment workers who are protesting the new minimum wage proposed by the Labour Department, which...
For the Spanish version, go here. GAATW organised a panel at the IWRAW virtual Global South Women’s Forum(GSWF) on 29th October 2023. GAATW organised it with its members and partners from South East Asia and Latin America. They are...
Fundación Libera is a GAATW member in Chile. Vivian Cartagena from the GAATW Secretariat conducted this interview with the organisation’s founder, Carolina Rudnick, in July 2023 to better understand their work, history and context. The interview was conducted in Spanish and translated into English.
Leer la entrevista en español aquí.
Just Economy and Labor Institute (JELI) is a non-profit organization working to promote social justice and ensure the protection of labor rights in Southeast Asia, with the focus on Thailand. We support workers and labor organizations by offering educational and capacity-building programs. We also partner with rights-based organizations that share our vision and mission to conduct research and propose policy recommendations aimed at achieving economic and labor justice.
Contact details:
Address: 666 Charoen Nakhon Road, Banglamphu Lang, Khlong San, Bangkok 10600
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Website: www.justeconomylabor.org
Ban Ying is a member of GAATW working in the city of Berlin, Germany. In June 2023, we interviewed Lea Rakovsky, Project Coordinator of the organisation, to know about the journey, work and approach of the organisation throughout the years. The portraits that accompany this interview were painted by Krisanta Caguioa-Mönnich, who is the cultural and language mediator at Ban Ying, and an artist.
Awaj Foundation aims to redress the structural problems in the garment industry, raise awareness on the issues that garment workers face, train workers on their rights and responsibilities under national and international labor law frameworks. Awaj’s actively builds leadership capacity and negotiation capability of women workers as they are the majority of the workforce in the industry as Awaj believes that leadership from women can transform the society towards greater equity and justice. They also work on prevention of gender-based violence and sexual harassment against women (at work and at home) by campaigning, providing factory level awareness training, advocacy including demanding for ratification of ILO C190, focuses on training financial independence, reproductive health services for women workers to help improve their lives. It has also expanded the scope of its work beyond the garment sector to areas such as women migrant workers in the RMG sector, precarious workers and working conditions in the leather and textile sectors. Awaj’s overseas migration program assists workers, particularly migrant women, through all stages of the migration process.
Contact details:
Address: 5/F, 3rd Floor, Rasulbagh, Mohakhali, Dhaka-1212
Telf: +88029830067
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Website: awajfoundation.org
Animus Association is a member of GAATW in Bulgaria. In May 2023, Vivian Cartagena from GAATW International Secretariat conducted this interview with Nadia Kozhouharova, the Director of Animus, to learn more about the organisation’s history, current programmes, successes and challenges ahead.
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