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...
Clean World is a Public Union for the assistance to women and is one of the first non-governmental organizations in Azerbaijan to fight all forms of violence against women and promote women’s rights. It was established in May 1998 and officially registered on September 29, 2006.Their purpose is to change the historically formed stereotypes of the public (with the help of the public) to the problems of violation of women's rights. Their main activities and services are: provision of legal, psychological, social and moral support as well as specialized medical assistance; research and planning; centre for reintegration and rehabilitation (asylum) for victims of violence.
Fundación Quimera is a non-profit organization since 1996, located in southern Ecuador, with headquarters in the city of Machala. Their work focuses on promoting programs, projects and actions for the prevention and eradication of gender-based violence (GBV), including human trafficking, especially against women, children, the LGBTIQ population, refugees and migrants, as well as host communities; within the framework of contributing to the generation of knowledge, information, awareness, educational campaigns, and interventions of direct attention and protection for the restitution of rights. They also do advocacy work with proposals for public policies that promote gender equality and non-discrimination.
Contact details
Address: Santa Rosa 2104 entre Arízada y Pichincha, Machala, Ecuador.
Telf: +593 99206-8312
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Freedom Network USA is the largest coalition working on human trafficking in the United States. The network convenes survivors, legal and social service providers, researchers, and expert consultants to engage in advocacy, training and technical assistance, and increase the capacity of the anti-trafficking movement. Their work is focused on prevention and addressing human trafficking. They work on housing access, improving services, narrative change, sex worker rights collaboration, policy change (TVPA Reauthorization), and more.
Contact details:
Address: 712 H St NE, Ste 1667, Washington, DC 20002
Telf: +1 202-768-7338
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Mujer & Mujer is a leading organization in humanitarian assistance in the city of Guayaquil, Ecuador, with a particular emphasis of his work on the care of women, LGBTIQ+ population and GBV survivors. They work for the enjoyment of rights and the critical exercise of the citizenship of historically excluded groups, especially women and LGBTIQ+ people, making their realities visible and articulating advocacy actions and humanitarian assistance with national and international networks to enhance their leadership and empower them in the construction of societies free of discrimination and violence.
Contact details:
Address: Esmeraldas 901 y Av. 9 de Octubre
Telf: (+593) 04 601 0300 / (+593) 093 9141 902
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Brigada Callejera de Apoyo a la Mujer "E.M.A.C" is a GAATW member in Mexico. Vivian Cartagena from the GAATW Secretariat conducted this interview with the organisation’s programme coordinators, Rosa Icela Madrid and Ricardo Guerrero, in May 2023 to better understand their work, history and context. The interview was condcuted in Spanish and translated into English; it was reviewed and supplemented with the participation of Elvira Madrid Romero, President of Brigada Callejera de Apoyo a la Mujer, E.M. A.C.
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