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...
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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
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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...
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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...
AAINA is a civil society organisation based in Odisha, India that promotes the rights of children, women and people with disabilities through community intervention and policy advocacy. Vivian from the GAATW International Secretariat interviewed Dillip Biswal, Director of Programs of AAINA, to better understand the organisation's work, history, and context of their current work.
ASBRAD is a civil society organisation based in Brazil, a member of GAATW for 18 years. Vivian from the GAATW International Secretariat interviewed Dalila Figueiredo, Founder and President of ASBRAD, in April 2023 to better understand the organisation's work, history, and context. The original interview was in Spanish and translated into English.
Biswas Nepal is a women-led organisation established in 2008. It has been working in the entertainment sector with an aim to make it decent and prestigious with secured rights and respect to the workers. Biswas Nepal has been engaged in various advocacy activities to develop laws and policies to address the issues of entertainment sector workers. It has been continuously organising interaction and orientation not only at Province level but also at Ministry level. By affiliating and holding vital position at different networks, it is continuously advocating for the rights of the entertainment sector workers and victims of internal trafficking. Additionally, Biswas Nepal holds a position in the board of Alliance against Trafficking in Women & Children in Nepal (AATWIN), with which it lobbies the government to prioritise the issues of this sector.
Contact details:
Address: Kathmandú New road-22, Nepal Tel: +977015713928 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Website: www.biswasnepal.org.np
ECPAT Guatemala is a GAATW member in Guatemala. Jennifer Janssen from the GAATW Secretariat conducted this interview with the organisation’s director, Maria Eugenia Villarreal, in November 2022 to better understand their work, history and context. The interview was in Spanish and translated into English by Vivian Cartagena.
Mongolian Gender Equality Center (MGEC) is a member of GAATW based in Mongolia. Jennifer Janssen from the GAATW Secretariat conducted this interview with Bayasaa Geleg, Managing Director, in November 2022, to better understand the organisation’s history, current work, and context.
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