Human Rights
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Human Rights
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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 For the PDF version, please click here. 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...
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...
Women Forum for Women in Nepal (WOFOWON) is a GAATW member in Kathmandu, Nepal. Vivian Cartagena from the GAATW Secretariat conducted this interview with the organisation’s Project Coordinator, Sarita Thapa, in June 2024 to better understand their work, history and context.
Peers is an innovative, multi-service grassroots agency established by, with, and for sex workers since 1995. Through direct services and community partnerships, we provide an array of peer-focused outreach, harm reduction, housing support, education, violence prevention, and advocacy for current and former sex workers, people who use substances, Indigenous-street family, and their connected communities on Coast Salish territories known as Greater Victoria.
Contact Details:
Address: 1-744 Fairview Road, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Tel: 250-388-5325 (ex. 5)
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Website: https://www.safersexwork.ca/
Christian Agenda for Development (CAD) is a South Sudanese civil society organisation with no religious, political or governmental affiliation. The CAD has been active since 2008 year and is women and youth centered. They have their coordination office in Juba and field offices in Western Equatoria, Eastern Equatoria, Central Equatoria and Northern Bahr el Ghazal States across South Sudan. Their main thematic areas and focus have been women empowerment and protection, peacebuilding, reintegration activities in cross-sectoral activities (WASH, Livelihood, Education, Economic Empowerment through skills building and VSLAs) for IDPs, returnees and host communities, Sexual and Reproductive Health, HIV and AIDS, Sexual and Gender based Violence prevention and response, as well as Governance and Human Rights.
Contact details:
Address: Hai Tarawa, Block 4, House 302, After Nana Corner Bridge, Munuki payam, Juba, Central Equatoria State (CES), South Sudan
Tel: +211 (0) 0926 506 302 (South Sudan)
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Website: https://cad-ssd.org
FIDA Kenya is a member of GAATW based in Nairobi, Kenya. Vivian Cartagena from the GAATW Secretariat conducted this interview with Janet Anyango, Deputy Executive Director-Institutional Strengthening, in May 2024, to better understand the organisation’s history, current work, and context.
The Worker Support Centre (WSC) reaches and represents migrant workers in Scotland in high-risk labour sectors and ensures workers’ lived experiences inform policy change. They work with and for people who face intersecting inequalities, building leadership and solidarity to increase individual and collective power. Also, they seek to prevent labour abuse and forced labour, offering direct support, and building knowledge and awareness of the experiences of workers in high-risk labour sectors. They also provide advice, support and information to tied and temporary migrant workers in Scotland in high-risk labour sectors and ensures workers’ lived experiences inform policy change. WSC engage with workers to build leadership and solidarity to increase individual and collective power and advance and secure workplace rights.
Contact Details:
Address: 5 South Charlotte Street, Edinburgh EH2 4AN, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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Website: www.workersupportcentre.org.uk
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