Women, Mobility and Reproductive Health
The report provides an assessment of the health conditions and mobility patterns among women migrant workers in Thailand.
GAATW Publications
Partners in Change: Stories of women's collectives
This is a collection of stories of Women’s Collectives, but these are not the mainstream groups about whom we read everyday. The women featured in this booklet do not have much formal education, nor do they have the advantage of wealth. Stigmatised in their communities as ‘prostitutes’ or ‘trafficked women’ they have endured humiliation and yet come together to claim their space in society.
Read about Langson women’s Group; Vietnam, Shakti Samuha; Nepal, Dok Orr Women’s Group, Thailand, Cambodia Prostitutes Union, Phnompenh, EMPOWER Foundation, Thailand, Durjoy & Ulka; Bangladesh and many more…
See also - Partners in Change - a Conference Report
Human Rights in Practice: A guide to assist trafficked women and children
This is the result of a collaborative effort involving a number of activists from South East Asia. The manual aims to promote direct assistance for trafficked women and children within a human rights framework.
Human Rights and Trafficking in Persons: A handbook
A broad-based manual, containing general strategies that can be easily adapted to local contexts, this has proved to be an extremely valuable resource for NGOs worldwide. This manual clarifies the concepts of human rights and trafficking in persons and provides concrete rights-based strategies that can be carried out at all levels, from local to international, in the context of trafficking.
Available in English, Spanish, Russian, Polish (Contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Human Rights Standards for the Treatment of Trafficked Persons
The HRS is a collation of international human rights instruments which can be used to protect the rights of trafficked persons. A joint effort of member organisations and colleagues from like minded groups this has been used as a Lobby Document nationally and internationally.
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The Migrating Woman's Handbook
This manual was developed as part GAATW’s campaign to promote safe migration and fair working conditions. It provides practical information on arranging travel documents, and work permits, workers rights and wages, as well as suggestions on how to protect one’s rights.
Also available in Bahasa Indonesia (Download the chapter on Know Your Rights! in PDF format).
If you are in Thailand and would like to order a free copy of the Thai version, contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Trafficking in Women, Forced Labour and Slavery-like Practices
A report presenting the results of an international investigation on trafficking in women, forced labour & slavery-like practices in the contexts of marriage, domestic labour and prostitution, this document marks a major turning point in thinking and activism around trafficking. Initiated in 1995 in response to the invitation of the then UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, (SRVAW) the investigation was carried out by the Dutch Foundation Against Trafficking in Women (STV) and GAATW. A condensed version of the report was submitted to the SRVAW and the complete report was published in 1997.
A reprint with some revision, mainly in the layout and chapter division was brought out in 1999.
You can download the book here or buy it from Amazon.com.
Practical Guide to Assisting Trafficked Women
GAATW’s first effort to support groups working at the grassroots level this handbook contains information gathered from governmental organisations, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and legal and health experts. Written in a clear and simple style, this manual created a forum for discussion on the everyday aspect of anti-trafficking work among practitioners and promoted understanding of the human rights framework. (Out of Print)
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