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Campaign to mainstream the combat against human trafficking

Campaign to mainstream the combat against human trafficking

At the World Social Forum that took place in January 2007 in Nairobi, Kenya, IMADR and its network NGOs launched the “Campaign Against Exploitative Migration and Human Trafficking: Towards Just and Sustainable Development.” This international campaign aims to “mainstream” the combat against exploitative migration, including trafficking in women and children.

Specifically, the campaign plans to undertake the following activities with the involvement of a wide range of NGOs working not only in the field of anti-trafficking and migrants’ rights, but also in different issue areas such as conflict resolution, refugee protection, HIV/AIDS, village development and poverty eradication:

1. Share and accumulate experiences and projects which would lead to the elimination of human trafficking and sustainable migration through a series of international and regional meetings, as well as online communication and a jointly developed database; and

　

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  • An Appeal to States and NGOs attending the Global Forum on "Migration and Development"
    2007.08.30

    • IMADR, together with organizations that are part of the Campaign Against Exploitative Migration and Human Trafficking, issued a joint statement addressed to governmental and non-governmental participants of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) from the perspective of the human rights and security of exploited migrants, in particular trafficked women and children.

2. Compile together a report on global exploitative migration, analyzing the problems and proposing concrete solutions to them, and present it on occasions where migration policies are discussed internationally, including the 2008 G8 Summit in Japan.

Through these actions, the campaign aims to develop a broad community of NGOs concerned with the problem, thereby building awareness among civil societies in sending, transit and receiving countries, as well as among various sectors including national governments, international agencies, business communities and the media.

For further information, please contact IMADR’s International Secretariat.