Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women

Critical Analysis of Criminal Law Approaches to Trafficking in Persons: A report of the consultation GAATW sees the phenomenon of human trafficking as intrinsically embedded in the context of migration for the purpose of labour.

Last November we held a consultation with feminist activists, scholars and anti-trafficking experts to ask whether we should be looking to alternatives to the criminal law to achieve justice for victims of trafficking. Here is what we found out: gaatw.org/resources/pu...

New working paper!

"Crisis in Care" examines how care work is defined, structured, and governed in Japan and South Korea, and how these frameworks shape the experiences of migrant care workers.

#InternationalMigrantsDay

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Read our new Report, as well as our Policy Summary, here: labourexploitation.org/publications...

Labour exploitation in the fishing sector is not simply a matter of individual bad actors; it is underpinned by legal and regulatory gaps.

Our new report, out on #HumanRightsDay, provides an in-depth analysis of the seafarer visa, and the impact on migrant fishers.

In this special piece for Human Rights Day, our members remind us why defending human rights matters, from their different angles of their work. Their voices come from on-going efforts of community organising, their work on the field, borders, shelters, and other spaces around the world. 🌎

IN NOBODY'S SERVICE
An exhibition expanding on research into images and stereotypes of Thai and Filipina women and queer people in Germany. It connects diasporic artists to address sex work, care labor, gender, and migration, foregrounding healing, intimacy, and liberation.

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A bizarre new alliance is coming after sexual freedoms Radical feminists and religious groups teamed up against sex work. Now they’re going after broader reproductive freedoms

Our Human Trafficking Lead @mayal-n.bsky.social has written about the growing attack on sexual freedoms, the (mis)use of anti-trafficking frameworks to do so, + the opportunity it has given us to join an incredible alliance of feminist LGBTI rights activists: www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...

Migration and Care Podcast is live! We will explore care systems and policies, community care initiatives, and the vital role of migrant care workers. Today, Pedro Moreno of Anem Per Feina, will discuss their involvement in the City of Care program and share valuable lessons learned. Link in bio!

We’re launching our Migration and Care podcast next week! This series will explore care systems, community care, and the vital role of migrant care workers. Episode 1 takes us to Barcelona, where care is recognised as a public infrastructure. Join and listen to Pedro Moreno from Anem Per Feina!

Important research from our European member @lastradaint.bsky.social on human trafficking for the exploitation of surrogacy. They find that cases are rare and regulations + clear safeguards allow surrogacy to be ethically and safely undertaken: documentation.lastradainternational.org/doc-center/3...

SEEAC, built by and for East and Southeast Asian migrants in the UK, continues to grow as a space of care and collective resistance. Vivian Cartagena from GAATW spoke with Executive Director, Mariko Hayashi, about its 5-years journey.

Read full article: gaatw.org/members/meet...

GAATW celebrates the 30 years of our member in India Shramajivi Mahila Samity (SMS)! 💛 From organising grassroots women and supporting single women to fighting for land, forest, and water rights, SMS has been a force for justice in Jharkhand. GAATW is proud to partner with them for many more years!

Thirty years ago, @lastradaint.bsky.social began laying the foundation for a strong European platform against human trafficking. Today, we celebrate three decades of advocacy, collaboration, and impact!🎉✊

GAATW looks forward to continuing this work, supporting trafficked persons, especially women!

🚨 The EU’s new “Return Regulation” is really a Deportation Regulation.

It expands detention, weakens safeguards & creates profit for private contractors — at the expense of people’s dignity & communities.

207 organisations say: Reject it. bit.ly/47KzXqi

#StopDeportationRegulation

In August, GAATW interviewed Daniel Melese Areda, founder of our new member Nigat Global Initiative (NGI) in Ethiopia. Daniel shared with us how NGI centres survivors and communities in anti-trafficking work and envisions systemic change.

Read the full interview here: gaatw.org/members/meet...

GAATW is following the discussions at the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, held in Mexico City from August 12-15, 2025.

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#XVIConferenciaMujerALC

Established in 2003 by returnee women migrants, Pourakhi Nepal defends the rights and well-being of Nepali migrant workers. Vivian Cartagena from GAATW spoke with co-founder Manju Gurung on their journey and vision.

Read the full article here: gaatw.org/members/meet...

For today's World Day Against Trafficking, GAATW spoke with Flora Enifo, Community Organiser from MIST in Paris. Flora shared how they support Nigerian women affected by trafficking, and the challenges faced by migrant communities in France. Read the full interview here: tinyurl.com/yn54c97u

Check out our latest interview with Jan Vikas Samiti, #GAATW’s new member from #India, working to advance the rights of women, children, and persons with disabilities. Learn about their journey and hopes for inter-regional collaboration: gaatw.org/members/meet...

GAATW stands in solidarity with all those resisting state violence. We demand: end to carceral border regimes, due process for all migrants, protection for rights defenders, accountability for repression

Across the US and beyond, national security is being used as a cover to criminalise migrants, refugees & trafficked persons. Mass deportations, racial profiling & detention without due process are on the rise, targeting working-class, undocumented communities. Read our statement: bit.ly/3HVRf8J

In Geneva?

Join us on 25 June for a side event titled "Beyond Conflation: A Rights-Based Approach to Trafficking and Sex Work" organised in collaboration with @gaatw-is.bsky.social‬ , @eswa-network.bsky.social‬ , FIZ Fachstelle Frauenhandel und Frauenmigration , Tiyane Vavasate and the CASW .

IMAGE: FLYER for the side-event featuring a photo of people standing with red umbrellas. TEXT: Beyond Conflation: A Rights-Based Approach to Trafficking and Sex Work side event at HRC 59 This side event will address the harms caused by conflating sex work with trafficking, deriving from a paternalistic approach to sex work and denying sex workers their right to bodily autonomy & capacity to consent. Join us to discuss the urgent need to recognise sex work as work – a human rights and practical imperative to prevent and eliminate all forms of discrimination. Speakers: Shaunna-May Trotman; Guyana Sex Worker Coalition Julia Vilanculos; Tiyane Vavassate Solé; FIZ Fachstelle Frauenhandel und Frauenmigration Siobhán Mullally; Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children Moderated by: Jules Kim The Global Network of Sex Work Projects 25 June 2025 13:00-14:00 CET Palais des Nations Room XXV

At HRC59 SRI, Global Network of Sex Work Projects (NSWP), @gaatw-is.bsky.social‬ , @eswa-network.bsky.social‬ and @fiz-fachstelle.bsky.social‬ , will host a side event titled “Beyond Conflation: A Rights-Based Approach to Trafficking and Sex Work”. Save the date!

Learn more through our Meet Our Members series and our publication Narrative for Domestic Workers by heading to our website.

Together with our members and allies, we call for:
- Legal recognition, fair wages, rest days, and the right to organise
- Safe migration and an end to exploitative systems like sponsorship regimes
- Justice and redress for violence and abuse

On International Domestic Workers’ Day, we honour the leadership, strength, and resistance of domestic workers fighting for dignity and justice. +

Research to read:

Collateral Damage: gaatw.org/Collateral_D...
Sex Workers Organising for Change: www.gaatw.org/publications...
Reframing Narratives: gaatw.org/images/2025/...

In honour of International Sex Workers Day, we reflect on our decades-long commitment to amplifying the voices of sex workers and challenging harmful anti-trafficking frameworks.

Twenty years of slow progress: Is anti-trafficking changing? Two decades in, Anti-Trafficking Review’s editor says maybe activists still don’t understand social change

"One option would be for the anti-trafficking sector to be dismantled, and for each area to focus on its own niche – whether that’s migrant rights, sex worker rights, violence against women...."

My interview with Borislav Gerasimov from @gaatw-is.bsky.social.

www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...

Our member, @eswa-network.bsky.social, is organising a coordinated day of action across Europe on 2 June. RSVP to join on- or offline below.