RESEARCH SUMMARY

Prevention activities

Findings

Awareness raising, advice giving, and social mobilization (rallies, IEC materials, peer education, organization of women's groups, etc.).

Few interventions provide relevant, realistic messages about trafficking; information and support systems for safe migration also lacking.

Improvement of livelihood opportunities (income generation, vocational training, micro-credit).

Most programs offer training only in traditional, low-income skills, such as sewing; the aim is primarily to keep girls from leaving the village.

Interception of suspected trafficking victims (community surveillance and border-based rescue).

The accuracy of the methods used to identify trafficked persons as opposed to legitimate migrants/travelers is unclear and needs evaluation.

Care and support activities

Care and support for women/girls who return home.

Family assessment is not comprehensive or systematic. Most NGOs give prescriptive advice while a few aim to empower trafficking survivors by discussing options for their future.

Residential care for women/girls who do not or cannot return home.

Limited options available (return home or stay in residential care). Need to plan for girls' futures.

Care and support for HIV-positive women/girls.

HIV-positive returnees face double stigma. There is no public health rationale for segregation of HIV-positive girls, as is done by one major NGO.

Legal assistance for trafficked women/girls.

More resources are required for assistance during the 2-5 year court process.