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The International Organization for Migration and the Tajikistan Network of Non-Governmental Organizations “Umed” signed a memorandum on cooperation to protect migrants’ rights and counter human trafficking on 21 December in Dushanbe. The signing ceremony opened the next meeting of NGO partners’ network, where the network has enriched with three new members.
Employees of Tajikistan embassies and consulates abroad participated at the training on combatting human trafficking on 01-02 June 2016 in Dushanbe.
The staff of the Tajik MFA Headquarter, Embassies and Consulates of the Republic of Tajikistan, were familiarized with the role of the National Referral Mechanism in identification and referral of victims of human trafficking to relevant government and civil society organizations for assistance.
More than 10,000 youth of the Sughd province raised their awareness on trafficking in person threats and labour migrants’ rights during a series of information campaigns started on 31 March 2016 in Asht district.
The campaigns were organized by the Association “Woman and Society” under the USAID’s Dignity and Rights Project. The project is implemented by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and is made possible by the American people through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
The series of three information campaigns titled “Know your rights and be safe from being trafficked” gave the youth of Asht district, Khujand city, and Bobojon Ghafurov district an outlook at the trafficking in persons problem in Tajikistan, the popular schemes criminal rings use to trick people for further trafficking and sexual and work exploitations, and ways to keep themselves and their families and friends safe from falling victims to exploitators.