Discussion about entry: Prevention, protection and combat human trafficking by enhancing social protection

Dear Salima Sarwar;

Tackling the complexities associated with human trafficking and other forms of abuse require an integrated approach- like your program- to be successful. Prevention and repatriation is key and using on the ground partners is an important way to gain community buy-in of program activities and to raise overall awareness of this issue.

I was wondering if you could expand on a few areas of your intervention:

1. You mention that you develop and work with child led organizations. Can you explain this more fully? What is the purpose of the groups, who is involved, how are they formed, what are their activities, etc.

2. You mentioned that you address issues of "social superstition" to help prevent and address trafficking issues. This is interesting. Can you explain a bit more what you mean by this and how it is linked to issues of trafficking and exploitation?

3. You have clearly spent a lot of time monitoring your activities, but could you expand on any evaluation methods you use to assess the impact of your activities and that of the community groups you have established?

I'm looking forward to hearing more!

Laura Cardinal
Public Health and Human Trafficking Specialist