4th Asian anti-Trafficking forum Meet; ‘Strengthening partnerships and accelerating the use of technology to combat human trafficking: Vimukti Pothnal

VCT Pothnal Director Fr. Sathish Fernandes attended the Asian anti trafficking forum meet 2022 at Institute of Public Enterprise, Shamirpet, Hydarbad. The three-day event was kicked off on the eve of the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons (30 July) and included individual presentations, panels, roundtable discussions and workshops. The theme of this year’s Forum was ‘Strengthening partnerships and accelerating the use of technology to combat human trafficking and brought together stakeholders from across the country, including our Implementing Partners, strategic partners, supporters, think tanks, government, women rights and anti-trafficking advocates, grassroots level organisations, technological experts and other like-minded organisations.

Objectives
The objectives of the 4th Asian Anti-Trafficking Forum were:

  • to strengthen strategic partnerships and cross-sectoral collaborations, and encourage ties among the pan-Indian network of NGOs, service providers and others working to prevent human trafficking

  • to share experiences, take stock of the progress of My Choices Foundation’s anti-trafficking efforts in 10 states of India and set the directions for follow-up measures to prevent and counter human trafficking,

  • to harness the power of data to address the current challenges of human trafficking

  • to identify and analyse trends, needs, policy concerns and priorities to counter human trafficking, particularly sexual exploitation and labour and

  • encourage a coordinated action and scale up solutions for maximising results on the ground

Over 130 leaders of grassroots level anti-human trafficking organisations, business leaders, strategic partners, supporters, think tanks, technological experts and other like-minded organisations from over 10 states participated in the 4th Asian Anti-Trafficking Forum, which served as a platform to combine strengths, exchange best practices and amplify the efforts toward the common goal of preventing and combating human trafficking, with particular focus on trafficking for sexual exploitation and labour. Various dignitaries included Joby Yesudas, Law Enforcement Development, International Justice Mission, Zahid Hussain, Director, After Care, Justice ventures. Daniel Umi, Director, Migration & Education, Aide et Action International, Naveen Joshi, representing Kin Nepal, Asha Lokhande of Freedom Firm, Seema Diwan of Talaash Association and many more commended MCF’s approach to partnering with Implementing Partners and the community engagement activities. Seema highlighted the importance of collaborating with others to maximize reach and effectiveness.

The inaugural event was followed by a presentation and panel discussion by various state representatives and implementing partners discussing the impact and reach in combating trafficking in their regions. We discussed how to strengthen our partnerships and the importance of monitoring and evaluation. Lastly, it concluded by sharing the new approach to Safe Village Program and implementing the same in the mere future. On this occasion Vimukti director presented data report on anti-human trafficking in bringing awareness to children, Women and men in reaching out nearly 70,880/- people through this safe village program.

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