Ashshash – for men and women who have escaped trafficking

Direct Beneficiaries
The programme will directly benefit 6,000 men and women who have escaped trafficking in 10 trafficking prone districts (Jashore, Satkhira, Khulna, Cox’s Bazar, Dhaka, Norshingdi, Manikgonj, Faridpur, Shariatpur, and Jhenaidah). Among them, at least 65% (3,900) are women and 90% (5,400) are poor.

Indirect Beneficiaries
24,000 women and men from the survivors’ families will indirectly benefit from the 6,000 survivors’ engagement in economic activities. Approximately 2,000,000 men and women in their communities will be informed about trafficking and its consequences through online and in-person outreach campaign.

• Outcome 1: Men and women who have escaped trafficking improve their physical, social and economic well-being through psychological support and other reintegration services
• Outcome 2: Institutions are made more accountable and effective in providing services beneficial to men and women who have escaped trafficking

Erwartete Resultate:  

• Output 1.1: Women and men who have escaped trafficking are provided with holistic care, including psychosocial counselling and legal and essential services;
• Output 1.2: Women and men who have escaped trafficking are provided with training and resources to access new or better employment;
• Output 1.3: Women and men who have escaped trafficking are offered access to finance and increased market linkages;
• Output 2.1: Change agents of local communities are aware of and trained in human trafficking prevention and reintegration services for survivors of trafficking;
• Output 2.2: Public/ private institutions developed capacity to provide improved social protection and legal support to survivors of trafficking;
• Output 2.3: Public and private sector stakeholders influence policies/practices to support sustainable reintegration of survivors of trafficking.

Resultate von früheren Phasen:   The programme supported 4,500 survivors of trafficking (70% women), of whom 4,009 were placed in gainful employment, with 85% earning BDT 5’000 or above per month and 80% improving their social status in their family or community within a year. 77% of the 4,500 survivors who received psychosocial counselling and health care reported improved mental and physical health status. 18 public and private institutions improved the quality and accessibility of their services to survivors. Programme interventions mobilised CHF 38’000 in cash and in-kind support from public and private institutions for reintegration services. With technical support from the programme, the Ministry of Home Affairs developed a roadmap for a National Referral Mechanism (NRM) for victim protection and initiated a National Anti-Human Trafficking Fund to implement the NRM.

• Other development partners: Potential synergies with partners like USAID, UNODC, IOM, KOICA, EU, and US Department of State could be further explored.
• SDC: SIMS, Reintegration of migrant workers in Bangladesh, Prabriddhi, BMMDP, and B-Briddhi.
• SMFD: Decent Work for Migrant Workers from South Asia (DWSA)