APAV becomes a member of the Global Alliance against Traffic in Women (GAATW)

APAV has recently become a member of the Global Alliance against Traffic in Women (GAATW), an alliance that gathers non-governmental institutions based in different countries with the aim to monitor the incidence of human trafficking in each one and to advocate for the improvement of national and international policies and legislation in this area, giving special focus to trafficking in woman.

GAATW advocates for the incorporation of Human Rights Standards in all anti-trafficking initiatives, including in the implementation of the Trafficking Protocol, Supplementary to the UN Convention on Transnational Organized Crime (2000). GAATW strives to promote and share good practices of anti-trafficking initiatives but also to critique practices and policies that are having a negative impact or are causing harm to trafficked persons, migrants, and other communities.

As a member of GAATW, APAV intends to straighten the collaboration with non-governmental institutions based in another countries, promoting the exchange of experiences and good practices, and also to disseminate relevant information about trafficking in human beings in Portugal and to inspire positive changes in this matter.

To learn more about GATTW, go to www.gaatw.org.