The primary objective of the TICW project, now in Phase II, is to substantially reduce trafficking in children and women for labour and sexual exploitation through the development, implementation and monitoring of effective and integrated sub regional and national strategies and actions.

Through the work and commitment of its partners and stakeholders in Cambodia, China (Yunnan), Lao PDR, Thailand and Viet Nam, TICW Phase II is continuing to build on the documented successes of Phase I and contributing to the eradication of labour exploitation of children and women in the GMS. As part of this effort, Phase II is focusing its interventions on key target groups, namely children (ages 10-14 and 15-17) as well as young women, which run a higher risk of trafficking through the course of migration. The project’s logical framework has been developed using a thematic approach: