Project
Work in Freedom: Preventing trafficking of women and girls in South Asia and the Middle East
The ILO-DFID “Work in Freedom” programme promotes empowerment and education, fair recruitment, safe migration and decent work for women and girls from South Asia, and thus contribute to the prevention of human trafficking in this region and in the Middle East.
Duration
1 January 2013 - 31 December 2018
Budget
£ 8,300,000
Development partner(s)
United Kingdom, Department for International Development
Reference
RAS/13/55/UKM
Contact
Ms. Leanne Melnyk [email protected]
Promoting education, fair recruitment, safe migration and decent work, the Work in Freedom programme adopts an integrated and targeted approach to prevent trafficking of women and girls in South Asian countries of origin (Bangladesh, India and Nepal) and in selected destination countries (India, Jordan, Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates). It will reach at least 100,000 women and girls as direct beneficiaries.
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