UNIFEM

South Asia Regional Office

Focus AreasFocus Areas

Prevention

Protection

Prosecution

UNIFEM SARO’s InitiativesUNIFEM SARO’s Initiatives

Advocacy and Lobbying

Creating and enhancing knowledge base

Piloting Innovative Initiatives

Enabling Networks and Alliances

Advocacy & LobbyingAdvocacy & Lobbying

- Biennial Review Meeting

- Supported the drafting of the Bill to Control Trafficking of Women and Girls for Prostitution in Nepal to be redrafted

-CEDAW

- Media Advocacy

Networks and AlliancesNetworks and Alliances

SAFAHT

SAPAT

ATSEC

Creating and enhancing Creating and enhancing Knowledge BaseKnowledge Base

National Research

Micro Studies

Review of Legislation

Regional Resource Centre and Web Site

Piloting New InitiativesPiloting New Initiatives

 Rescue and Repatriation of Trafficked Victims

Rehabilitation of Trafficked Victims through income generation activities

 Prevention of trafficking at the source areas by formation of Village Anti-trafficking Committees

 Prevention of trafficking in the cross border areas by setting up monitoring and counseling cells at the border points

Piloting New InitiativesPiloting New Initiatives

Rescue of trafficked victims at the destination by the formation of women’s vigilance committees in the slum areas

Psycho-social counseling – a module which is being followed up by training of counselors

Second-generation prevention of prostitution by providing alternatives to the children of sex workers.

ICT : a key toolICT : a key tool

- South Asia Regional Anti-Trafficking South Asia Regional Anti-Trafficking Resource Centre Resource Centre- Websites- Websites- WINNER Bangladesh and WINNER - WINNER Bangladesh and WINNER Nepal Nepal - CDs on basic computer literacy- CDs on basic computer literacy- Collaborated in initiating two - Collaborated in initiating two academiesacademies

CURRENT ICT INITIATIVES

Proposed Proposed InitiativesInitiatives

-Psycho-Social Counselling – Learning Module on Web

- Possible collaboration on the SAARC Gender Database

- Rescue and Rehabilitation Network