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Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
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La Coordinación de Abordaje de la Violencia por Razones de Género contra Personas Migrantes, enmarca sus acciones en el Plan Nacional de Acción y desarrolla diferentes líneas de trabajo con personas migrantes en situación de violencia de género. Además, articula con otros programas dentro del Ministerio de Mujeres, Géneros y Diversidad y con otras áreas del...
Victims of trafficking are subjected to exploitation in various ways. Sometimes, as a result of their victimization, they engage in illegal conduct. Common examples include involvement in the sex trade, involvement in drug production or trafficking, petty crime, possession or the use of fraudulent documents or entering another country in a manner that does...
From as far back as 2004, both national and international non-governmental organizations have drawn attention to the commercial sexual exploitation of girls and young women practiced openly and with impunity in communities affected by extractive industries, among them the logging industry. This phenomenon occurs, in significant part, through the informal...
La Fase II de la Evaluación, realiza una sistematización y análisis cualitativo de 25 entrevistas a gestores/as de casos que prestan servicios de atención directa a migrantes en situación de vulnerabilidad en toda la región, en las fronteras terrestres y marítimas de mayor volumen de tránsito de migrantes en la actualidad, asistiendo directamente a personas...
IOM’s Approach to Protection reflects shared thinking and common understanding of the Organization’s approach to protection across operational contexts. This document articulates IOM’s approach to protection and is intended to support a consistent, coherent and accountable role for IOM on protection. It also serves as a reference 1 for the development of...
These Guidelines are intended mainly for individual, non-clinical case managers providing direct support and assistance to migrants with protection and assistance needs, including children. Recognizing that case management for children requires specialized training and different approaches, there is a separate section on child protection case management. The...
IOM is committed to combating GBV by mitigating GBV risks, addressing its root causes, promoting gender equality and supporting survivors.
The purpose of this document is to provide guidance and best practice examples for airlines to address trafficking in persons (which is also known as human trafficking) as part of a multi-stakeholder approach across the aviation value change. The guide is not intended to endorse any current regulation, nor to provide any mandatory requirements. The intended...
Globally, there are 25 million people living in modern slavery. Over 60% of victims are trafficked across international borders, with traffickers misusing the speed and efficiency of aviation to transport victims who may be traveling undetected on aircraft and through airports. The aviation industry is committed to playing its part to help governments and...
This course recognizes the important role customer-facing staff in the airline industry play in helping to prevent the crime of human trafficking.
This Pocket Guide and its supporting materials provide all humanitarian practitioners with information on: How to support a survivor of gender-based violence (GBV) Who discloses their experience of GBV with you In a context where there is no GBV actor (including a GBV referral pathway or a GBV focal point) available. The Pocket Guide uses global standards on...
The Call to Action on Protection from Gender-Based Violence in Emergencies (Call to Action) is a groundbreaking global initiative to fundamentally transform the way gender-based violence (GBV) is addressed in humanitarian action. The aim is to drive change and foster accountability so that every humanitarian effort, from the earliest phases of a crisis...
In September 2018, the Department of Operations and Emergencies (DOE) of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched its first Institutional Framework for Addressing GBV in Crises (GBViC Framework). The GBViC Framework builds on lessons learned and emerging good practices in addressing gender-based violence (GBV) in IOM’s crisis operations...
This online course aims at providing learners with a common understanding of the concept of vulnerability and proposes tools to better identify and respond to migrant vulnerabilities.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Nigeria produced two manuals on strengthening law enforcement response to gender-based violence and trafficking in persons in the current humanitarian situation in North-East Nigeria. The manuals were designed based on the recommendations from the training needs assessment conducted by IOM in North-East...
There is increasing awareness that trafficking in persons (TIP) and humanitarian crises are connected, as crises can exacerbate pre-existing trafficking trends and patterns, or create conditions for new forms of exploitation to proliferate. While evidence of this association exists, collecting data on trafficking in humanitarian settings faces the dual...
The Guidance is the product of two years of consultations between the Global Protection Cluster Task Team on Anti-Trafficking in Humanitarian Action and protection cluster colleagues and partners. The objective of the Guidance is to introduce humanitarian practitioners to the issue of trafficking in persons in all types of crises involving internally...
Why are migrant centres so important? Migration journeys are interrupted when people get stranded along their route without any form of protection, shelter, food or health care, and this is when situations become critical. IOM, Governments and partners have set-up migrant centres along the main migratory routes, to provide life-saving assistance. Centres...
Modern slavery is a scourge that affects every region of the world. The latest Global Estimates indicate that 50 million people were living in modern slavery in 2021. Of these people, 28 million were in forced labour and 22 million were trapped in forced marriage. Unfortunately, the number of people in modern slavery has risen significantly in the last five...