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100 Best Practices in Combatting Human Trafficking: The Role of Civil Society

Document number
3112
Date
2012
Title
100 Best Practices in Combatting Human Trafficking: The Role of Civil Society
Author/publisher
The Protection Project
Availability
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Document type(s)
Guidelines/Recommendations, Media/News, Training Material/Resources,
Keywords
civil society, media, NGOs, corporations, academia, initiatives, awareness, capacity-building
Summary

This document is divided into five parts: Part I highlights initiatives carried out by NGOs. Part II lists initiatives undertaken by corporations, employment agencies, unions, and workers’ associations. Research projects, secondary school, and university courses about trafficking in persons, as well as clinical programs, are grouped in Part III, which is devoted to academia. Part IV focuses on media initiatives and highlights the different means used to inform the widest possible audience about trafficking in persons. Part V highlights the role that religious institutions can play in the fight against trafficking and lists initiatives taken by faith-based organizations.