Third Latin American Congress on Globalisation, Trafficking and Access to Justice (16-18 July 2013 ) and GAATW Members' Meeting (19 July 2013)

Third Latin American Congress on Globalisation, Trafficking and Access to Justice (16-18 July 2013 ) and GAATW Members' Meeting (19 July 2013)

Bandana Pattanaik of GAATW International Secretariat (GAATW-IS) was present at the III Latin American Congress on Human Trafficking entitled "Globalization, Human Trafficking and Access to Justice which was held in Bogota, Colombia. The event was a gathering of individuals from civil society, academia, states and international organisations with the aim to have a deeper knowledge of the issue of human trafficking. Nine GAATW members were present at the Congress. Three members from Colombia (Sintrasedon, Espacio de Mujeres and Fundacion Renacer), Cecasem (Bolivia), Ibiss (Brazil), CHS (Peru) and Brigada Callejera (Mexico). And two GAATW members from Europe - Border Woman - Sant Cugat Group (Spain) and Fairwork (Netherlands) were also there.

GAATW Members' Meeting in Bogota
Bandana was invited to be one of the plenary speakers on Networking on the last day of the Congress. She spoke about how the work to actually implement a broad definition of trafficking is just starting and how there is a lot that we still do not understand. She advocated for the need to look at labour and migration regimes that are impacting on the human rights of people. She spoke about the role of networks as spaces for discussion and debate as well as for practical case handling. And she also emphasized the need to understand things from the perspective of those who are migrating, those who have done well, those who have been abused and those who have been trafficked.

On 19th July, a GAATW members' meeting was held at the office of Fundacion Renacer to gather inputs and discuss about plans/activities of members who were present. It was also an opportunity for GAATW-IS to discuss and share the current programs of GAATW.

GAATW e-Bulletin, ISSUE, 6/2013:
http://myemail.constantcontact.com/GAATW-e-Bulletin--Issue-6-2013.html?s...