March 2023 – In support of the ASEAN Commission on the Protection and Promotion of Women and Children (ACWC) efforts to strengthen regional capacity to identify and protect victims of trafficking, ASEAN-USAID PROSPECT, the ASEAN-Australia Counter Trafficking (ASEAN-ACT) Program, the Regional Support Office (RSO) of the Bali Process, and the NEXUS Institute are pleased to share two Thematic Dialogue briefs:
Dialogue Brief #1: Challenges in Identifying Victims of Trafficking Who Are Encountered as Offenders (2022)
This thematic dialogue brief is based on the CTIP Thematic Dialogue: Challenges in Identifying Victims of Trafficking Who Are Encountered as Offenders, jointly hosted by ASEAN-USAID Partnership for Regional Optimization with the Political-Security and Socio-Cultural Communities (PROSPECT), NEXUS Institute and ASEAN-Australia Counter Trafficking (ASEAN-ACT) Program on August 9, 2022.
This thematic dialogue brief is based on the CTIP Thematic Dialogue: Enhancing Trafficking Victim’s Access to Services. How to Develop a Directory of Services for Trafficking Victims, jointly hosted by ASEAN-USAID Partnership for Regional Optimization with the Political-Security and Socio-Cultural Communities (PROSPECT), NEXUS Institute, ASEAN-Australia Counter Trafficking (ASEAN-ACT) Program, and the Regional Support Office of the Bali Process (RSO) on December 15, 2022.
These briefs draw from the first two Thematic Dialogues held in a series being organized by ASEAN-USAID PROSPECT as an issue-oriented forum for practitioners involved with trafficking victim protection across ASEAN Member States. The series aligns with the thematic areas of the ACWC Regional Procedures and Guidelines to Address the Needs of Victims of TIP.
The thematic dialogue series provides opportunities for a range of practitioners from across ASEAN to engage in highly-targeted discussions of common issues or challenges in the effective protection of trafficking victims and to explore solutions and strategies to manage or overcome these challenges. Learn more about the Thematic Dialogue series here.