Nordic-Baltic pilot project

 

Assistance and Support to Women Victims of Trafficking

The Nordic-Baltic Taskforce against trafficking has appointed the European Women’s Lobby regional co-ordinator of a 3-year pilot project, which aims to reinforce the capacity and improve the models for victim support in and between the Nordic and Baltic countries. It includes making an assessment of existing practices, identifying good models, and developing new gender sensitive ones that better respond to the needs of the victims.

 

Too few anti-trafficking actions actually focus on providing support and assistance to the victims of trafficking, and only rarely is there any recognition of the particular needs of women victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation. This project represents a practical and concrete step towards putting in place a model that focuses on the human rights of the victim, and will explore existing practices in the region and start to define the ways, in which services and assistance could be improved throughout all 8 countries.      

 

The project includes the setting up a Regional Nordic-Baltic Network, incorporating public agencies and NGOs. The Network will develop a regional program designed to provide for the legal, social, economic, medical and psychological care, safety and protection of the victims of trafficking in the countries of destination as well as facilitate the safe return and integration of victims of trafficking, who want to return to their country or origin, ensuring that the women have access to necessary services to support their rehabilitation.

 

 

For more information and news about the Nordic Baltic Pilot Project, go to the project website:   www.nordicbaltic-assistwomen.net