Ashgabat, 26 April 2021 - Under the National Action Plan of Turkmenistan on Combating Trafficking in Persons for 2020-2022 (NAP CP) IOM Mission in Turkmenistan organized online training for a group of partnering public organizations and associations. The workshop was attended by representatives of the Youth Union named after Magtymguly, the Women’s Union, National Red Crescent Society of Turkmenistan, public associations “Ynam”, “Yenme” and “Mashgala” as well as economical societies “Ynanch-Wepa” and “Dap-dessur”.

The webinar held within the framework of the regional project “Reducing socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrants and communities in Central Asia and Russian Federation” funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. The main goal of the workshop was to discuss the significance and role of the public organizations in combating trafficking in persons in particular in identifying potential victims of human trafficking, distinguishing direct and indirect signs of human trafficking, detecting signs of human vulnerability, and ensuring the victims’ access to assistance and protection.

IOM international expert Ms. Tatiana Fomina introduced the participants to the current trends of the human trafficking phenomenon, possibilities, and challenges of its combating, shared experiences of international NGOs in the field, and stressed the need of organizing campaigns on raising awareness of human trafficking among the country’s population. Representatives of public organizations and associations got a chance to share their recent practices and discussed further possibilities of adopting international advanced methods that can be applied in combating trafficking in persons.

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