I am so excited about your project. There is such a disconnect between organizations fighting human trafficking and forced labor issues, whether due to turf war and fight for resources, or due lack of capacity and networking across origin and destination countries. Your website is absolutely accessible, practical, and useful.
I wonder if you have thought about the possibility of expanding your site in anyway? I believe that one of the biggest challenges to combating forced labor and human trafficking is the lack of concrete data. As you said very accurately, what we hear in the media is often sensationalized. The nature of forced labor and trafficking make it difficult to capture data that is essential to telling a more accurate story and for defending continued requests for resources to assist in preventing and withdrawing children from forced labor.
Have you considered, with technical assistance, integrating a data capturing feature within your website? Perhaps something where organizations working on preventing and withdrawing could input generalized raw data (no identifying informaiton of course) regarding the children that they serve? (ie: age at prevention or withdrawal, gender, city of origin, by whom the child was trafficked and for what purpose, etc. etc. etc.).
Although this could be daunting, it could serve as an informal way for organizations around the world to try to aggregate some rough data to begin telling the real story about what human trafficking and child labor is really about. As we all know, data is one of the best advocacy tools out there!
I really hope to see your website expand. I am thoroughly impressed! Please consider utilizing the capacity you have already built to integrating some quantitative work. I would love to continue this conversation if you would be at all interested.
Thank you!
Jessica
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Gender Equality and Human Trafficking Specialist
Many thanks for your support and for your suggestions!
We started to work on data collection and, more in general, on harmonised systems of Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) on counter child trafficking programs for years now. We managed to have good results at national and bilateral levels, but we are still facing difficulties at regional level.
Our Regional M&E (for South Eastern Europe) is now working at the level of Terre des hommes HQ to set up new tools to gather data and analyse results and impacts. It is really the challenge of today, you are right!!
I would be very happy to continue this conversation with you and with my colleague specialised on M&E.
The work that Terre des homes is doing is very impressive. The need for a central place for resources on trafficking in persons that contains news, best practices and current program examples is beyond question- great job. I was wondering if you have considered partnering with CHASTE UK. They also have a lot of resources on preventative efforts currently being implemented in Europe and have a strong expertise in best practices around partnering with interfaith efforts to prevent trafficking.
Keep up the great work. I will be using your website as a resource!
Laura Cardinal
Public Health and Human Trafficking Specialist
I appreciate very much your encouragements! I know quite well the website of chaste.org.uk, and they are really doing a great job targeting women trafficking!
If you want to receive regular updates, there is free newsletter service available:
Vincent Tournecuillert,
Regional Child Protection Officer
For South-Eastern Europe
Terre des hommes – Child Relief
Budapest, Vamhaz Korut, 8. 1/5
1053 - Hungary
Mail: vincent.tournecuillert@tdh.ch
Vincent (and Laura)-
I am so excited about your project. There is such a disconnect between organizations fighting human trafficking and forced labor issues, whether due to turf war and fight for resources, or due lack of capacity and networking across origin and destination countries. Your website is absolutely accessible, practical, and useful.
I wonder if you have thought about the possibility of expanding your site in anyway? I believe that one of the biggest challenges to combating forced labor and human trafficking is the lack of concrete data. As you said very accurately, what we hear in the media is often sensationalized. The nature of forced labor and trafficking make it difficult to capture data that is essential to telling a more accurate story and for defending continued requests for resources to assist in preventing and withdrawing children from forced labor.
Have you considered, with technical assistance, integrating a data capturing feature within your website? Perhaps something where organizations working on preventing and withdrawing could input generalized raw data (no identifying informaiton of course) regarding the children that they serve? (ie: age at prevention or withdrawal, gender, city of origin, by whom the child was trafficked and for what purpose, etc. etc. etc.).
Although this could be daunting, it could serve as an informal way for organizations around the world to try to aggregate some rough data to begin telling the real story about what human trafficking and child labor is really about. As we all know, data is one of the best advocacy tools out there!
I really hope to see your website expand. I am thoroughly impressed! Please consider utilizing the capacity you have already built to integrating some quantitative work. I would love to continue this conversation if you would be at all interested.
Thank you!
Jessica
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Gender Equality and Human Trafficking Specialist
Dear Jessica,
Many thanks for your support and for your suggestions!
We started to work on data collection and, more in general, on harmonised systems of Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) on counter child trafficking programs for years now. We managed to have good results at national and bilateral levels, but we are still facing difficulties at regional level.
Our Regional M&E (for South Eastern Europe) is now working at the level of Terre des hommes HQ to set up new tools to gather data and analyse results and impacts. It is really the challenge of today, you are right!!
I would be very happy to continue this conversation with you and with my colleague specialised on M&E.
Our emails are: vto@tdh.ch and gde@tdh.ch
Many thanks again for your encouragements!
Vincent.
Dear Vincent Tournecuillert;
The work that Terre des homes is doing is very impressive. The need for a central place for resources on trafficking in persons that contains news, best practices and current program examples is beyond question- great job. I was wondering if you have considered partnering with CHASTE UK. They also have a lot of resources on preventative efforts currently being implemented in Europe and have a strong expertise in best practices around partnering with interfaith efforts to prevent trafficking.
Keep up the great work. I will be using your website as a resource!
Laura Cardinal
Public Health and Human Trafficking Specialist
Dear Laura Cardinal,
I appreciate very much your encouragements! I know quite well the website of chaste.org.uk, and they are really doing a great job targeting women trafficking!
If you want to receive regular updates, there is free newsletter service available:
http://tdh-childprotection.org/component/option,com_distribution/Itemid,80/
Many thanks again,
Vincent.
Vincent Tournecuillert,
Regional Child Protection Officer
For South-Eastern Europe
Terre des hommes – Child Relief
Budapest, Vamhaz Korut, 8. 1/5
1053 - Hungary
Mail: vincent.tournecuillert@tdh.ch