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UNIAP'S WORK IN CHINA |
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| With offices in Thailand, Cambodia, China, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Vietnam, UNIAP is committed to building a united front on human trafficking, and taking action based on the needs of each country. UNIAP Thailand works in four core areas: Building the Knowledge Base on Human Trafficking; Supporting Action on High Priority Areas; Targeted Interventions that Respond to Identified Gaps; and Strengthening Advocacy on the Issue of Human Trafficking.
UNIAP is unique because it works as a coordinating body and service provider to facilitate successful responses by its partners, rather than implementing programs itself. Our approach in supporting and initiating programs and then stepping back as our partners take them forward, ensures that full-scale responses to trafficking are implemented by those best placed to do so. |
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| As a service provider, UNIAP China provides a platform for action on trafficking. We facilitate closer, more effective working relationships, and act as a catalyst for these relationships to translate into action: |
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Building the Knowledge Base on Human Trafficking |
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| UNIAP China has developed and is piloting trafficking awareness training for domestic media. We also disseminate a bilingual weekly E-News Digest of trafficking news articles, publish a quarterly national language trafficking information newsletter. |
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Supporting Action on High Priority Areas |
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| UNIAP China is conducting training needs analysis for government departments on existing anti-trafficking responses, organising inter-agency working group meetings with partners, co-sponsoring training with All-China Women’s Federation and ILO-IPEC for Yunnan and Guangxi government officials on labour issues, and working with Save the Children UK on trafficking prevention through life skills training for women in Yunnan. |
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Targeted Interventions that Respond to Identified Gaps |
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| UNIAP China is working with UNIAP Lao PDR to facilitate the strengthening of cross-border police collaboration between China and Lao PDR on issues of cross-border trafficking between the two countries. This involves arranging meetings between Yunnan provincial police and Lao police. |
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Strengthening Advocacy on the Issue of Human Trafficking |
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| UNIAP China is working with the Ministry of Public Security to develop the National Plan of Action. We also provide support to the ongoing COMMIT process, and work with government and UN partners to advocate for acceding to the United Nations Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children. |
