Campaign against trafficking launched
Bangladesh UN Network on Migration has launched an eight-day social media campaign from Saturday to promote activities against and increase awareness on human trafficking through online platforms, marking the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons 2021.
For this, an event page "Observing World Day Against Trafficking in Persons 2021" has been created on Facebook. International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Bangladesh is the secretariate and coordinating body of BDUNNM.
According to details of the event page, its activities aim to promote the content and message of the day and promote content against human trafficking and on safe migration.
It stressed need for comprehensive awareness campaign using social media in fight against human trafficking.
As part of the campaign, a webinar to commemorate the day and organised by the Counter-Trafficking in Persons Technical Working Group (CTIPTWG) under BDUNNM is scheduled to take place on Wednesday.
Different civil society and migrant rights groups have also been part of the campaign which will continue till July 31.
Alongside Facebook, activities of the awareness campaign will be promoted and shared on other social media platforms including twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.
According to details of the event page, Bangladesh is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and child victims of human trafficking while the Covid-19 pandemic has had a variety of effects on people's vulnerability to human trafficking.
The theme for the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons 2021 is "Victims' Voices Lead the Way".
BDUNNM was launched on July 7, 2019 to ensure coordinated, effective, and timely support to Bangladesh government in implementing the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM).
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