Seventeen women victims of trafficking in Satkhira have returned to their everyday life by “speaking up” and enabling themselves under a pilot project.
Another 42 victims of the district have also been benefited from “Habla Project,” the project, which encourages such victims sharing their experiences on woman trafficking and sexual exploitation, said a press release.
An Information Health Booth was set up in May this year and around 59 victims have been served under the project till September. Of them, 17 have returned to their life, it added.
Foundation Centre for Women and Children Studies (CWCS) and Biswas Foundation are jointly implementing the project in 10 unions of Debhata and Kaliganj upazilas of Satkhira distric, said CWCS President Ishrat Shamim.
In Bangladesh, the project aims to help human trafficking victims share their experiences, she added.
“Habla” is a Spanish word means “speak up,” which is a key in social enabling and awareness raising initiative for the victims of trafficking and exploitation, said the project initiators at a press conference at the National Press Club yesterday.
The project, funded by Anesvad Foundation, involves community videos portraying problems faced by women in their workplaces through mobile phones, said Bernardo Garcia Izquierdo, Director General of the foundation.
Fundación Anesvad, a Spanish NGO, works to promote and protect health as a fundamental human right in Asian, Latin American and African countries.
