The work the OSCE does for our Centre is immeasurable.
The fight against human trafficking is the prime goal of the Centre of Women’s Social Advancement. We are a non-governmental organization, and the work the OSCE does for our Centre is immeasurable. It was the OSCE Centre in Tashkent that organized the first training for the fight against trafficking in Uzbekistan. During the training, leaders of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) learned about the problem of trafficking in human beings and how to prevent it for the first time. Seminars and workshops were organized by the OSCE that helped us to do our work more professionally. The OSCE also supports the change of attitude of government officials towards NGOs and their role in combating trafficking in human beings.
A convincing example of this change is a working group that brings together representatives of the Prosecutor’s Office, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Health, the Labour and Social Protection of Population Department, the Ministry of Education, representatives of the media and two other non-governmental organizations. Now, government bodies and NGOs work together in preventing trafficking, helping the victims and conducting joint media campaigns.
A study tour for the members of government and non-government working groups was organized by the OSCE last year. It took us to Macedonia and Italy where we experienced anti-trafficking work in these countries. The results of this tour were joint actions of government bodies and non-government organizations and the acknowledgement of the role of NGOs by officials in the fight against human trafficking.
In August 2004, together with the OSCE Centre in Tashkent, we set up a youth summer camp. The 80 participants were trained to carry out the information campaign “We are against modern day slavery!”. Since this summer camp, these volunteers have been doing useful work among the youth. They have organized over 100 meetings in which about 5000 students took part — and the number of volunteers is still growing.
- Martti Ahtisaari
- Arifa
- Paddy Ashdown
- Robert L. Barry
- Jack Bell
- Dieter Boden
- Vladimir Chizhov
- Terry Davis
- Freimut Duve
- Roland Eggleston
- Benita Ferrero-Waldner
- Gerald R. Ford
- Victor-Yves Ghebali
- Lev Harutyunyan
- Soren Jessen-Petersen
- Irinia Kamenyuk
- Jurica Malcic
- Aaron Rhodes
- Michel Rocard
- Olga Sashina
- Zivorad Savic
- Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
- Frits Schlingemann
- Max van der Stoel
- Rita Süssmuth
- Erion Veliaj
- Volodymyr Vlasov
- Violetta Yan
- Andrei Zagorski
- Wolfgang Zellner