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A Counter-Trafficking : Overview of ICMC Counter-trafficking Programming

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Indonesia

Contact:
Peter Hislaire
Director of Operations

Country overview

Since October 2001, ICMC has been implementing a counter-trafficking program in partnership with the Solidarity Center [American Center for International Labor Solidarity (ACILS)] in Indonesia, funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID).

ICMC and our partner ACILS, out of respect for human dignity and in solidarity with workers and uprooted people, are working for the elimination of exploitation of vulnerable people. To that end the program seeks to counter the trafficking of Indonesian women and children by working with NGOs, trades unions and the government to implement prevention programs, provide services to victims, and improve counter trafficking policies, legislation and law enforcement.

Working through the Ministry for Women's Empowerment, which has been tasked with spearheading the government's counter trafficking initiatives, the program is building the capacity of the national and local governments to address the trafficking problem: raising their awareness of the issues; providing opportunities to learn from the experiences of other Southeast Asian countries; providing support for developing a comprehensive national plan of action; and drafting new counter trafficking legislation and policies.
Recent project activities include:

• Technical assistance and funding for the development of counter trafficking legislation.
  
• Review of existing legislation for use in prosecuting trafficking cases and in examining gaps in the existing legislation to be filled by the new anti-trafficking bill.
  
• Funding for attendance at the Human Rights Challenge of Globalization - Trafficking Conference in Hawaii , November 2002
  
• Training on basic trafficking concepts
  
• Study tours to high trafficking sending, receiving and transit areas throughout Indonesia
  
• Technical assistance for a study tour to Cambodia and the Philippines
  
• Assistance on developing standards for return and reintegration of victims of trafficking

ICMC also works in partnership with Indonesian NGOs to implement prevention programs, conduct research and provide services to victims. ICMC works to prevent women and children from becoming victims of trafficking by raising awareness amongst vulnerable groups of migrant workers, housemaids and sex workers, as well as amongst target communities and professionals who come in contact with vulnerable groups. ICMC is funding research into causes and patterns of trafficking in Bali, West Kalimantan, and Riau provinces, as well as in Jakarta prisons amongst women drug traffickers, and on child domestic workers. Services for victims include counseling, shelter, medical services, and legal assistance.
In support of these programs, ICMC is providing:

• Technical assistance
  
• Small grants
  
• Training on 'How to conduct a counter trafficking awareness raising campaign'
  
• Training on 'How to conduct counter trafficking research and documentation'

ICMC and ACILS are also creating counter-trafficking networks throughout Indonesia and disseminating information to relevant organizations on lessons learned and best practices.

Trafficking report

In May 2003, ICMC and ACILS jointly published Trafficking of Women and Children in Indonesia. This is the first comprehensive report on trafficking in Indonesia ever published.

A pdf copy of this report is available on this website. Please note that the document runs to 308 pages, and the file size is 1.45 MB. Depending on your Internet connection speed, it may take about 10 minutes to download Trafficking of Women and Children in Indonesia.

Indonesian TV star joins fight against human trafficking

Dewi Hughes

The ICMC/ACILS Counter-Trafficking Programme hosted a press conference on Friday, 19th June 2003, in Jakarta to introduce Dewi Hughes, the newly appointed, and first, National Spokesperson for the Campaign to Eliminate the Trafficking of Indonesian Women and Children. The ICMC/ACILS Counter Trafficking Program staff organised and facilitated the selection process that led to the appointment of Ms. Hughes.