Overall consolidated report of the migration health activities in the IOM South-Eastern Europe, Eastern Europe and Central Asian (SEEECA) region in 2018. The report covers the activities of country missions and the regional office on Health Promotion and Assistance for Migrants (H2/MA) and Migration Health Assistance for Crisis-Affected Populations (H3/MP) programme.
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The overall objective of this 6-month follow-up project is to further increase the protection of the rights of women heads of migrant households in order to reduce their vulnerability in the absence of their spouses. IOM aims to achieve this goal through close coordination with its local Migrant Support Centre (NGO Shahrvand) together with the input and joint action of government agencies such as the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, Committee for Women and Family Affairs, and local community leaders.
Psychosocial support to victims of trafficking (VOTs) should be integral to the services provided by concerned structures in Tajikistan. Currently, the limited number of services provided by government and civil society partners does not include psychosocial support to trafficking victims. This is due to a lack of information, knowledge, and skills necessary to address the health care and social reintegration needs of this vulnerable group.
Building on the identified gaps, the proposed action is designed to assist the Government of Tajikistan (GoT) by extending human trafficking advisory and expertise to ensure efficient and effective implementation of the National Plan of Action for 2014-2016.
This project will focus on continuation of direct assistance to victims of trafficking, which will include legal, medical, psychological and social assistance through a shelter, which will be created in the framework of this project and implementation of the reintegration component of this project. It is to be highlighted that IOM has developed a handbook for victims' assistance for internal and external use. The handbook offers guidance based on IOM's years of experience, which would be also used for implementation of this project.
Project impact : This project will contribute to reformed Tajik and Afghan governmental and border management bodies that operate in a more open environment enabling stronger community level resilience to pressures linked to socio-economic instability, conflict, crime, health, and disasters through increased integration. As such, it supports both pillars of the NSC Central Asia Strategy 2015-2020.
