The project will work towards the promotion of the rights of women, specifically related to violence against women, and intends to achieve these goals by supporting local NGOs in the development of self-help groups for migrant women affected by violence. Through these groups, the needs and priorities of migrant women affected by violence will be discussed, developed, and articulated through various channels to the government, mass organisations, media, and communities.

This research is a post-trafficking site survey with the following objectives: to document the health risks encountered by trafficked persons throughout the trafficking process; to identify reported physical and psychological health symptoms; to explore social responses (e.g.

Information collected by IOM in the first phase of this project reveal that migrants and members of host communities have little or no knowledge or perception of risk of human pandemic. Most governments at the national, provincial or district level do not have pandemic preparedness plans for the local communities let alone migrants communities. During this phase of the project the capacity of district officials, community workers, migrant and host communities will be strengthened to be prepared for a pandemic or any other humanitarian crisis.