Trafficking in Persons Prevention Program
Trafficking in Persons (TIP) is modern – day slavery. It is a crime that simultaneously and systematically violates individual’s human rights. Mexico is origin, transit and destination country for victims of human trafficking with purposes of sexual commercial exploitation, labor exploitation and organ trafficking.
CEIDAS is recognized for operating transparently and being accountable. Therefore our organization has been awarded for the second consecutive year with a Grant from the Department of State of the United States of America to develop the Trafficking in Persons Prevention Program.
This Program aims to:
- 1. Promote the improvement of juridical frameworks and public policies (at Federal and state level), to sanction and prevent human trafficking, and to protect its victims.
- 2. Emphasize public awareness and public outreach by executing a TIP awareness and education campaign at a national level, aiming to aware both, vulnerable groups of human trafficking risks, and Mexican population about the complexity and the size of the problem.
This campaign seeks to join efforts of multiple actors to combat human trafficking in Mexico, so that the population (especially youth) could develop the necessary skills to identify risks associated to human trafficking and aware their communities.
The TIP awareness and education campaign involves the following activities:
- Promote among researchers and students the necessity of working on TIP research projects
- Develop TIP social responsibility projects with enterprises
- Teach workshops and offer trainings on human trafficking for journalists and NGOs
- Teach TIP courses (undergraduate and graduate level) at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and Technological Institute of Monterrey (ITESM)
- Promote TIP awareness with high school students
Alliances
CEIDAS is convinced that the effective combat of human trafficking requires a multidisciplinary approach. Therefore CEIDAS has established alliances with the Mexican Senate, the National Commission for Human Rights, the National Autonomous University of Mexico, Technological Institute of Monterrey, Imagen Group, The Daywalka Foundation and The African Tourism and Development Organization in order to join efforts to combat human trafficking.
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