HumanTrafficking.org | Singapore International Organization: UNIFEM Singapore

A web resource for combating human trafficking

National Committee for UNIFEM, Singapore
2 Nassim Road
Singapore 258370

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Fax: 6238 6762

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Tel: +65 6238 6761
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UNIFEM Singapore's goals are to focus on the prevention of trafficking by addressing the normative factors that generate demand.

Objectives:

To build knowledge/understanding of the ideas, perceptions, values, behaviour that generates the demand for trafficked persons, especially women and children into the sex sector and domestic work, and document, share and advocate alternate transformative practice;
To promote policies/programmes that transform ideas, perceptions, values, behaviour that generates such demand;
To pilot innovative programmes with teachers and students in educational institutions, youth and male groups, that investigate and provide alternatives to prevailing norms, and behaviour generating demand;
To raise public consciousness and provide alternatives to prevailing norms and behaviour generating demand.

Activities:

Conduct surveys on perceptions, values and behaviours that generate demand for trafficked persons, especially women and children into the sex sector and domestic work and document and analyze alternate transformative practices;
Develop advocacy materials targeted at policy makers, media personnel, middle and high-school students and teachers of local schools, community based, national and local youth and male groups;
Pilot programmes, and conduct national and local work-shops for middle and high-school students and teachers, male and youth groups that interrogate and provide alternatives to prevailing norms, and behaviour generating demand;
Organize government meetings to promote policies and programmes that seek to transform ideas, perceptions, values and behaviour that generate demand;
Convene regional workshops to discuss good practices and continuing challenges between countries of origin and countries of destination;
Conduct sensitization workshops for the media and undertake local and national media programmes to raise public awareness that interrogate and provide alternatives to prevailing norms and behaviours generating demand.

Anticipated Results:

Policy with budget, introduced to integrate in school curriculum value education that includes challenges to prevailing norms and behaviours generating demand for trafficked persons,
Modules interrogating and providing alternatives to prevailing norms and behaviours generating demand for trafficked persons, integrated into value education syllabus of school curriculum;
Principles of gender equality, non-discrimination, respect and dignity to all human beings an integral part of the constitution/ charters of educational institutions, male networks, associations, student bodies;
Male networks/associations, community based organizations, student bodies implement activities on alternatives to prevailing norms and behaviours generating demand for trafficked persons;
Advocacy materials generating knowledge and understanding of perceptions, values and behaviours that generate a demand for trafficked persons, especially women and children, and alternate transformative practice, developed and widely disseminated.
Better media reportage, analysis in key national and regional media on the issue;

For more information, download UNIFEM Trafficking Paper

Current Projects:

"Not a Minute More" - Campaign to end violence against women.