Ashshash: For Men and Women Who Have Escaped Trafficking
The overall objective of the Ashshash Phase II is to restore the dignity and well-being of women and men who have escaped trafficking through enhancing self-reliance. The programme aims to offer psychosocial counseling to aid women and men in reconstructing their self-identity and enhancing their socio-economic resilience.
Major Outcomes
- Men and women who have escaped trafficking improve their social and economic well-being by using services for reintegration.
- Institutions are made more accountable and effective in providing services beneficial to men and women who have escaped trafficking.
Major Activities
- Survivor identification
- Case management
- Psychosocial counseling
- Pathways to economic empowerment
Reshaping Migration Path: Bridging Dreams, Breaking Chains (PERI Project)
The WARBE Development Foundation, in partnership with The Asia Foundation, is implementing the Promoting Effective, Responsive, and Inclusive Governance in Bangladesh (PERI) Project to reform the labor migration system. This initiative focuses on regulating sub-agents (middlemen), reducing migration costs, preventing exploitation, and strengthening justice mechanisms for migrant workers in Bangladesh.
Despite recent legal amendments (Migration Act 2023), unregulated sub-agents continue to operate, increasing migration costs and exposing workers to fraud and exploitation. This project introduces key pathways to establish a fairer and more transparent labor migration system.
Project's Objective
- Regulating and holding sub-agents accountable under the law to prevent fraud and reduce migration costs.
- Strengthening Grievance Management Committees (GMCs) to provide justice and dispute resolution for migrants.
- Enhancing policy and legal frameworks through collaboration with government agencies, parliamentarians, and civil society organizations.
- Raising awareness and educating migrants about their rights and protections.
- Developing digital tools, including a sub-agent registration database and migrant profiling system for better oversight.
Expected Impact
- A regulated, fair, and transparent labor migration system.
- Reduced fraud, exploitation, and human trafficking.
- Lower migration costs and improved legal support.
- Greater access to justice through strengthened GMCs & GRCs.