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Our new EHAAT regional routes mapping report highlights re-trafficking as a persistent concern in East Africa, with nearly half of documented survivors trafficked more than once. The findings point to layered vulnerabilities across age, gender, education, and displacement, underscoring the need for long-term, trauma-informed support.
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Civil society groups in the EHAAT Network are shifting focus from documenting re-trafficking to identifying practical steps, like expanding legal aid and compensation, to strengthen survivor protection.
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Civil society groups in the EHAAT Network are shifting focus from documenting re-trafficking to identifying practical steps, like expanding legal aid and compensation, to strengthen survivor protection.
New data collected by EHAAT civil society groups offers fresh insights into survivor recovery journeys, service gaps, and outcomes across East Africa. The findings highlight the central role of legal support in enabling access to services, compensation, and longer-term protection.
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Freedom Collaborative convened EHAAT and our Forced Criminality Working Group for the first session of a new learning series, exploring how East Africans are trafficked into Southeast Asian cyber-scam centers and the protection gaps survivors face.
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Freedom Collaborative and the EHAAT Network have released a new regional routes mapping report documenting nearly 400 cases of unsafe migration and trafficking across East Africa. The findings reveal shifting destinations, persistent re-trafficking, and emerging patterns of exploitation — and highlight the vital role of civil society in shaping more effective protection responses.
East Africa’s annual Regional CSO Forum brought together EHAAT members in Bishoftu, Ethiopia, to strengthen cooperation, share new research, and agree on concrete commitments to enhance anti-trafficking responses and support for vulnerable migrants.
Civil society groups from the EHAAT Network joined a regional call with Red Rope and HAART Kenya to discuss rising cases of African women trafficked into India, highlighting systemic vulnerabilities, rescue efforts, and the urgent need for survivor-led solutions.
EHAAT civil society organizations have launched a new bi-weekly communications training program, hosted by BMM, to strengthen outreach, media engagement, and ethical storytelling in the anti-trafficking sector.
EHAAT members met in Kampala, Uganda, for a three-day Resource Mobilization Strategy Workshop facilitated by Freedom Collaborative, developing a collective plan to strengthen sustainability, expand reach, and amplify impact across the region.
EHAAT members gathered in Juba, South Sudan, for the final phase of a regional training series on survivor inclusion, equipping CSOs with tools to ethically, securely, and sustainably embed survivor voices in their work.
Civil society groups in the EHAAT Network are shifting focus from documenting re-trafficking to identifying practical steps, like expanding legal aid and compensation, to strengthen survivor protection.
New data collected by EHAAT civil society groups offers fresh insights into survivor recovery journeys, service gaps, and outcomes across East Africa. The findings highlight the central role of legal support in enabling access to services, compensation, and longer-term protection.
Our new EHAAT regional routes mapping report highlights re-trafficking as a persistent concern in East Africa, with nearly half of documented survivors trafficked more than once. The findings point to layered vulnerabilities across age, gender, education, and displacement, underscoring the need for long-term, trauma-informed support.
Freedom Collaborative and the EHAAT Network have released a new regional routes mapping report documenting nearly 400 cases of unsafe migration and trafficking across East Africa. The findings reveal shifting destinations, persistent re-trafficking, and emerging patterns of exploitation — and highlight the vital role of civil society in shaping more effective protection responses.
East Africa’s annual Regional CSO Forum brought together EHAAT members in Bishoftu, Ethiopia, to strengthen cooperation, share new research, and agree on concrete commitments to enhance anti-trafficking responses and support for vulnerable migrants.
Civil society groups from the EHAAT Network joined a regional call with Red Rope and HAART Kenya to discuss rising cases of African women trafficked into India, highlighting systemic vulnerabilities, rescue efforts, and the urgent need for survivor-led solutions.
EHAAT civil society organizations have launched a new bi-weekly communications training program, hosted by BMM, to strengthen outreach, media engagement, and ethical storytelling in the anti-trafficking sector.
EHAAT members met in Kampala, Uganda, for a three-day Resource Mobilization Strategy Workshop facilitated by Freedom Collaborative, developing a collective plan to strengthen sustainability, expand reach, and amplify impact across the region.
EHAAT members gathered in Juba, South Sudan, for the final phase of a regional training series on survivor inclusion, equipping CSOs with tools to ethically, securely, and sustainably embed survivor voices in their work.
Collaborative efforts by the East and Horn of Africa Anti-Trafficking (EHAAT) Network, facilitated by Freedom Collaborative, recently led to the development of impactful region-specific recommendations for the Africa Regional Review of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM), which took place in October 2024
East African CSOs agree plans to build on previous successes at this year’s EHAAT Regional Forum.
