Combating human trafficking: The role of NGOs in the fight against human trafficking in Zimbabwe
Duration: 1 November 2019 to February 2022
Project team: Dr Roda Madziva is PI
Project summary
Zimbabwe is a source, transit and destination country for trafficking in persons, yet the prevalence of different forms of human trafficking in the country is unknown and the conviction rates and victim identification patterns remain a cause for concern. Also, Zimbabwe's current Trafficking in Persons law is inconsistent with international laws as it defines trafficking in persons as a movement based crime and does not adequately define 'exploitation'. This not only leaves many victims of trafficking without legal protection but has huge implications on how human trafficking is understood and anti-trafficking initiatives are undertaken.
This ESRC-GCRF funded project aims to map the human trafficking activity in Zimbabwe through secondary analysis of NGO data and raise awareness of the trends, prevalence of different forms of human trafficking and the impact on gender and age. Through interdisciplinary and participatory research with one Zimbabwean university and 4 local and international NGOs involved with anti-human trafficking work in Zimbabwe, this project fills a major evidence gap about the role played by NGOs in the fight against human trafficking.
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