Preventing Trafficking for Labour Exploitation in China(CP-TING Project¹) is a partnership between the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the All-China Women’s Federation (ACWF). It is implemented in close collaboration with the Chinese Government, and receives funding from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). The project was designed with partners, and draws on lessons learned from the Project to Prevent Trafficking in Girls and Young Women for Labour Exploitation within China (CP-TING, 2004-2008), and the Mekong Sub-region Project to Combat Trafficking in Children and Women (TICW), which operated in China’s Yunnan province, 2000-2008. The project receives technical support from the ILO’s International Programme for the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC). 

 

Project Objective

 

Preventing Trafficking for Labour Exploitation in China promotes improved labour rights of women and children in China with the goal of reducing trafficking for labour exploitation. To this end, the project seeks to:

 

• improve relevant policy frameworks;
• improve the implementation of trafficking prevention measures in pilot provinces; and,
• increase the ability of women and children to better protect their rights and migrate safely.

 

Prevention is the most sustainable long-term solution to trafficking. The CP-TING project developed a number of successful models for prevention in both "sending" and "receiving" provinces, and established effective approaches for coordinated partner action and mainstreaming service delivery.

 

Phase II of CP-TING will enhance service delivery and reach more of China’s young migrant population who we believe are even more vulnerable in the current economic downturn. China now has a National Plan of Action in Trafficking, and the project will support the implementation of provincial level Plans of Action in Yunnan, Anhui, Hunan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Fujian, Jiangsu, and Guangdong.

  

Expected Results

• The project will increase the capacity of agencies, social partners, and communities in eight provinces to deliver relevant services to vulnerable groups².
• 75,000 women (age 19-24) and children (boys and girlsunder 18) at risk of being trafficked will be empowered to protect themselves from being trafficked.
• The good practice models will be widely disseminated.
• Leaders who design and monitor provincial programs will become advocates for trafficking prevention, effectively mobilizing local resources to ensure mainstreaming of programs within government work plans. 

 

Budget and Duration

 

The project is three years, from January 2010-December 2012. It is funded by the Canadian International Development Agency by a grant in the amount of CDN $4 million. Chinese partners provide counterpart funding.

 

 

Contact Information

 

International Labour Organization                      All-China Women's Federation

1-10 Tayuan Diplomatic Building                       15 Jianguomennei Dajie

14 Liangmahe Nanlu                                         Dongcheng District

100600 Beijing, China                                      100017 Beijing, China

8610-65325091                                                8610-65266502

E-mail: yanghong@ilo.org

  

 

 

^[1]We continue to use the acronym "CP-TING" because it is a recognized brand in China for effective trafficking prevention approaches and safe migration in pilot provinces.

^[2]Including young migrants, drop-outs, poor rural youth, ethnic minorities, and left-behind children.