Contemporary Forms of Slavery
BY FUNDSFORNGOS, ON APRIL 26TH, 2011
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has issued a call
for applications for the United Nations Trust Fund that allocates
project grants for programmes ofhumanitarian, legal and financial
assistance to individuals whose human rights have been severely
violated as a result of contemporary forms of slavery.
Contemporary forms of slavery include chattel slavery, serfdom, forced
labour, debt bondage, the worst forms of child labour, forced and
early marriage and the sale of wives, trafficking of persons and human
organs, sexual slavery, sale of children and children in armed
conflicts, etc.
Projects undertaken with the Fund’s grants include medical,
psychological, education and housing assistance aid for women and
girls who are victims of forced marriages, vocational training to
victims of human trafficking for sexual and economic exploitation;
support to rehabilitation centers for sexually and physically abused
street children and projects to identify and release bonded labourers
in the agriculture, carpet and construction industries. Other projects
have provided victims with the means to generate sustainable sources
of income, such as sewing machines, hairdressing equipment, or farming
tools.
The Fund is administrated by the Secretary General, who is advised by
a Board of Trustees. The Board is composed of five persons with
relevant experience in the field of human rights, and contemporary
forms of slavery in particular, serving in their personal capacity.
The members of the Board are appointed by the Secretary-General with
due regard to equitable geographical distribution, for three-year,
once renewable terms.
The deadline to submit applications for this project grant opportunity
is 31 May 2011. For more information, visit this link.
http://www.fundsforngos.org/
untary-trust-fund-
Call for Applications for the Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery
Reviewed by Unknown
on
12:57:00 AM
Rating:
No comments: