Bangladesh Counter Trafficking-In-Persons (BC/TIP) Program QUARTERLY PERFORMANCE REPORT YEAR 5, April - June 2019 Cooperative Agreement No

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partnershipBangladesh Counter Trafficking-in-Persons (BC/TIP) Program QUARTERLY PERFORMANCE REPORT YEAR 5, April - June 2019 Cooperative Agreement No. AID-388-A-14-00003

Prepared for: Prepared by: Habiba Akter Winrock International Agreement Officer’s Representative 2101 Riverfront Drive United States Agency for International Little Rock, Arkansas 72202 Development/Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh

Submitted July 31, 2019

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The author’s views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

BRIEF PROGRAM DESCRIPTION 6

POLITICAL CONTEXT AND ENABLING ENVIRONMENT 6

PROGRAM IMMEDIATE RESULTS 7

SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES 10

IR 1. PREVENTION: STRENGTHEN CAPACITY OF COMMUNITIES TO IDENTIFY AND PREVENT TIP 14

IR 2: PROTECTION: IMPROVED ACCESS OF TRAFFICKING VICTIMS TO ASSISTANCE 30

IR 3. PROSECUTION: INCREASED RESPONSIVENESS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACTORS TO TIP VICTIMS 36

IR 4. PARTNERSHIP: EFFECTIVE AND COORDINATED PARTNERSHIP AMONG STAKEHOLDERS TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS 43

IR 5. CHILD MARRIAGE: INCREASED RESPONSIVENESS OF DUTY BEARERS AND JUSTICE ACTORS ON CHILD MARRIAGE ISSUES 46

IR 6. KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND LEARNING: INCREASED USE OF LEARNING ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE AND ACHIEVE RESULTS 52

CHALLENGES 55

EXPENDITURES 57

PROGRAM PRIORITIES FOR QUARTER 4, YEAR 5 57

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT 59

ANNEX A: BC/TIP CORE PERFORMANCE INDICATORS: Q3 OF Y5 (APRIL – JUNE 2019) 60

ANNEX B: BC/TIP ’S ACTIVITY INDICATORS, OBJECTIVES AND GOALS: Q3 OF Y5 (APRIL – JUNE 2019) 74

Cover Photo: Peer Leader Facilitator conducting an awareness raising session on Safe Migration, TIP, and Child Marriage. The session was organized by BC/TIP partner organization PROYAS in the Chapainavabgonj District.

Photo Credit: PROYAS

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ABBREVIATIONS a2i Access to Information ATSEC Action against Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation of Children BC/TIP Bangladesh Counter Trafficking-in-Persons BITA Bangladesh Institute of Theater Arts BMET Bureau of Manpower, Education and Training BNWLA Bangladesh National Women Lawyers Association BSEHR Bangladesh Society for Enforcement of Human Rights CBO Community-Based Organization CBSG Capacity Building Service Group CBT Cognitive Behavioral Therapy CTC Counter-Trafficking Committee CTIP Counter-trafficking in Persons CWCS Center for Women and Children Studies DAM Dhaka Ahsania Mission DEMO District Education and Manpower Office DG Director General DQA Data Quality Assessment DYD Department of Youth Development GOB Government of Bangladesh GO-NGO Governmental Organization/Non-Governmental Organization ICT Information and Communication Technology IEC Information, Education, and Communication IGP Inspector General of Police INGO International Non-Governmental Organization IR Intermediate Result M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MOEWOE Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment MOHA Ministry of Home Affairs MoSW Ministry of Social Welfare MoLJPA Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs MOWCA Ministry of Women and Children Affairs MOU Memorandum of Understanding MSP Multi-Sectoral Program MSW Ministry of Social Welfare MYS Ministry of Youth and Sports NGO Non-Governmental Organization NLASO National Legal Aid Services Organization NPA National Plan of Action OEMA Overseas Employment and Migrant Act of 2013 OKUP Ovibashi Karmi Unnayan Program PSA Public Service Announcement PSHTA Prevention and Suppression of Human Trafficking Act of 2012 PTSD Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder 4

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Q1/2/3 Quarter 1/2/3 SDC Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SME Small and medium-enterprise TIP Trafficking-in-Persons TTC Technical Training Center UDC Upazila Cooperative Department UNO Upazila Nirbahi Officer UP Union Parishad USG United States Government VTF Vigilance Task Force VGD Vulnerable Group Development Y4 Year Four YPSA Young Power in Social Action

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BRIEF PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

In Bangladesh, the National Plan of Action 2018 – 2022 is the mechanism through which stakeholders can track the country’s progress in countering trafficking in terms of prevention, protection, prosecution and partnership through achievement of results under Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Targets 8.7 and 16.2. It is expected that the concerned ministries led by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA) will take the necessary steps to achieve results and targets of the NPA, and if so, the TIP-related situation in Bangladesh will be significantly improved. With the proper implementation of the NPA, Bangladesh will join those countries that are detecting more victims and convicting more traffickers.

The six-year Bangladesh Counter Trafficking-in-Persons (BC/TIP) Program, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by Winrock International, provides technical assistance to the Government of Bangladesh through supporting the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) in the implementation of the NPA. BC/TIP and its partners work closely with MoHA in terms of monitoring the progress of the NPA, facilitating the monitoring of cases in collaboration with the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, and activating Counter Trafficking Committees (CTCs) at the local level.

At the local level, the BC/TIP program works in 20 select districts to address the issues of trafficking, child marriage, and gender-based violence (GBV). BC/TIP provides robust interventions in all four USAID areas of emphasis: Prevention, Protection, Prosecution, and Partnership. The project connects local and national government representatives, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), development partners, citizens and community leaders to prevent TIP and child marriage, protect survivors from revictimization by providing necessary support, prosecute the crimes of perpetrators, and engage at all levels of society as change agents in curbing the crime. The BC/TIP program works collaboratively with stakeholders to reduce the prevalence of human trafficking and child marriage in Bangladesh by:

 Strengthening the capacity of stakeholders to identify victims of trafficking and child marriage and take action;  Improving victims’ access to assistance;  Increasing the responsiveness of criminal justice actors to victims of trafficking and child marriage; and  Facilitating effective and coordinated partnerships among stakeholders to combat trafficking and child marriage.

The purpose of this report is to outline project achievements and activities undertaken in Quarter 3, Year 5 (April-June 2019). The report also includes information on the current socio-economic and political situation in Bangladesh and the challenges addressed by the BC/TIP project.

POLITICAL CONTEXT AND ENABLING ENVIRONMENT

Economic and human development: In 2018, Bangladesh fulfilled all three eligibility criteria for graduation from the UN’s Least Developed Countries list for the first time and is on track for graduation in 2024. Bangladesh has made progress towards achieving the socio-economic and human development indicators as envisaged by the current government. Over the past 10 years, Bangladesh has experienced a steady increase in per capita GDP and a decline in poverty. The GDP growth rate accelerated to 7% in FY 2018-19. Faster and inclusive GDP

BC/TIP Quarterly Performance Report: Q3, Year 5 growth coupled with sustained macroeconomic stability, growing investments, exports and remittances and thriving industrialization have created a solid base for rapid economic development.

Rohingyas: As of July 15, 2019, there are 912,114 Rohingya individuals in Bangladesh: 630,000 in Kutupalong Balukhali expansion site; 276,000 in other camps; and 7,000 in host communities in Teknaf and Ukhia. This population has an enormous need for humanitarian services, placing an immense strain on an already resource-constrained service delivery system. Given uncertainties and expected delays in repatriation, the Government of Bangladesh will continue to deliver humanitarian aid directly and through UN agencies and local and international NGOs.

BC/TIP in Cox’s Bazar: Given the above context, counter-trafficking experts have warned that exploitation in refugee camps and host communities of Cox’s Bazar can be tackled only if authorities, local and international agencies, and communities work together. Accordingly, BC/TIP implements TIP and safe migration activities in Cox’s Bazar and also supports at-risk populations to address child marriage and GBV in host communities and Rohingya refugee populations. The BC/TIP program is implementing a carefully-designed set of activities to address the issues of trafficking, child marriage and GBV focusing on prevention, protection, prosecution and partnership. The program is working in Ukhia and Teknaf Upazila of Cox’s Bazar where the Rohingya camps are located and with Rohingya populations living outside of camps.

Anti-human trafficking – Bangladesh remains vulnerable: In 2019, Bangladesh received a waiver to remain on the US State Department’s Tier 2 Watch List for the third year in a row. Countries may stay on the watchlist for two years, after which time they are required to upgrade to Tier 2 or downgrade to Tier 3. Waivers are sometimes provided, allowing countries one additional year on the Tier 2 Watchlist. However, to upgrade to Tier 2 in 2020, Bangladesh must not only demonstrate “significant efforts” but must demonstrate “overall increasing efforts” to combat human trafficking. The Government of Bangladesh produced the NPA for Prevention and Suppression of Human Trafficking 2018-2022 which, if adequately implemented, would demonstrate enforcement and implementation procedures sufficient to meet the Trafficking Victim Protection Act’s (TVPA) minimum standards. Should Bangladesh fail to meet these standards for the April 2019-March 2020 reporting period and be downgraded to Tier 3, they risk losing non-humanitarian and non-trade related funding. Prioritized recommendations from the TIP report include increasing prosecutions and convictions (including cases involving Rohingya), eliminating recruitment fees for migrant workers, expanding victim services, enhancing training, and allowing the Rohingya freedom of movement, access to education, and employment opportunities. BC/TIP is working with authorities to implement programs and procedures in support of these goals.

PROGRAM IMMEDIATE RESULTS

The following immediate results were achieved in Q3 of Year 5 under each intermediate result (IR):

IR 1. Prevention: Strengthened capacity of communities to identify and prevent TIP The BC/TIP program assists the Government of Bangladesh to prevent TIP through building a collective effort with other relevant stakeholders. The objective of the prevention component of BC/TIP is to

BC/TIP Quarterly Performance Report: Q3, Year 5 strengthen the capacity of local communities (government departments, NGOs, private actors, community stakeholders, and volunteers) to prevent TIP crimes.

In accomplishing this core objective, BC/TIP’s prevention component focuses on three core areas: 1) strengthen local peer leaders and members of survivors’ voice ANIRBAN, 2) activate and capacitate CTCs at all levels, and 3) sensitize incumbent government counterparts and service providers to prevent TIP and mobilize support and services for the people at risk of TIP and victims/survivors of TIP. Additionally, at the policy level, BC/TIP’s prevention program over the past few years has promoted best practices of fair and ethical overseas labor recruitment among licensed recruiting agencies.

In Q3, BC/TIP and its sub-grantees conducted training for peer leaders and ANIRBAN members, took part in regular review meetings, and led consultations and orientations about the importance of sustainability. The program also organized trainings and follow-up meetings with Upazila and Union CTCs and facilitated orientations and advocacy consultations with incumbent local government and non-government departments and stakeholders. BC/TIP also created mass awareness within communities and at-risk populations through developing innovative messages and oriented potential overseas migrant workers on TIP risks and safe migration practices.

Peer leaders and ANIRBAN members play a significant role in communities to prevent TIP through hosting public awareness campaigns, identifying people at risk of TIP and victims of TIP, and mobilizing local service providers in providing services to TIP victims. According to the observation of the project team, CTCs at Union and Upazila levels gradually became active in most of the BC/TIP working areas. The CTC members also participated in various public awareness activities and identification and referrals of TIP victims for support and services. Community members also became more aware about TIP situations and disseminated TIP messages to their family members, relatives, friends and neighbors, which created comprehensive community awareness.

However, BC/TIP confronted practical challenges in promoting best practices of fair and ethical practices of overseas employment among licensed recruiting agencies, as these agencies were not adequately interested to receive this program. Earlier in the program, BC/TIP could rarely work with recruiting agencies through Sub-grantees, but now BC/TIP is trying to overcome these challenges. In successive quarters, BC/TIP will increase its effort to work with licensed recruiting agencies to promote ethical recruitment practices, in collaboration with IOM.

BC/TIP’s prevention components will continue focusing on the above-mentioned areas with a focus on sustainability of activities through local stakeholders and community members.

IR 2. Protection: Improved access of trafficking victims to assistance The BC/TIP protection component aims to improve survivor services following a rights-based and survivor- centered approach. To ensure best and appropriate services for survivors, BC/TIP works to provide holistic assistance including shelter homes, mental health, life skills, legal and livelihood support. BC/TIP also leads its partners to develop the capacity of service providing organizations to secure prompt and appropriate responses to survivors’ needs through establishing a functional referral system, promoting survivor leadership, and facilitating community-based reintegration support.

In Q3, BC/TIP provided support to the survivors of TIP following a survivor-centered approach, which enabled survivors to re-establish dignified lives and prevent them from being revictimized. The program 8

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also followed a coordinated and survivor-centered approach providing support services to the survivors of trafficking. During this reporting period, ANIRBAN members received orientation on a variety of topics, including the role and responsibilities of ANIRBAN at the community level; concepts of TIP; safe migration; the nexus between child marriage, GBV, and TIP; incumbent service providers; and available services for TIP survivors and victims. This type of orientation will help develop the skills of ANIRBAN eventually enabling them to function as an organization.

One of the most significant services provided under the protection component of BC/TIP is counselling to help victims address their psychosocial issues and reduce trauma. Additionally, the program through its Sub-grantees also provided life skills training and livelihood support for meaningful reintegration of survivors into society.

IR 3. Prosecution: Increased responsiveness of criminal justice actors to trafficking victims BC/TIP continued to build up the capacity of criminal justice actors such as judicial officers (judges and magistrates) and public prosecutors. To ensure a coordinated approach to BC/TIP’s prosecution component, the project exchanges information and collaborates with several actors, such as INCIDIN Bangladesh, Justice and Care, Justice Watch Foundation, National Legal Aid Services Organization (NLASO), the Judicial Administration Training Institute (JATI), the Solicitors Wing and the Justice Division of the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs (MoLJPA), the Bangladesh Human Rights Commission, BRAC, as well as with Liberty Shared, USAID Asia CTIP, the Office of Prosecutorial Development, Assistance, and Training (OPDAT) of the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. State Department, as well as the International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) of the U.S. Department of Justice.

IR 4. Partnership: Effective and coordinated partnership among stakeholders to combat trafficking BC/TIP’s strategy to establish effective partnerships to combat TIP relies on a two-pronged approach: 1) strengthening the implementation of anti-trafficking and migration laws; and 2) engaging and leveraging resources from the private sector and other nonprofit investments in Bangladesh to support prevention, protection and prosecution efforts. Partnerships are steadily expanding as planned. Partnership with NLASO has been rekindled with the appointment of a new Director at NLASO resulting in joint training of panel lawyers. BC/TIP and BRAC collaborated on advocacy on the need for Special TIP Tribunals. BC/TIP and UNODC discussed the upcoming GLO.ACT program and collaboration with MOHA and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on the US TIP Report 2019 recommendations. BC/TIP and the Department for International Development (DFID) discussed DFID’s engagement in Cox’s Bazar and DFID’s potential work on TIP in Cox’s Bazar.

IR 5. Child Marriage: Increased responsiveness of duty bearers and justice actors on child marriage issues BC/TIP aims to increase the responsiveness of the duty bearers and relevant stakeholders so that they can contribute to reducing the prevalence of child marriage. The program, through its partners, trained marriage registrars on child marriage issues to sensitize them and raise awareness about the negative impact of child marriage on victims, victim’s family, and society, and to prevent registration of underage marriages in their respective locality. 9

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The partners provided an orientation to locally-elected representatives including violence against women (VAW) prevention committee members, CTC members, and other stakeholders including school management committees (SMCs), local leaders, teachers, and local journalists about the prevention of child marriage.

The sub-grantees of BC/TIP identified 37 child marriage victims and 80 girls that were at risk of child marriage. They also provided the victims with different support and services.

BC/TIP partners broadcast PSAs on child marriage issues through their community radio partners in order to reach wide ranges of the population.

BC/TIP organized a refresher training of trainers (ToT) course on child marriage for the sub-grantee staff as part of their capacity development so that they can renew their knowledge and learnings. Program staff also attended different networking meetings with like-minded organizations working on child marriage prevention and policy advocacy.

IR 6. Knowledge Management and Learning: Increased use of learning activities to improve performance During Q3, BC/TIP continued to support Digital Express to finalize the M&E software by solving the user acceptance testing (UAT) issues and new issues that were found by the partners during their one-month trial period.

BC/TIP updated the Mid-Term Review (MTR) tools and conducted an MTR of RDRS. BC/TIP also continued field monitoring of partners’ activities and provided an orientation on the M&E software to all partners.

BC/TIP developed the Terms of Reference for the study on the implications of the adopted Section 19 under the Child Marriage Restraint Act 2017.

Table 1. Progress on BC/TIP F-indicators in Q3 of Y5

Sl# Indicator Disaggregation Y5 planning Y5, Q3 achievement Remarks 1 Number of Gender, age 5,000,000 T - 48 Preparation for the people reached category, M - 0 development of by a USG geographic F – 48 PSAs with messages funded location, type on GBV has started. intervention (TIP, CVE, GBV, Geographic It is expected that providing GBV child marriage locations: Two PSA will be aired by services (e.g. and Rohingya Ukhia and Teknaf August 2019, which health, legal, and host will allow the psycho-social communities) Both Rohingya and program to achieve counselling, host community the overall targets shelters, under this indicator. hotlines, other) Age: 16-50 (GNDR-6)

SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES

The key achievements of BC/TIP’s activities during Year 5, Q3 are below. Table 2. Summary of BC/TIP Achievements in Y5, Q3

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BC/TIP Achievements Component Prevention  62 peer leaders and members of survivors’ voice ANIRBAN (F-29, M-33) participated in the Divisional Consultation of Peer Leaders and Members of Survivors’ Voice ANIRBAN  24 peer leaders and members of ANIRBAN (F-10, M-14) received a refresher training on TIP, safe migration, GBV and CM concerns  180 people at risk of TIP (F-65, M-115) identified and referred to various service providers (including for safe migration orientation, job placement, Government of Bangladesh safety-net programs, vocational trainings, shelter and other assistance)  113 community mobilization meetings, 102 group sessions, 28 school/college/madrasa awareness sessions, 10 video campaigns/theatre shows, two mass gatherings and one bicycle campaign organized to raise awareness on TIP, safe migration and CM  1,030 public service announcements (PSAs) and 15 talk-shows/magazine programs on TIP and safe migration broadcasted through 10 community radios; approximately 6,000,000 people (F-2,600,000, M-3,400,000) received information via these PSAs and magazine programs  48 journalists received training on TIP, safe migration, violence against women (VAW) and CM issues  2,382 outbound migrant workers (F-831, M-1551) received safe migration orientation from both public and private TTCs under BC/TIP’s module  More than 5,000 IEC materials and National Plan of Action (NPA) books distributed among targeted partners and stakeholders  313 CTC members (F-62, M-251) received orientation on their roles and responsibilities as per the NPA through 15 trainings  12 CTC activation meetings with 258 CTC members (F-51, M-207) organized to re-activate CTCs in one Upazila and 10 Unions; another 25 CTC meetings arranged to follow-up on CTC functions  44 CTC members (F-20, M-24) participated in BC/TIP program activities at different levels  21 instructors and trainers from two private recruiting agencies received refresher training on TIP and safe migration  Five advocacy meetings with 94 stakeholders (F-25, M-69) organized with Upazila administrations and other service providers/stakeholders to prevent TIP and protect the rights and dignity of survivors of TIP  One consultation workshop on fair and ethical overseas recruitment organized with 15 representatives (F-3, M-12) of both private and public overseas recruiting agencies  One MoU signed between Community Radio ’Pollikontho’ Moulovibazar and BITA Protection  16 ANIRBAN members (F-5, M-11) received capacity building training  157 victims of trafficking (F-85, M-72) enrolled in the BC/TIP program and referred for different types of support  156 survivors (F-60, M-96) received shelter  73 survivors (F-37, M-36) participated in life skills development training  46 trafficking survivors (F-32, M-14) received entrepreneurship training  40 livelihood activities secured by BC/TIP protection partners through referrals  23 survivors (F-21, M-2) received vocational training  59 survivors (F-26, M-33) received healthcare  17 survivors (F-3, M-14) received loans through referrals  145 survivors (F-112, M-33) received counselling  95 representatives (F-19, M-76) from CBOs and local communities received an orientation on sustainable reintegration of TIP survivors  11 meetings with service providers organized in the various BC/TIP working areas 11

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BC/TIP Achievements Component  Two new MoUs signed to facilitate assistance and services for TIP victims  22 survivors (F-20, M-2) received healthcare services through referrals  44 survivors (F-42, M-2) received entrepreneurship training through referrals  21 cases filed under the Prevention and Suppression of Human Trafficking Act, 2012 and BMET arbitration process Prosecution  32 district legal aid officers (F-10, M-22) including the deputy director and assistant directors of the National Legal Aid Services Organization (NLASO) were trained on TIP and protection of victims’ rights  One roundtable discussion with 24 participants (F-3, M-21) from law enforcement and justice system personnel and civil society to create awareness on “Legal issues relating to trafficking-in-persons in Bangladesh at Cox’s Bazar”  One police-prosecutors workshop at the district level on June 22, 2019 in Faridpur; 34 participants (M-24, F-10)  BC/TIP secured approval from the Inspector General of Police (IGP) on May 7, 2019 to conduct training for Criminal Investigations Department, Bangladesh Police, and finalized a training schedule for six trainings (tentative), which will start next quarter  Two meetings with Deputy Inspector General (DIG) for Organized Crime, and additional superintendent of police for working with the anti-trafficking police monitoring cell  NLASO approved the District Legal Aid Panel Lawyer awareness raising training to be held in Barishal next quarter  Two meetings with the Assistant Inspector General for training of the Bangladesh Police to renew the approval for training of all ranges of the police and all training institutes of the Bangladesh Police  Collected information and prepared for the pilot case monitoring conference (based in Rajshahi and Jashore). Conference will be held in Jashore next quarter.  One meeting held with JATI to conduct the final review of the existing BC/TIP judges training module, which will be incorporated in the regular curriculum of the Judicial Administration Training Institute  Two meetings held and a letter of request submitted to the Solicitor General to nominate participants for the public prosecutor training in Rangpur  BC/TIP provided legal assistance for 21 cases: nine cases under BMET to access the arbitration process, and 12 cases under the PSHTA, 2012  One survivor received BDT 20,000 from recruitment agencies/individuals through BMET arbitration Partnership  BC/TIP expanded its partnerships between Smiling Sun and YPSA in Cox’s Bazar, and between community radio Pollikontho and BITA  BC/TIP maintained its membership in the TIP Government/Non-Government Coordination Committee; MoEWOE Vigilance Taskforce; and NPA Implementation Committee.  Partnership/coordination activities with USAID Asia CTIP: o Coordination for Pro-bono Lawyers: The project is coordinating with the Government to expand pro-bono the system in Bangladesh. The USAID Asia CTIP project will provide support to share regional experiences and to support CSOs in Bangladesh to link to pro-bono lawyers in destination countries and build their capacity to gather evidence and prosecute cross-border cases. o Typologies: The project is interested to work with GOB to increase capacities on investigation and to test new approaches on CTIP investigation using the tools and practices developed for investigating money laundry and terrorism. USAID

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BC/TIP Achievements Component Asia CTIP Project will facilitate communication with Liberty Shared to build local capacities and learn through case studies assisted from Bangladesh. o Coordination with Malaysia: Asia CTIP will facilitate coordination meetings and consultations to advocate for improved agreements to regulate migration and prevent TIP in the Bangladesh-Malaysia corridor Child  Five trainings held with marriage registrars with 81 participants Marriage  One training held with ANIRBAN members with 16 participants  11 orientations conducted for 237 members (F-46, M-191) of Union Parishads, VAW Committees and CTCs  Seven orientations held for 138 participants (F-22, M-116) from other stakeholders including School Management Committees and local leaders  123 sensitization sessions held for 3,582 participants (F-2,651; M-931) including parents, grandparents, religious leaders and local influential people.  28 school and Theatre in Education (TiE) sessions conducted for 1,685 students (F-926, M- 759)  102 group discussions on CM conducted for 991 participants (F-481, M-510)  Four door-to-door campaigns organized for 120 participants (F-79, M-41)  Seven bicycle campaigns organized for 754 participants (F-294, M-460)  37 CM victims and 80 girls at risk identified and provided with support  PSA on CM broadcast 60 times reaching 2,641,161 people (F-1,246,339; M-1,394,822) MERL  Continued providing support to vendor for updating M&E Application software with Users Acceptance Testing findings  Updated tools for Midterm review  Conducted MTR with RDRS  Drafted CM TOR for consultancy  Continued field and event monitoring Cox’s Bazar  One in-house training conducted for staff in Cox’s Bazar on Winrock’s Code of Conduct Program  65 people (F-10, M-55) including local elected leaders, civil society leaders, and camp leaders oriented on risks of trafficking and mitigation strategies, CM and GBV in and outside of the camps; through a domino effect, the message has reached approximately 1,300 people (1:20)  Five survivors rescued from Jashore border area and provided shelter at DAM’s shelter home sent to camps in Cox’s Bazar  Six meetings with CTCs and 10 meetings with CICs conducted, which will help develop the tools to work with these groups to address the issues of TIP, CM and GBV  106 visits have been made to camps/CICs, police stations, Upazilas, Union Parishads and Pourashava to discuss how to effectively counter TIP, CM and GBV  30 women leaders representing local governments, educational institutions, civil society and Rohingya camps reached with awareness messages on TIP, CM and GBV; through a domino effect, the message has reached approximately 600 people (1:20)  Six CTCs at the Union Parishad level mobilized to work on the issues of TIP and safe migration. Project staff also motivated the CTCs to raise awareness among at-risk people and keep an eye on TIP-related incidents  48 religious and local elected leaders, including 6 women, oriented on the need for providing support to victims of trafficking and CM  30 law enforcement, justice sector, and civil society actors, including 2 women, oriented on challenges, lessons learned, and training needs related to trafficking of Rohingya and host community members 13

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BC/TIP Achievements Component  21 meetings held with CICs during this quarter where they discussed the support mechanism for victims and potential victims of trafficking and CM  Attended six protection group meetings  Attended three UN agencies’ and relevant international NGOs’ meetings  Three meetings with national and local NGOs  Meetings held with five private sector actors

IR 1. PREVENTION: STRENGTHEN CAPACITY OF COMMUNITIES TO IDENTIFY AND PREVENT TIP

BC/TIP’s prevention component worked to increase the capacity of targeted communities in identification and prevention of trafficking victims through a two-fold strategy: 1) increase the capacity of community members to identify and prevent trafficking, and 2) enhance the efficiency of local political and social institutions to prevent trafficking incidents. In achieving these strategies, BC/TIP and its sub-grantees implemented the following programmatic interventions.

Sub-IR 1.1. Increased Capacity of Communities to Identify and Prevent Trafficking

BC/TIP aims to capacitate local communities to interpret and prevent TIP situations. As articulated in BC/TIP’s Implementation Plan, in Q3, BC/TIP and its sub-grantees worked on increasing the capacity of peer leaders and ANIRBAN members, raising awareness in communities and among potential migrant workers through public mobilization campaigns, capacitating local media workers on investigative journalism with a special focus on TIP issues, and orienting potential labor migrants to safe practices of overseas recruitment.

Sub-IR 1.1. Activity A: Peer Leaders Program

Under BC/TIP, peer leaders are a key tool to alert communities and ensure sustainability of prevention interventions. Peer leaders work in their communities as a supporting hand and, after the end of the BC/TIP program, they will remain in their communities and continue disseminating awareness information at the community level to prevent TIP and protect the rights and dignity of TIP survivors.

To accomplish this strategic objective, in this reporting period, both BC/TIP and its sub-grantees have undertaken trainings, follow-up and progress review meetings, and divisional level consultations for peer leaders and members of ANIRBAN.

Sub-IR 1.1. Task A.1: Training of Peer Leaders and Survivors’ Voice ANIRBAN

Refresher Training for Peer Leaders and Members of Survivors’ Voice ANIRBAN In Q3, BC/TIP sub-grantee RDRS Bangladesh organized one refresher training for peer leaders and members of ANIRBAN from June 11-13. A total of 24 peer leaders and ANIRBAN members (F-10, M-14) from Rangpur, Dinajpur, Kurigram and Lalmonirhat district took part in this training.

The objective of the training is to capacitate peer leaders and members of ANIRBAN through enhancing their perception on TIP, safe migration, and their roles and responsibilities at the community level.

BC/TIP undertook this capacity building measure through sub-grantees as a core strategic initiative to make TIP prevention activities sustainable as peer leaders and ANIRBAN members are expected to work at the community level, even after the end of the BC/TIP program. 14

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The training was designed with several sessions including: a) conceptual introduction on TIP (what is TIP, difference between TIP, human smuggling, forced labor, bonded slavery and debt slavery), b) safe migration steps (issues to be considered to take migration decision, preparation for regular migration, measures to be taken in a trafficked situation), c) legal landscape in Bangladesh to prevent TIP in line with the Prevention and Suppression of Human Trafficking Act (PSHTA), 2012, Oversea Employment and Migration Act (OEMA), 2013, and Child Marriage Restraint Act (CMRA), 2017, d) role of peer leaders and ANIRBAN to increase public awareness at the community level, e) how to develop an advocacy strategy and collaboration mechanism with CTCs, service providers and other stakeholders, f) steps to identify victims and people at risk, provide support, and effectively use referral mechanisms.

Peer leaders and members of ANIRBAN stated that they will work together with Union CTCs, service providers and other stakeholders to prevent TIP and promote safe and orderly practices of labor migration A participant is sharing a story with others. in their communities.

Peer Leaders’ Follow Up and Coordination Meeting In Q3 of Y5, BC/TIP sub-grantees arranged 13 follow-up and progress review meetings with peer leaders from different areas. BC/TIP sub-grantee PROYAS and RDRS organized these meetings both at the district and Upazila levels.

BC/TIP sub-grantees organize these meeting on a regular basis with the focus to make peer leaders consistently functional in preventing TIP and promoting safe practices of labor migration through developing effective collaboration with respective government departments in their communities.

A total of 167 peer leaders and representatives from government departments (F-70, M-97) attended these meetings.

Peer leaders discussed their progress in accomplishing regular community-based activities such as organizing public awareness campaigns, community meetings, school sessions, identifying people at risk of TIP, referring those at risk and engaging with CTCs to prevent TIP at community levels. Peer leaders also shared their experiences, challenges and lessons learned from their community work. Government officials appreciated the role of peer leaders in communities and discussed available services from government departments for people at risk and victims of TIP.

In these meetings, both peer leaders and representatives from government departments showed interest to work together to prevent TIP and protect TIP victims and people at risk of TIP from communities.

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Table 3: List of Peer Leader and ANIRBAN Programs Sub- Event Name Participant Area Participants grantee Category Male Female Total Winrock Divisional Peer Leaders & Rangpur 33 29 62 Consultation of ANIRBAN Peer Leaders and ANIRBAN (1) RDRS Refresher Peer Leaders & Rangpur 14 10 24 Training for Peer ANIRBAN Leaders and ANIRBAN (1) RDRS & Peer Leaders’ Peer Leaders Lalmonirhat, 97 70 167 PROYAS Follow-up and Dinajpur, Rangpur, Coordination Kurigram, Rajshahi, Meeting (13) Chapainawabganj,

Enrollment of People at Risk of TIP In Q3, BC/TIP sub-grantees, respective peer leaders, ANIRBAN members and CTC members identified a total of 180 people (F-65, M-115) who are at risk of TIP. All these at-risk individuals were referred to different government departments and non-government service providers for various services. Of these 180 people, 85 were identified by peer leaders, 37 were identified by CTC members, 31 were identified by sub-grantee staff members, seven were identified by ANIRBAN survivors and 20 were identified by other people.

Among these at-risk individuals, 86 received awareness information on TIP and safe migration from DEMO, TTCs and UDCs, 24 received livelihood supports from Upazila government departments and Union Parishads, 13 received safety-net services from Union Parishads, and the remaining 57 received vocational/technical trainings from various GOs, NGOs and private training institutes.

Graph 1. Identified at-risk people and referral services

People at Risk of TIP Type of Services Provided to People at Risk Identified & Referred

VOCATIONAL/TECHNICAL TRAINING 57 180 SAFETY-NET SERVICES 13 115 65 LIVELIHOOD SUPPORT 24

SAFE MIGRATION INFORMATION 86 Male Female Total

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Sub-IR 1.1. Task A.2: District-Level Advocacy Consultations by Peer Leaders and Survivors’ Voice ANIRBAN

Divisional Consultation of Peer Leaders and Members of Survivors’ Voice ANIRBAN BC/TIP hosted a divisional consultation with peer leaders and members of survivors’ voice ANIRBAN at Begum Rokeya Auditorium, RDRS Bangladesh, Rangpur on June 20.

The objective of the divisional consultation was to motivate peer leaders and members of ANIRBAN to work together with Upazila and Union government agencies, CTC members and other stakeholders to prevent TIP, promote safe overseas labor migration and protect the rights and dignity of TIP survivors at the community level. The event created a platform for peer leaders and ANIRBAN members to exchange good practices and create a functional connection to government departments who can serve those at risks and victims of TIP.

The consultation was designed for peer leaders and ANIRBAN members of Rangpur cluster. The event brought together a total of 62 peer leaders and ANIRBAN members (F-29, M-33) from Rangpur, Dinajpur, Kurigram and Lalmonirhat district participated in the event. Representatives from government departments and CTC members also took part in the event.

Peer leaders and ANIRBAN members became engaged in several dialogue sessions with government departments such as the department of Social Service and Youth Welfare who usually serve people at risk and victims of TIP. Peer leaders and ANIRBAN members received information on the available services and opportunities for community members who are vulnerable to TIP and victims of TIP. These sessions will pave the path for peer leaders and ANIRBAN to cooperate on referral services from these departments for TIP victims and people at Divisional consultation of peer leaders and ANIRBAN risk of TIP. members

Sub-IR 1.1. Activity B: Issue-Based Public Mobilization Campaigns on Root Causes of TIP

Public mobilization campaign is one of the core areas of BC/TIP’s prevention program. In Q3 of Y5, BC/TIP sub-grantees organized behavior change campaigns such as community meetings, video shows, school/college/madrasa campaigns, theatre shows, bicycle campaigns, and PSA broadcasts through community radios. A group of community media representatives also received capacity building training to disseminate awareness information and produce survivor-centered reports/broadcasts on TIP issues. Along with these, BC/TIP prepared a Quarterly Newsletter (Issue 13) to disseminate programmatic updates among respective stakeholders at national and local levels.

Sub-IR 1.1. Task B.1: Behavior Change Campaign

In this reporting period, BC/TIP sub-grantees implemented various behavior change campaign activities such as community mobilization meeting, school/college/madrasa awareness sessions,

BC/TIP Quarterly Performance Report: Q3, Year 5 video/theatre-in-education (TiE) shows, bicycle campaigns, mass gatherings and group sessions at the community level. Along with these, BC/TIP and its sub-grantees disseminated more than 5,000 information, education, and communication (IEC) materials including the NPA 2018 - 2022 among community members and stakeholders.

Community Mobilization Meeting In Q3 of Y5, BC/TIP sub-grantees, along with peer leaders and ANIRBAN, organized 103 community meetings, where a total of 3,032 (F-2,303; M-729) community members received awareness messages on TIP, safe migration, child marriage and GBV.

Of these 103 community meetings, BC/TIP sub-grantee RDRS Bangladesh organized 47 meetings, Agrogoti Sangstha organized 22 community meetings, PROYAS organized 16 meetings, BITA organized 12 meetings and Rights Jessore organized six meetings.

In these community meetings, BC/TIP sub-grantees disseminated information on TIP situations, how people become exposed to TIP situations, where people can get information, tips to make informed migration decisions, steps of safe migration, risks and vulnerabilities associated with migration, ways to avoid risks and trapped situations, how to get access to necessary support and services abroad and rights of migrant workers in light of PSHTA, 2012 and OEMA, 2013.

Group Discussion In this reporting period, BC/TIP sub-grantee PROYAS organized 102 group sessions at the community level in Rajshahi, Chapainababganj and Dinajpur districts. PROYAS staff along with peer leaders facilitated these group discussions. A total of 991 community members (F-481, M-510) attended the discussions.

Major agenda items of these group discussions are concepts of TIP; TIP situations and vulnerability of community members; steps of safe migration; nexus among TIP, child marriage and GBV and places to get safe migration information and to inform trafficking cases at the community level.

It is observed that, as peer leaders are selected from these communities, community members tend to receive their information in a more comfortable manner.

School/College/Madrasa Awareness Campaigns In Q3 of Y5, BC/TIP sub-grantees organized 23 school/college/madrasa sessions in their working areas under the BC/TIP program. A total of 1,367 students and teachers (F-771, M-596) attended these campaigns. Because a significant portion of higher secondary students seek employment abroad, messages on TIP and safe migration are necessary for them. Also, higher secondary students can share these messages with their family members, relatives, friends and neighbors. For these reasons, BC/TIP sub-grantees organized these campaigns. Major agenda items of school/college/madrasa awareness campaigns include messages on TIP and related concepts, causes and consequences of TIP, different TIP-related risky and vulnerable situations and steps of safe migration.

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Students also received orientation to share these messages with their families, relatives, friends and neighbors. Students stated that, if they found anyone at risk of TIP or victims of TIP, they would inform their respective CTC members and thus, play an active role to prevent TIP in their communities.

Theatre Show/ Video Campaigns This quarter, BC/TIP sub-grantee BITA arranged six theatre shows titled “Jege Uthar Golpo (A Tale of Awakening)” in Chattogram district. The show was designed with messages on TIP, safe migration, child marriage and GBV. A total of 1,880 community members (F-860, M-1,020) enjoyed the theatre shows. After each show, there were interactive question-answer sessions where community members asked different questions and BITA staff and respective CTC members answered those questions.

Beside these, BC/TIP sub-grantee PROYAS organized four video campaigns in BC/TIP working areas in Rajshahi and Chapainababganj. A total of 313 community members (F-141, M-172) enjoyed these video campaigns where, in each campaign, two video clips were played before the audience. After each video campaign, there was an interactive discussion session where community members asked questions and PROYAS staff answered.

Bicycle Campaign In this reporting period, BC/TIP sub-grantee Agrogoti Sangstha organized seven bicycle campaigns in seven high schools in which 754 students, teachers and CTC members (F-294, M-460) participated. These bicycle campaigns were organized to create awareness on TIP situations and safe migration practices among the students and alert community members to the issues. These campaigns created festive moments among students where they held t-shirts, caps and placards and thus, disseminated TIP and safe migration related messages in local market places and other public gatherings. Agrogoti staff discussed TIP and related concepts, how people become exposed to TIP, steps of safe migration, child marriage, and the nexus between child labor, GBV and TIP. People also asked various questions to sub-grantee staff. Mass-gathering at Union Level In this quarter, the BC/TIP sub-grantee RDRS Bangladesh organized two mass gatherings at the Union level to bring awareness to TIP and safe migration. A total of 368 community members (F-212, M-156) including the Union chairman, Panel Chairman, Union council members, religious leaders and other stakeholders participated in these mass-gatherings. Media Campaign through Community/FM Radio In this quarter, BC/TIP sub-grantees continued to disseminate awareness messages on TIP, safe migration, child marriage and GBV issues in their communities through nine community radios. BC/TIP’s sub-grantees BITA, RDRS Bangladesh, Agrogoti Sangstha, PROYAS and YPSA facilitated these radio programs through partnerships with community radios. This quarter, BC/TIP sub-grantee BITA initiated new broadcasts through an MoU with Radio Pollikontho FM 99.2 which covered a total of 250,000 people in Moulvibazar area, Sylhet. In Q3 of Y5, these community radios broadcast these messages through two types of programs—1,030 public service announcements (PSAs) and 15 magazine/talk-show programs. In total, community radios reached approximately 6,000,000 community members (F-2,600,000; M-3,400,000) from Satkhira,

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Khulna, Kurigram, Gaibanda, Moulvibazar and Chattogram districts with the PSAs and magazine/talk-show programs.

Table 4. Community radio coverage and number of events aired in Q3 of Y5

Sl. Name of Community Radio Coverage Area # of PSA # of Magazine /talk show 1. Radio Mahananda 98.8 FM 42 Union, 5 Upazila of Chapainawabganj 540 6 2. Radio Padma 99.2 FM 53 Union, 9 Upazila of Rajshahi 180 0 3. Radio Borendro 99.2 FM 45 Union, 6 Upazila of Naogaon 180 0 4. Radio Nalta 99.2 FM 74 Union, 7 Upazila of Satkhira 7 0 5. Radio Pollikontho 99.2 FM 4 Upazila of Moulvibazar 10 0 6. Radio Sundarban 98.8 FM 35 Union, 5 Upazila of Satkhira and 7 0 Khulna 7. Radio Chilmari 99.2 FM 5 Upazila of Kurigram 19 0 8. Radio Sarabela 98.8 FM 5 upazila of Gaibandha 24 0 9. Radio Sagor Giri 99.2 FM 13 Union, 3 Upazila of Chattogram 60 9 Total 9 Community Radios 1,030 15

BC/TIP Communication Materials In Q3 of Y5, BC/TIP and its sub-grantees distributed IEC materials among various target communities. BC/TIP’s peer leaders, members of ANIRBAN and CTC members also distributed these IEC materials. The following table shows the number of IEC materials distributed in this reporting period:

Table 5. IEC materials produced and distributed in Q3 Y5

Sl. IEC Materials Item Balance/Forwarded Produced Distributed 1. Fact sheet 2,122 0 275 2. BC/TIP folder 1,141 0 475 3. Notebook 1,100 0 403 4. Pen 888 0 458 5. Hand band/Wrist band 854 0 415 6. Flyer (Bangla) 1,937 0 403 7. Flyer (English) 855 0 55 8. Booklet (Bangla) 4,713 0 435 9. Training bag 360 350 163 20

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10. Table topper (Pyramid) 4,321 0 358 11. Flyer (Hammer) 3,547 0 318 12. Leaflet (Plane) 3,222 0 358 13. Leaflet (Hand) 3,200 0 358 14. NPA book 22 1,500 350 15. NPA report 3,562 0 140 Total Distributed Materials 4,964

Table 6. Key behavior change campaign activities of Q3, Y5 at a glance:

Activities # of Events Female Male Total Community meetings 103 2,303 729 3,032 Group discussions 102 481 510 991 School/college/madrasa sessions 23 771 596 1,367 Video shows/TiE shows 10 860 1,020 1,880 Bicycle campaigns 7 294 460 754 Mass-gathering at Union level 2 212 156 368 PSA and magazine/talk-show 1,030 2,600,000 3,400,000 6,000,000 broadcasts through community radio

Sub-IR 1.1. Task B.2: Analysis of trafficking in the media

In Q3 of Y5, BC/TIP tracked media contents to identify traffickers who have been covered by the media and shared their information with Liberty Shared. There are four substantial preconditions from Liberty Shared to identify traffickers: i) the case should be of TIP, slavery, forced labor or sexual exploitation of children, ii) identification of perpetrators (individual or entity) with full name, iii) availability of information in publicly accessible news sources, and iv) recognition by the judicial system (either charged or accused). In this quarter, BC/TIP did not identify any media content regarding a trafficking case fulfilling these four criteria.

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However, BC/TIP’s prevention team had an e-meeting with Liberty Shared on May 30 where the BC/TIP prevention team and Liberty Shared discussed challenges to identify real perpetrators and how to increase this function in a more effective way. BC/TIP and Liberty Shared intend to work more closely in collaboration as the project continues.

Sub-IR 1.1. Task B.3: Journalists’ Training on TIP and Safe Migration Awareness

In Q3 of Y5, BC/TIP held a second batch of journalist trainings at Rangpur district on June 19 and 21. A total of 48 journalists (F-5, M-43) from Rangpur, Dinajpur, Kurigram and Lalmonirhat districts participated in these trainings. Participant journalists received comprehensive sessions on TIP concepts, nuances between TIP, human smuggling, bonded slavery, forced labor Participants of journalist training and debt slavery, steps of safe migration, how cases of GBV and child marriage turn into trafficking cases, legal frameworks of Bangladesh to address TIP, how to investigate TIP cases and how to write/broadcast a report on TIP victims/survivors with a survivor-centric approach. Journalists thanked USAID and BC/TIP for arranging such important event for them. At the end of the event, participants received a certificate of completion of the training.

Sub-IR 1.1. Task B.4: BC/TIP Newsletter

BC/TIP prepared draft content for the BC/TIP Newsletter (13th issue) for the period of March to June. However, the document is yet to be published since the responsible position (Prevention Manager) was vacant from March 28 to June 16. The draft contents focus on various programmatic accomplishments of BC/TIP and will be finalized for printing by the end of August 2019.

BC/TIP will distribute 800 hard copies of this newsletter among government officials, representatives from INGOs, NGOs, other stakeholders and community members. Also, soft copies will be disseminated through e-mail and social media platforms.

Sub-IR 1.1. Activity C: Orientation for Migrant Workers BC/TIP and its partners orient potential labor migrants on safe practices of labor migration and ways to avoid trafficking situations in overseas recruitment. In Q3, BC/TIP sub-grantees facilitated both pre- decision orientations for potential migrant workers and pre-departure training for already registered departing migrant workers either directly or through TTCs from respective areas.

Sub-IR 1.1. Task C.1: Pre-decision and pre-departure training for potential migrants

In Q3 of Y5, BC/TIP sub-grantees BITA and Rights Jessore facilitated five pre-decision orientations for potential migrant workers where a total of 281 outbound migrant workers (F-49, M-232) received 22

BC/TIP Quarterly Performance Report: Q3, Year 5 instructions on how to make migration decisions in a rational way through calculating costs and benefits and how to prepare for safe migration. Participants also received information on migrants’ rights and responsibilities stated in PSHTA and OEMA. It is expected that, after taking these orientations, a significant number of potential migrant workers will be able to re-calculate their costs and benefits of migration and eventually, reconsider their migration decision.

BC/TIP Sub-grantees RDRS and Agrogoti Sangstha facilitated pre-departure orientations for five batches of outbound migrant workers at TTC Rangpur, Satkhira and Khulna. A total of 160 already registered migrant workers (F-4, M-156) received pre-departure information from this orientation.

Under an MoU with private TTCs in this quarter, another 1,854 already registered outbound migrant workers (F-858, M-996) received pre-departure trainings from three private TTCs under BC/TIP’s module.

Table 7. Number of potential migrants received training in Q3 of Y5

# of Sl. Name of the TTCs and/or Sub-grantees Districts Female Male students Pre-decision Orientation 1. BITA Chattogram 74 44 30 2. Rights Jessore Jashore 207 5 202 Total pre-decision 281 49 232 3. RDRS Bangladesh Rangpur 51 01 50 4. Agrogoti Sangstha Satkhira, Khulna 109 03 106 Total Pre-departure 160 04 156 Pre-departure Training by Private TTCs 5. MONTAGE Training and Certification Tongi, Dhaka 269 0 269 Jamalpur, Mymensingh, SAIC Professional Training Center 6. Bogura, Dinajpur, and 1,485 778 707 (SPTC) Dhaka 7. Shatabdi Fashion Design (SFD) Dhaka 100 80 20 Total Pre-departure Training 1854 858 996

BC/TIP has a formal MoU with four private TTCs. However, the MoU with Ayat Skill Development Center expired on June 30. BC/TIP is discussing with Ayat Skill Development Center and processing an extension to the MoU.

Sub-IR 1.2. Increased Capacities of Local Institutions to Prevent Trafficking Incidents

BC/TIP works to increase capacities of local institutions to prevent TIP situations. In Q3 of Y5, BC/TIP and its sub-grantees accomplished a significant number of interventions to develop capacities of local institutions. Among these, major interventions are mobilizing CTCs at Upazila and Union levels, capacitating private TTCs to alert potential migrant workers to assist them in avoiding TIP situations and practice safe migration, and organize consultations with licensed recruiting agencies to promote best practices of fair and ethical overseas recruitment practices.

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Sub-IR 1.2. Activity A: Mobilize Counter-Trafficking Committees

BC/TIP through its sub-grantees mobilized a number of CTCs in this reporting period. For example, BC/TIP sub-grantees re-activated CTCs at Upazila and Union levels according to the instructions in the NPA 2018 – 2022. Also, BC/TIP sub-grantees organized capacity building trainings for CTC members. Along with these, BC/TIP sub-grantees followed up on meetings of CTCs at the Union level to observe their capacity and assist them to improve their ability to work at the community level to prevent TIP.

Sub-IR 1.2. Task A.1: Promote active Union, Upazila, and District CTCs

In Q3 of Y5, BC/TIP sub-grantees BITA, PROYAS, DAM, Rights Jessore and YPSA re-activated 12 CTCs through organizing 12 CTC activation meetings both at Upazila and Union levels. These meetings were organized under the instructions of the NPA 2018- 2022. A total of 258 members of CTCs (F-51, M-207) including Union Parishad Chairman, Panel Chairman, Union Council members, Secretaries, UDC entrepreneurs and other stakeholders took part in these CTC activation meetings.

BC/TIP sub-grantees designed these CTC activation meetings to emphasize CTC activation at Upazila and Union levels according to the NPA and describe the roles and responsibilities of CTC members to prevent TIP situations and protect the rights and dignity of people at risk and victims of TIP. BC/TIP sub-grantees also discussed holding regular meetings and note keeping among the CTC members. After activation of each CTC, members confirmed that they will continue their activities in order to organize regular meetings and maintain documents as per the instruction of NPA 2018-2022.

Follow Up of CTC Meetings In Q3 of Y5, BC/TIP sub-grantees Rights Jessore, RDRS Bangladesh and Agrogoti Sangstha followed up on 25 CTC meetings with different CTCs at Upazila and Union levels. These meetings were organized by CTCs themselves and BC/TIP sub-grantees observed these meetings to see the activities of these CTCs and assist them to maintain their regular roles and responsibilities as per the NPA 2018- 2022. In these meetings, a total of 528 CTC members (F-91, M-437) participated and discussed TIP and safe migration issues in their communities.

Sub-grantees assisted CTCs to issue invitation letters, design agendas, take minutes and plan for various interventions at the community level to prevent TIP and promote safe practices Follow up meeting with Union CTC. of labor migration.

Sub-IR 1.2. Task A.1.2: CTC Training

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In Q3 of Y5, BC/TIP sub-grantees Agrogoti Sangstha, RDRS Bangladesh, DAM, BITA, YPSA and Rights Jessore organized 15 capacity building trainings for the members of Upazila and Union CTCs. The objective of these capacity building trainings was to orient CTC members on their roles and responsibilities at the community level to prevent TIP and protect rights of TIP victims and people at risk of TIP. BC/TIP sub- grantees followed the instruction of the NPA to facilitate these trainings for CTC members. A total of 313 CTC members including Union Parishad Chairman, Panel Chairman, members, and religious leaders participated in these trainings.

These trainings were facilitated based on the module of the BC/TIP program. Main sessions include concept of TIP and its difference from human smuggling, steps of safe migration practices, legal frameworks (PSHTA and OEMA) regarding TIP, roles and responsibilities of CTCs at the community levels as per the NPA and collaboration mechanism with BC/TIP sub-grantees.

CTC members, at the end of these trainings, thanked BC/TIP program for arranging these trainings and expressed that they would never come to know about the concepts of TIP and their roles and responsibilities as CTC members in their communities to prevent TIP and refer victims of TIP for various services if BC/TIP did not arrange these trainings.

Sub-IR 1.2. Task A.1.4: CTC Member Participation in BC/TIP Program

CTC members became more active in this Session of union level CTC members training. reporting period. BC/TIP sub-grantees reported that, in these three months, a total of 44 CTC members (F-20, M-24) participated in BC/TIP activities such as community meetings, school/college/madrasa sessions, video shows and bicycle campaigns.

CTC members also played an effective role in these BC/TIP activities. They talked to community members in awareness sessions and community members felt more comfortable to receive information from these CTC members. Also, CTC members identified 37 people at risk of TIP and referred them for various support and services.

Sub-IR 1.2. Activity B: Train District Employment and Manpower Offices (DEMOs), Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET), and Technical Training Centers (TTCs) One of BC/TIP’s core focuses is to increase the capacity of local institutions, the program has been working to capacitate DEMOs, BMET and TTCs. As part of this programmatic intervention, BC/TIP worked with private TTCs to develop their capacity to educate outbound migrant workers on TIP and safe migration practices.

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Sub-IR 1.2. Task B.1: Training of Trainers for DEMO and TTC and Ongoing Support

Refresher Training for Private TTCs In Q3 of Y5, BC/TIP organized a refresher training for private TTCs at Montage Polytechnic Institute on June 27. The objective of the training was to capacitate the trainers and instructors of private TTCs to educate outgoing migrant workers on steps of safe migration and strategies to avoid TIP situations when they receive skill training from these TTCs.

This refresher training was part of BC/TIP’s strategic direction to develop efficacious partnership with private TTCs through enhancing the knowledge and migrant- Refresher course on safe migration with private TTCs. centered approach among their employees to prevent TIP and promote safe practices of labor migration.

A total of 21 instructors, trainers and staffs (F-03, M-18) from two private TTCs—Montage Training and Certification and Shatabdi Fashion Design—participated in the training.

The training was focused on three core thematic areas: i) TIP, ii) safe migration and, iii) gender approach in disseminating information on TIP and safe migration.

At the end of the training, participants confirmed that they will put adequate importance on TIP and safe migration related instructions while they facilitate training for outbound migrant workers.

Advocacy Meetings with Service Providers and Stakeholders BC/TIP sub-grantees BITA, PROYAS and YPSA, along with peer leaders and members of ANIRBAN organized four advocacy meetings with different service providers and government and non-government stakeholders to sensitize them on TIP situations and motivate them to supervise overseas recruitment and facilitate support and services to people at risk of TIP and victims.

Among these advocacy meetings, one was organized with DEMO, TTC and other district level stakeholders and four were organized with Upazila stakeholders. A total of 75 stakeholders (F-20, M-55) participated in these advocacy meetings.

Sub-grantees, peer leaders and ANIRBAN members discussed TIP situations, vulnerabilities of community members to be trafficked and the importance of cooperation and collaboration among government and non-government agencies and stakeholders to prevent trafficking in communities. BC/TIP sub-grantees, peer leaders and ANIRBAN members also discussed the significance of CTCs to prevent TIP and how to strengthen the support and services for people at risk and victims of TIP.

Participation in Vigilance Taskforce Meeting In this reporting period, BC/TIP participated in a Vigilance Taskforce Meeting on April 29 at the Conference Room, Ministry of Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment (MoEWOE), Dhaka. The meeting was organized by the MoEWOE and Mr. Nazibul Islam, Additional Secretary of the ministry

BC/TIP Quarterly Performance Report: Q3, Year 5 chaired the session. Representatives from the MoEWOE, Bangladesh Police, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), Ansar and Village Defence Party (VDP) participated in this meeting. Mr. Nazibul Islam shared updated information of present task force operations and raids which were operated at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka. Mr. Islam thanked all stakeholders for the support to operate these raids of the task force as the task force teams consisted of ministry officials, magistrates, police, RAB and other law enforcement agencies.

Mr. Islam also urged all participant members of the vigilance task force meeting to inform the MoEWOE instantly if anyone can identify any traffickers engaging in labor trafficking at airports so that the task force can move immediately to catch the traffickers red-handed.

A BC/TIP representative proposed to operate these task force at district and Upazila levels with the support of local government and locally deployed law enforcement agencies. BC/TIP also proposed that MoEWOE work with BC/TIP sub-grantees in BC/TIP’s working areas to conduct these operations.

Mr. Islam thanked the BC/TIP representative for this proposal and asked to share the list of working areas and partners of the BC/TIP program. BC/TIP has been planning to hold a meeting with Mr. Islam to share the information and extend the scope to work together on this purpose.

Sub-IR 1.2. Activity C: Improved Practices for Recruiting Agencies

BC/TIP works to promote a fair and ethical overseas recruitment process through improving the recruitment practices of licensed recruiting agencies.

In Q3 of Y5, BC/TIP organized consultation meetings with recruiting agencies through sub-grantee OKUP. BC/TIP also plans to sit with the Bangladesh Association for International Recruiting Agencies (BAIRA) to discuss fair and ethical recruitment and good practices of recruiting agencies.

Sub-IR 1.2. Task C.1: Consultations with Recruiting Agencies on Best Practice

In this quarter, BC/TIP sub-grantee OKUP organized a consultation workshop with licensed recruiting agencies on best practices to promote fair and ethical overseas labor recruitment. The program was organized on June 27 at BMET Conference Room, Dhaka.

The consultation workshop was designed to identify ways to bring accountability and transparency in overseas recruitment practices of licensed recruiting agencies. A total of 15 participants (F-3, M-12) including representatives from BAIRA and BMET participated in the workshop.

Participants discussed the high migration costs of Bangladesh, the issue of middle-men who exploit migrant workers and how to remove irregular and perilous practices in the recruitment process. Representatives of BAIRA urged government to put more effort into increasing the standard of skill trainings and improving services of labor wings for migrant workers. Some participants also recommended to develop a monitoring system to check irregular practices in overseas recruitment systems. Another participant suggested an improved awareness program.

OKUP has organized six consultation workshops since 2017. OKUP will develop a policy brief based on the findings of these consultation workshops and share their recommendations to the MoEWOE, BAIRA and other stakeholders to promote best practices for recruiting agencies.

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Cox’s Bazar Program

PREVENTION:

Stakeholder Engagement:

Activity 1.1.1: Training of trainers on risks of trafficking and mitigation strategies, as well as child marriage in and outside of the camps to become effective change agents

In Q3, one orientation was conducted with local elected leaders, civil society leaders, and camp leaders on the issue of child marriage. The purpose of the orientation was to make these stakeholders aware of the program as well as draw recommendations that will be used for training to be held in Q4.

Activity 1.1.2: Tools for CTCs and CIC to strengthen operations

Six meetings with CTCs and 21 meetings with CICs were conducted. These meetings generated information that will be used for developing the tools by Sub-grantees in Q4.

Activity 1.1.3: Referral service information publication and dissemination

This activity will be implemented by Sub-grantees in Q4.

Activity 1.1.4: Disseminating innovative methods to proactively identify TIP incidents, traffickers, and incidents of child marriage

In Q3, BC/TIP staff visited camps, spoke with camp leaders and CICs, visited police stations including sub- stations and spoke with community members and identified TIP and CM incidents.

Activity 1.1.5: Engage youth through sports and street theatre about resilience against trafficking and exploitation

This activity will be implemented by Sub-grantees in Q4.

Activity 1.1.6: Build leadership capacity and potential of youth leaders to build relationships across dividing lines

In Q3, a preparatory orientation was organized where youth participants expressed their support for the program. Many of these participants will receive training in Q4.

Media and Awareness:

Activity 1.2.1: Developing a radio drama series in Chittagonian and Rohingya languages

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In Q3, the selected Sub-grantee has withdrawn itself from the program and the project is now in the process of selecting a new Sub-grantee; the activity will begin in Q4.

Activity 1.2.2: Including TIP, child marriage, and GBV content in radio call-in shows and expert interviews

In Q3, the selected Sub-grantee has withdrawn itself from the program and the project is now in the process of selecting a new Sub-grantee; the activity will begin in Q4.

Activity 1.2.3: Adding TIP, child marriage, and GBV content to smart technology applications used in training on interpersonal communication for front-line emergency workers

In Q3, the selected Sub-grantee has withdrawn itself from the program and the project is now in the process of selecting a new Sub-grantee; the activity will begin in Q4.

Activity 1.2.4: Forming and supporting radio listening clubs

In Q3, the selected Sub-grantee has withdrawn itself from the program and the project is now in the process of selecting a new Sub-grantee; the activity will begin in Q4.

Activity 1.2.5: Providing citizen journalism training to engage young people with tools to create effective content and storytelling

One training will be conducted in Q4.

Service Quality:

Activity 1.3.1: Training of trainers at women’s centers, designated “safe spaces”, and NGOs on integrating TIP risks into counseling services that raise awareness of TIP and child marriage risks among women and adolescent girls who are vulnerable to trafficking

In Q3, a round table discussion with women groups on awareness of TIP, child marriage and GBV risks among women and adolescent girls was organized on June 16. Recommendations from the discussion will be used in the module of the subject training to be imparted in the safe spaces.

Activity 1.3.2: Identifying peer leaders who can help reduce stigma and identify the signs of GBV, child marriage, and other forms of abuse that may drive trafficking and provide appropriate initial support

BC/TIP staff visited local colleges and madrasas and shared the project’s objective of implementing activities on TIP, CM and GBV in host communities and Rohingya camps in Ukhia and Teknaf as part of the process of identifying youth that would be selected as peer leaders. The activity will be implemented in Q4.

Activity 1.3.3: Train local elected leaders on how to communicate respectfully to their constituents about the risks of and ways to prevent trafficking, child marriage and gender-based violence

The project arranged an event with local elected leaders, camp leaders, government officials (CICs), and NGO representatives at Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar on April 30 to discuss TIP, CM and GBV within Rohingya

BC/TIP Quarterly Performance Report: Q3, Year 5 populations and host communities. It was an initiative to create a field conducive for implementing the activity 1.3.3 which will be implemented in Q4.

Activity 1.3.4: Mobilizing CTCs at different levels to coordinate messages on TIP and safe migration and develop action plans to raise awareness and monitor TIP in their communities

A total of six CTCs at the Union Parishad level were mobilized to work on the issues of TIP and safe migration. The project staff also motivated the CTCs to raise awareness among those at risk and track TIP- related incidents.

IR 2: PROTECTION: IMPROVED ACCESS OF TRAFFICKING VICTIMS TO ASSISTANCE

The BC/TIP protection component provides holistic assistance to survivors, including shelter homes and reintegration support. The project is working to build a comprehensive referral system, promoting survivor leadership, and establishing community-based reintegration support. Within Bangladesh, the range of support services available to victims include: • Provision of shelter accommodation • Immediate health care assessment and treatment • Psychological assessment and counselling • Interpretation of procedures in the first language of the victim • Legal advice and legal aid support • Livelihood support

Sub-IR 2.1: Increased Consistency and Quality of Support Offered by TIP Survivor Service Providers

BC/TIP provides support to the survivors of TIP following a survivor-centered approach, which enables survivors to re-establish dignified lives and prevent them from being revictimized. BC/TIP is committed to ensure that the survivors are provided with a safe and supportive environment, a place of recovery where they can rebuild their confidence, develop skills, and take control over their own lives.

During this reporting period, BC/TIP enrolled and supported 157 victims of trafficking (F-85, M-72), 17 of whom were victims of internal trafficking. Of the total victims supported, 83 were the victims of labor trafficking.

Sub-IR 2.1. Activity B: Coordinated approach to quality survivor services

BC/TIP sub-grantees continued providing different support services to the victims of trafficking following a survivor-centered and coordinated approach. The various support services included shelter, health, counselling, life skill training, small business and legal aid. These support services helped survivors develop the self-esteem and confidence they need to succeed in their communities.

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Sub-IR 2.1. Task B.1: Capacity development for ANIRBAN on Organizational management and service delivery

In Q3 of Y5, BC/TIP sub-grantee RDRS Bangladesh organized one batch of capacity building training for members of ANIRBAN in Rangpur from April 28 to 30. A total of 16 members of ANIRBAN (F-5, M- 11) from Rangpur, Dinajpur, Kurigram and Lalmonirhat districts participated.

ANIRBAN members received orientation on the roles and responsibilities of ANIRBAN at the community level, concepts of TIP, safe migration, nexus between CM, GBV and TIP, incumbent service providers and available services for TIP survivors and victims. At the end of the training, ANIRBAN members prepared a district plan of action to work in their communities.

Sub-IR 2.1. Task B.1: BC/TIP Services

Shelter home support During Q3, OKUP, Sachetan, YPSA, RDRS, and DAM provided shelter home-related support to 156 survivors (F-96, M-60). The survivors received basic services and supplies including food, clothing, bedding, basic healthcare, and hygiene products. Besides basic support, one of the most significant services provided was counselling to help victims address their psychosocial issues and reduce trauma. BITA provided career counselling and referral services to survivors and those at risk of trafficking through the Half-Way Home and Resource Center in Chattogram.

Legal Support BC/TIP partner organizations OKUP, BSEHR and Sachetan supported 21 cases through the courts and the BMET arbitration processes this quarter. Of these cases, nine applications were submitted under the BMET arbitration process and 12 cases filed before court.

Counselling Support From April through June, a total of 131 survivors (F-102, M-29) received counselling support from BC/TIP’s Sub-grantees DAM, YPSA, Sachetan, OKUP and RDRS. The aim of the counselling support was to regain their confidence and overcome trauma. Four family level counselling sessions were provided to the victims’ family members by Sachetan in Rajshahi to engage family members with the reintegration process.

DAM provided the highest number of counselling services this quarter, with 43 survivors (F-31, M-12) receiving counselling support. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) was the counselling method used by DAM to provide support to TIP survivors.

Health Support In Q3 of Y5, BC/TIP sub-grantee DAM, OKUP and YPSA facilitated health support to a total of 59 survivors (F-26, M-330) of TIP. Among these services, 32 were provided through referrals. 31

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An MoU was signed between BC/TIP sub-grantee YPSA and Smiling Sun Clinic, Cox’s Bazar to facilitate health support for TIP survivors.

Life skills Training DAM, Sachetan, YPSA and OKUP organized four life skills development trainings for the victims of trafficking during this reporting period. In these trainings, 73 survivors (F-37, M-36) participated and learned to develop communication skills, decision making skills, livelihood planning and overcome social, or personal challenges. BC/TIP representatives observed different life skills training organized by protection partners and found that the participants were happy with the outcome of the training and were able to use the content to help them take control of their own lives.

Livelihood support BC/TIP protection partners provided different livelihood supports to 48 trafficking survivors (F-21, M-27) to ensure sustainable livelihoods for them. The livelihoods support was provided both directly and through referrals.

Entrepreneurship Training In Q3 of Y5, BC/TIP sub-grantees DAM, OKUP and Sachetan organized three batches of entrepreneurship trainings where a total of 46 trafficking survivors (F-32, M-14) received tips on how to develop successful enterprises.

Beside these three batches, another 44 survivors (F-42, M-2) from Jashore district received entrepreneurship training from Upazila Youth Development Office and Upazila Women Affairs Office through referrals by DAM.

Table 8. BC/TIP sub-grantee support for victims of trafficking by type Types of Support SACHETAN DAM YPSA OKUP BSEHR RDRS Total Female Male

Identification/res 385 41 19 29 10 23 157 85 72 cue/ repatriation (unduplicated)

Legal support 03 07 11 21 17 04 Counselling 14 43 11 29 00 33 131 102 29 support Health Support 00 49 06 04 00 00 59 26 33 Life skill training 16 21 18 18 00 00 73 37 36

Livelihood 73 00 20 14 00 11 48 21 27 support (duplicated) (Job placement, small business, and vocational training) Entrepreneurship 10 22 00 14 00 00 46 32 14 Training 32

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In addition, 17 trafficking survivors received loans, 36 survivors received social safety-net support, 13 received seed funding and one survivor received job placement support under BC/TIP either from sub- grantees or through referrals.

Sub-IR 2.1. Task B.3: Survivor Enrollment

BC/TIP protection partners enrolled and supported 157 victims of trafficking (F-85, M-72) during this reporting period. Of these, 17 victims (F-14, M-3) were internally trafficked in different areas of Bangladesh, while 140 victims (F-71, M-69) were the victims of cross-border trafficking and repatriated from other countries. Among the victims of cross-border trafficking, 51 victims (F-36, M-15) were repatriated from Saudi Arabia and 21 male victims were repatriated from Malaysia.

Sub-IR 2.1. Task B.1: Survivors’ Voice ANIRBAN Engages in Assistance and Reintegration

This quarter, two new members joined as members of ANIRBAN. In addition, ANIRBAN members engaged in the facilitation of different school and community-based awareness sessions, peer and family level counselling, advocacy with government and non-government service providers.

ANIRBAN Engagement in Survivor Services ANIRBAN referred 30 victims of trafficking to BC/TIP protection partners in Rajshahi, Cox’s Bazar and Jashore for support services. ANIRBAN members provided family level counselling services and community sensitization activities to create an enabling environment in society for the victims’ proper reintegration.

ANIRBAN Activities on Awareness Raising Community Meetings and School Sessions ANIRBAN leaders organized and facilitated different community and school-based sessions on human trafficking, safe migration and child marriage issues in Jashore, Rajshahi, Noagoan and Cox’s Bazar. The aim of these campaigns is to raise awareness among the community people and students on TIP, child marriage and safe migration issues. Also, community sessions were organized to facilitate the reintegration process of the trafficking survivors in the family as well as in society. In Q3 of Y5, ANIRBAN members conducted ten community sessions in Rajshahi, Jashore, Satkhira and Cox’s Bazar where a total of 345 members of the community (F-295, M-50) received awareness messages and were sensitized on reintegration of TIP survivors. Participants expressed their solidarity in the fight against human trafficking and willingness to support the reintegration process of a victim of human trafficking. ANIRBAN members also organized five school sessions to raise awareness among school students on TIP situations. A total of 318 students (F-155, M-163) attended.

Advocacy Activities of ANIRBAN ANIRBAN members continue their advocacy with different service providing organizations to ensure effective and quality support services for survivors of trafficking.

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In Q3 of Y5, ANIRBAN members organized one advocacy meeting with DEMO, TTC and local government institutions in Cox’s Bazar on TIP to strengthen the support and service mechanism for survivors. The meeting was organized on June 29 and a total of 19 participants (F-5, M-14) took part.

Sub-IR 2.1. Activity C: Capacity Development of Community-Based Organization for Sustainable Integration

BC/TIP believes that without community engagement, it is not possible to make any program successful. Community-based organizations (CBOs) and community leaders can ensure the acceptance of survivors and reduce stigma and discrimination against them. BC/TIP protection partners work with CBOs to build their capacity to achieve this.

During the reporting period, six capacity building orientations were organized by BC/TIP’s partner DAM, Sachetan and YPSA. A total of 95 members (F-19, M-76) of CBOs participated in these orientations. The objective of these orientations is to educate CBOs on TIP situations, sensitize them on the importance of protection of the rights and dignity of survivors and strengthen the support and services for survivors.

Participants received knowledge on TIP and other related concepts, victim conditions and victim identification strategies, victim support and service provisions and the role of CBOs to protect the rights and dignity of TIP survivors. Participants expressed their keen interest to work together to protect rights of TIP survivors and provide services for their successful reintegration.

Sub-IR 2.2: Improved Referral System for TIP Survivors During this quarter, BC/TIP along with its protection partners continued their efforts to expand networking among service providers using integrated assistance mechanisms.

Sub-IR 2.2. Activity A: Improve coordination among providers and differentiate areas of expertise through TIP referral system

The BC/TIP program recognizes that it is nearly impossible to meet all the needs of a victim of trafficking by any single organization. Accordingly, the BC/TIP program is continuing its effort to set up a multisectoral response mechanism to provide a wide-range of protection services to victims of trafficking. BC/TIP district level directories have created opportunities to ensure multi-sectoral and comprehensive services. Since there is a lack of an institutional framework for establishing an effective state-run referral mechanism, BC/TIP uses district directories to improve survivors’ access to TIP services and to increase coordination among providers.

Sub-IR 2.2 Task A.1 Develop a Cluster-wide Networking among Service Providers

A victim-centered approach and multi-stakeholder response is a prerequisite to strengthen protection support services for the survivors of trafficking. BC/TIP’s working areas consist of five clusters to provide wrap-around intervention in prevention, protection, prosecution and partnership. This collaborative model increases access and availability of quality services for victims in a larger geographic area.

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BC/TIP Quarterly Performance Report: Q3, Year 5 comprehensive support and services for TIP victims and to share information on survivors’ reintegration opportunities. Through these cluster networking meetings, a significant number of TIP survivors can be supported from the BC/TIP working areas. Cox’s Bazar Program

PROTECTION:

Stakeholder Engagement:

Activity 2.1.1: Educate religious leaders and local elected leaders about the importance of acceptance, support, and empowerment for male and female survivors of trafficking and child marriage

A discussion meeting is planned for Q4 (July 18) with the religious leaders from among the Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist and Christian communities and elected leaders from Ukhia and Teknaf to educate them on supporting survivors Elected officials meeting. of trafficking and child marriage.

Activity 2.1.2: Identify livelihoods and life skills training opportunities for survivors and train them on issues related to stigma and acceptance

This activity will be carried out in Q4.

Activity 2.1.3: Convene key actors in camps and host communities for a stakeholder forum and action planning

Discussion has taken place with camp leaders and local leaders within the host communities on how to effectively encounter the issues of TIP, CM and GBV. These stakeholders will be engaged in preparing action planning in Q4.

Media and Awareness:

Activity 2.2.1: Invited guests provide trafficking testimonials on radio shows that are then discussed in radio listening groups

In Q3, the selected Sub-grantee has withdrawn itself from the program and the project is now in the process of selecting a new Sub-grantee; the activity will begin in Q4.

Activity 2.2.2: Service providers discuss how they can assist people who have been trafficked

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Activity 2.2.3: An option to text questions will allow survivors’ voices to be heard safely and anonymously

In Q3, the selected Sub-grantee has withdrawn itself from the program and the project is now in the process of selecting a new Sub-grantee; the activity will begin in Q4.

Service Quality:

Activity 2.3.1: Disseminating Winrock’s Survivor Service Guidelines, including TIP survivor rights, case management guidelines, and codes of conduct

This activity will commence in Q4.

Activity 2.3.2: Offering training to key providers on the survivor service guidelines

This activity will commence in Q4.

Activity 2.3.3: Strengthening mental health support for survivors by training counselors and support staff on psychosocial service provision

This activity will commence in Q4.

Activity 2.3.4: Develop and disseminate (sub) directory of survivor services and identify opportunities to improve existing referral systems in host communities

This activity will commence in Q4.

Activity 2.3.5: Develop a partnership agreement with one or two drop-in centers/shelters

This activity will commence in Q4.

Activity 2.3.6: Offer a suite of trainings to staff and volunteers employed at the drop-in centers/ shelters adapted from the Government of Bangladesh’s Shelter Standards and Winrock’s Survivor Service Guidelines that address intake, shelter exit and reintegration, and links to economic opportunity

This activity will commence in Q4.

Activity 2.3.7: Offer livelihoods or life skills training to survivors from the Rapid Response Grants Pool

The project is currently reviewing a small proposal from a local NGO.

IR 3. PROSECUTION: INCREASED RESPONSIVENESS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACTORS TO TIP VICTIMS

BC/TIP enhances the capacity of criminal justice actors to investigate TIP cases, prosecute traffickers and assist trafficking victims. It also provides support through technical assistance together with coordinated advocacy to expand government oversight, increase arrests and prosecution, monitor labor recruitment agencies, and prosecute violators. To improve prosecution practices, BC/TIP employs multi-disciplinary

BC/TIP Quarterly Performance Report: Q3, Year 5 trainings, networking and capacity building that focus on the rules and laws governing TIP, migration and witness protection.

BC/TIP continued to build up the capacity of criminal justice actors of judicial officers (judges and magistrates) and public prosecutors. In this quarter, two awareness raising programs and a workshop took place—one for district legal aid officers, which was conducted on June 25 at Dhaka and another for representatives of law enforcement, the justice system, and civil society on June 30 in Cox’s Bazar. A police/prosecutors workshop was organized at Faridpur on June 22 with the collaboration of BSEHR.

Two meetings were held with assistant inspector general of police AIG (Training) & deputy inspector general of police (DIG -training & sports) at the Headquarters of Bangladesh Police to renew the approval to train all sections of the police and police training institutes of the Bangladesh Police. BC/TIP held several meetings with the additional inspector general (AIG) and deputy inspector general (DIG) of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) at the Headquarters of CID for approval to work with the Forensic Training Institute (FTI) and finalized a schedule of six batches of training (tentative), which will start next quarter.

In Q3, Year 5, BC/TIP facilitated the following events under the prosecution component to raise awareness and build capacity for justice sector actors:

 32 district legal aid officers (F-10, M-22) including the deputy director and assistant directors of NLASO were trained on TIP and protection of victims’ rights  One roundtable discussion with representatives from law enforcement, the justice system, and civil society to create awareness on legal issues relating to TIP at Cox’s Bazar  One police/prosecutors workshop at the district level on June 22 in Faridpur  BC/TIP secured approval from the inspector general of police (IGP) on May 7 to conduct training for CID police and finalized a schedule for six batches of training (tentative) which will start next quarter  Two meetings with DIG (Organized Crime) and the additional superintendent of police for working with the anti-trafficking police monitoring cell  NLASO approved a district legal aid panel lawyer awareness raising training to be held at Barishal next quarter  Two meetings with the AIG (Training) of Bangladesh Police for renewing the training approval of all police and training institutes  Collected information and prepared a pilot case monitoring conference (pilot based Rajshahi and Jashore) to be held at Jashore next quarter  One meeting for a final review, jointly with JATI, of the existing BC/TIP module, for incorporation into JATI’s regular curriculum  Two meetings held and submitted a letter of request to the solicitor for nominating participants for public prosecutor training at Rangpur  Took preparation for joint meeting with the partner staff on “Trafficking in Persons and Protection of Victims’ legal Rights in Bangladesh in Cox’s Bazar.”  BC/TIP provided 21 complainants with legal assistance in BMET—9 to access the arbitration process and 12 to the PSHTA, 2012

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Sub-IR 3.1. Criminal Justice Actors demonstrate increased understanding of their roles and responsibilities in providing support to TIP survivors and prosecuting traffickers The BC/TIP prosecution component is based on the belief that an effective criminal justice response to trafficking is essential to end high levels of impunity for traffickers and ensure security and justice for those who have been trafficked. The key elements of an effective response include a solid and realistic legal framework; capable frontline and professional law enforcement agencies; informed and committed judges, legal aid officers, legal aid panel lawyers and prosecutors; a system for the quick and proper identification of victims; and mechanisms to promote cooperation between criminal justice agencies and NGOs providing support to victims.

Sub-IR 3.1. Activity A: Multi-Disciplinary Trainings, Networking and Capacity-Building for Criminal Justice Actors and NGOs The goal of the trainings was to increase the capacity of judicial actors and members of law enforcement agencies to prevent TIP and perform competent criminal investigations that result in the prosecution of traffickers. A significant focus was given to building formal partnerships and cooperative arrangements between justice agencies and other government and nongovernment agencies providing victim-witness support services to enhance victim-centered approaches.

Table 9. Multi-disciplinary Training Activities

Multi-disciplinary Male Female Total Training Activities Total 67 23 100

Sub-IR 3.1. Task A.1: Strengthen legal case management and follow-up mechanisms BC/TIP provided legal support, facilitated case filing, monitoring and follow-up, and referral of victims by sub-grantees to other legal aid organizations including BLAST, Brotee, and NLASO. BC/TIP provided assistance to 21 complainants to facilitate access to justice and for arbitration under BMET. Of the nine applications submitted to BMET and 12 cases under PSHTA, 2012, two cases were filed by OKUP, 10 cases by BSEHR. Out of nine applications, OKUP submitted five applications to BMET, Sachetan three and BSHER submitted one. BSEHR, OKUP, YPSA, Rights Jessore and Sachetan constantly communicated with the survivors, monitoring and following up on cases.

The achievement of results in terms of convictions is slow because of a huge backlog of cases and procedural complexity. In some cases, slowness of police and public prosecutors in handling the process hampers timely achievement of convictions. Additionally, victims are also reluctant to file cases, since legal aid committees are only active at the district level and they need to travel far to solicit the support from legal aid committees. Recognizing the existing difficulties, BC/TIP has identified a dedicated sub- grantee under the prosecution component that is following-up on the cases on a regular basis.

Sub-IR 3.1. Task A.2: Advocacy for creating a framework on police-prosecutor cooperation and coordination

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Strong cooperation between police and prosecutors is required to strengthen prosecution to ensure justice for the victims, and close collaboration between the police and prosecutors should be based on respectful and positive relationship.

BC/TIP organized a workshop for informing justice sectors actors about the current situation of TIP as well as the investigations process. Prosecutors and police should become familiar with and respect the each other’s roles in law enforcement. Prosecutors can promote compliance by law enforcement personnel with applicable legal rules, including rules against improper bias. The prosecutor’s office must keep law enforcement personnel informed of relevant legal and legal ethics issues and developments as they relate to prosecution matters and advise law enforcement personnel of relevant prosecution policies and procedures. Prosecutors may exercise supervision over law enforcement personnel involved in prosecutions when in the best interests of justice and the public. Representatives of the prosecutor’s office can meet and confer regularly with law enforcement agencies regarding prosecution as well as law enforcement policies. The prosecutor’s office can assist in developing and administering training programs for law enforcement personnel regarding trafficking matters and cases being investigated, charges submitted, and the law related to law enforcement activities.

This quarter, BC/TIP organized a police/prosecutors workshop at the district level titled “Speed up prosecution procedure for preventing human trafficking” at Zila Parishad Auditorium, Faridpur on June 22 with the collaboration of BSEHR. There were 34 (F-10, M-24) participants including magistrates, public prosecutors, assistant public prosecutors, DEMO officials, NGOs, doctors, survivors, lawyers, and journalists. A police officer was also a guest speaker.

The objectives of the workshop were to create a framework for prevention and protection of victims of human trafficking, to identify the reasons for the delay in investigation of cases and the process of prosecution in the court, find solutions, and collect recommendations from the participants on how to improve the prosecution system in regards to TIP.

A total number of 34 participants attended, including Md. Abdul Hamid, chief judicial magistrate, Faridpur as the Chief Guest; Israt Jahan Tamanna, Senior Assistant Judge, District Legal Aid Committee, Faridpur; Md. Babu Mollah, President, District Bar Association as special guests; Syed Nazmul Hossain Lochon, Vice President, Faridpur District Committee. BSEHR presided over the workshop, Advocate Mozahidul Islam, Prosecution Manager, BC/TIP attended as a Guest Speaker and Mr. Mostafa Sohel, Executive Director, BSEHR gave the welcome speech.

Mr. Swapan Kumar Paul, Public Prosecutor (Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal) said there was nothing more important than to be aware about human trafficking. He asked the NGOs and other relevant agencies to engage in raising awareness on the issue. He also said the punishment for human trafficking needs to be increased to reduce this crime. The Chief Guest, Md. Abdul 39

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Hamid, Chief Judicial Magistrate of Faridpur, in his speech said it’s to think about the TIP situation in Bangladesh and how Bangladesh can come off the Tier 2 Watchlist of US TIP Report.

He defined human trafficking in detail to clear the concept. He informed that if any Bangladeshi national commits a crime from other countries, s/he can also be prosecuted under Bangladesh law. He said the judiciary process begins just after the case is filed and needs to be monitored from that moment on. He asked related agencies to monitor if the information register is maintained at every union parishad and to inform all the beneficiaries about the law.

Sub-IR 3.1. Task A.2.1: Case Monitoring Conference (pilot based Rajshahi and Jashore District) Case monitoring allows judicial actors to see where cases are failing to succeed in the prosecution process and where the gaps in the system are prevailing. Monitoring can also highlight where better cooperation between departments is needed in the process. Judges, prosecutors, and police officers should all be trained on how to “It’s the high time to think about properly monitor and evaluate cases as a coordinated effort. the human trafficking situation in Comprehensive monitoring will help judicial actors carry out their Bangladesh and how Bangladesh jobs better as well as help civil society or government can come out from the ‘Tier 2 organizations recognize where more help is needed. Watch List’ of United States report” During Q3 Y5, BC/TIP followed up on cases, collected case data, and updated information from different districts. After analyzing -Md Abdul Hamid the data, a draft report will be prepared, and the conference is Chief Judicial Magistrate of Faridpur expected to be held next quarter in Jashore.

Sub-IR 3.1. Task A.3: Mixed Police-Prosecutor Training

During Q3 Y5, BC/TIP was not able to conduct this training but prepared to conduct at least one training next quarter.

Sub-IR 3.1. Task A.4: Inclusion of TIP Curriculum in Police Basic Training

During Q3 Y5, BC/TIP conducted two meetings with AIG (training) and DIG (Organized Crime) from Police Headquarters and Superintendent of Police (Training) to brief them about BC/TIP’s training module and previous training outcomes to solicit a renewed training approval for all police and training.

Sub-IR 3.1. Task A.5: Targeted Technical Skills Training for Improved Specialist Response to TIP

During Q3 Y5, it was not possible for BC/TIP to conduct trainings with police/prosecutors but BC/TIP conducted two meetings with the AIG and DIG of CID to gain approval for training with CID (Forensic Training Institute) on TIP issues, secured approval from the IGP on May 7, and finalized a schedule of six batches of training (tentative) which will start next quarter.

Sub-IR 3.1. Task A.6: Strengthen Judicial Response to TIP

BC/TIP conducted various awareness raising sessions for judges to sensitize and resolve the issue of complicity in trafficking crimes. The knowledge and ability of law enforcement professionals to help

BC/TIP Quarterly Performance Report: Q3, Year 5 identify victims, investigate cases, and make appropriate referrals is crucial to the development of an overall response to commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking of minors.

Law enforcement is often the first point of contact with the legal system for the victims, survivors, and perpetrators of commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking. This section describes some noteworthy current law enforcement approaches for responding to these crimes.

In this quarter, BC/TIP with the collaboration of NLASO organized an awareness raising program with district legal aid officers on “Trafficking in Persons and Protection of Victims’ Rights in Bangladesh” in Dhaka on June 25. There were total of 32 (M-22, F-10) participants who attended the program. From them, 30 were district legal aid officers from 30 districts. The main objective of the program was awareness raising on TIP cases and protection of victims’ rights in Bangladesh.

Fazle Elahi Bhuiyan, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Law, Justice Parliamentary Affairs, was the special guest, Md Aminul Islam, Director NLASO was the chief guest of that program.

In the inauguration session, Liesbeth Zonneveld, CoP, BC/TIP welcomed participants and talked about the overall objectives of BC/TIP. She emphasized that having received a waiver to remain on the Tier 2 Watchlist for the 2019 TIP Report, Bangladesh must not simply make significant efforts but must increase their overall efforts to eliminate TIP when compared to the previous period. Bangladesh must act with improved vigilance, producing clear and measurable progress if they wish to avert a Tier 3 Md. Abdul Hamid, Chief Judicial Magistrate of Faridpur delivers his ranking in 2020. speech. If Bangladesh fails to make the necessary changes and cannot demonstrate overall increased efforts, they risk losing non-humanitarian, and non-trade related funding for the subsequent fiscal year. To withhold funding, the President of the United States will instruct development banks and the International Monetary Fund to withhold and deny funds except those used for humanitarian, trade-related, or development-related assistance directly addressing basic human needs; provided the funds are not administered by, or conferring a benefit to, the country’s government. Fazle Elahi Bhuiyan, Deputy Secretary, MOLJPA gave closing remarks and requested to work collaboratively to combat human trafficking.

Remarks were followed by open discussion in which the participants provided some recommendations for the way forward:

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 Integrate prosecution with police at the time of investigation;  Establish a separate tribunal;  Establish an anti-trafficking taskforce including police, Human Rights Organization (HRO), prosecutors, civil society representatives and relevant stakeholders,  Hold a special training for police, judges, prosecutors and district legal aid officers  Compound minor offences;  Provide rehabilitation for both victims and offenders;  Ensure the accountability of prosecution;  Have a monitoring agency look after the cases;  Build awareness for prevention of crime through income generating activities monitoring system.

This quarter, BC/TIP also welcomed a summer intern, a law student from William & Mary Law School in Williamsburg, Virginia. Gathering information to analyze the effectiveness of the PSHTA, 2012, she traveled to partner sites, courts, shelters, and trainings in Dhaka, and other regions of Bangladesh. Throughout these visits, she interviewed persons involved in the justice process including victims, survivors, partner workers, police, prosecutors, and judges. Devoting time researching relevant laws, articles, and reports to supplement her interview materials, she compiled a report on her findings. This report includes policy advocacy points, and recommended actions for police, prosecutors and judges to be included in future trainings. Cox’s Bazar Program

PROSECUTION:

Stakeholder Engagement:

Activity 3.1.1.: Convene criminal justice and community-based actors to establish contact and improved lines of communication

The program will arrange one joint meeting with 10 relevant actors, which include six justice actors and four community actors including representatives from civil society. In the meeting, the justice and community actors will exchange opinions and share information, goals and objectives of their activities, particularly focusing on CTIP. BC/TIP will conduct one joint meeting next quarter.

Activity 3.1.2: Hosting periodic roundtables with relevant enforcement and justice system personnel to facilitate exchange of information on challenges, lessons learned, and training needs related to trafficking of Rohingya and host community members

BC/TIP organized a roundtable discussion with the representatives from law enforcement, the justice system, and civil society to create awareness on legal issues relating to TIP in Bangladesh on June 30. 24 (M-21, F-3) participants attended the program, including public prosecutors, assistant public prosecutors, DEMO officials, INGO-NGO representatives, police, doctors, lawyers, and journalists.

The main objectives of that roundtable discussion were to highlight the importance of legal action against traffickers; share the current situation on TIP cases in Cox’s Bazar; create awareness among key stakeholders on legal issues including filing of cases, investigation, and prosecution considering the anti- human trafficking law; and to discuss challenges and the way forward.

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A set of recommendations were drawn from the discussions which are as follows:  Carry out advocacy with the government for setting a separate task force for Rohingya community in where proficient and cultured individuals from the Rohingya community are included;  Provide a proper First Information Report (FIR) format to the Cox’s Bazar police station for human trafficking cases; and activate CTCs at all levels;  Carry out advocacy with the government for setting at least one special police station in a trafficking-prone area of the Rohingya community and arrange and cooperate with legal aid service organizations for alternative dispute resolutions of TIP cases;  Carry out advocacy with the government for publishing an official notification for clarifying whether Section 5 of the PSHTA 2012 is applicable to the Rohingya community or not.  Develop an authentic database so police can easily track the location of the victims and traffickers to assist in rescue efforts;  Carry out advocacy with the government to establish an appropriate guideline of services for the victims and an online statement/witness system for giving statements of police officers or investigation officers; and  Establish several magistrate courts in the Rohingya community for a speedy trial.

Activity 3.1.3: Support training of security personnel in the Rohingya camps and surrounding communities on how to identify and take proper action to support victims and potential trafficking victims

In Q3, the project staff had 21 meetings with CICs during this quarter where they discussed the support mechanism for victims and potential victims of trafficking and child marriage.

Media and Awareness:

Activity 3.2.1: Use radio listening clubs to discuss legal protections and how to access them

In Q3, the selected Sub-grantee has withdrawn itself from program and the project is now in the process of selecting a new Sub-grantee; the activity will begin in Q4.

Service Quality:

Activity 3.3.1: Offer BC/TIP-developed tools, modules, and guidelines to criminal justice actors

The activity is ongoing; two such consultative meetings were organized. Recommendations from these meetings will be used for developing tools, modules, and guidelines for criminal justice actors.

Activity 3.3.2: Foster closer coordination between the prosecution sector actors (judiciary, police, and NGOs) to help them better understand their functions and identify and refer TIP victims

This activity will be conducted in Q4.

IR 4. PARTNERSHIP: EFFECTIVE AND COORDINATED PARTNERSHIP AMONG STAKEHOLDERS TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS

Sub-IR 4.1. Improved coordination among GOB and NGOs to Combat TIP and Migration Abuses

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Sub-IR 4.1. Activity A: Participation in GOB Committees to Strengthen Implementation and Enforcement of Anti-TIP and Safe Migration Laws

BC/TIP intensively works with different government bodies and dedicated committees to strengthen enforcement of anti-trafficking and safe migration related law. In this reporting period, the program participated in a day-long workshop with a2i under the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology on April 25. The objective of this meeting was to develop a database on returnee migrant workers. Representatives from INGOs, UN agencies and NGOs participated.

Sub-IR 4.1. Task A.1: Technical Assistance to Vigilance Task Force (VTF)

In this reporting period, BC/TIP participated in a Vigilance Taskforce Meeting on April 29 at the MoEWOE in Dhaka. The meeting was organized by the MoEWOE and Mr. Nazibul Islam, Additional Secretary chaired the session. Representatives from the MoEWOE, Bangladesh Police, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) , Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), Ansar and Village Defence Party (VDP) participated in this meeting.

Mr. Nazibul Islam shared updated information of present taskforce operations and raids which were operated at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka. Mr. Islam thanked all stakeholders for the support to operate these raids. Taskforce teams consist of ministry officials, magistrates, police, RAB and other law enforcement agencies.

BC/TIP’s representative proposed to operate these taskforce at district and Upazila levels with the support of local government and local law enforcement agencies. BC/TIP also proposed that MoEWOE work with BC/TIP Sub-grantees in BC/TIP’s working areas to conduct these operations.

Sub-IR 4.1. Activity B: National and District-Level Advocacy for Implementation of PSHTA and OEMA

Sub-IR 4.1. Task B.1: Support the implementation of the National Plan of Action for Combatting Trafficking in Persons 2015-17

During the reporting period, BC/TIP provided technical support to develop a booklet on current NPA and PSHTA to MoHA. The objective of this booklet was to disseminate information regarding the NPA and anti-trafficking law. MoHA adopted the NPA booklet and it will be published soon.

Sub-IR 4.1. Activity C: Assistance to Develop and Implement NPA 2018-2022

BC/TIP developed a booklet on the NPA to circulate it to the general public. The program initially printed three thousand copies of the booklet and disseminated to networking partners.

BC/TIP regularly communicated with MoHA and monitored the implementation status of the NPA. It also organized a meeting with officials of MoHA as they can set priorities of activities for the NPA implementation.

Sub-IR 4.1. Activity D: Provide Technical Support/Training to the Police Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Cell

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BC/TIP Quarterly Performance Report: Q3, Year 5 also monitors the movement of criminals involved in human trafficking, arrests criminals, conducts investigation, rescues/recovers trafficked persons, assists in prosecuting relevant cases, rehabilitates trafficked persons and follows up, and regularly follows up on the progress of disposal of such cases.

During Q3 Y5, BC/TIP tried to get a meeting with focal persons of the monitoring cell for training, but was not able to schedule it this quarter.

Sub-IR 4.2. Private Company and International Donor Efforts Leveraged

Sub-IR 4.2. Activity A: Linkages with Other Programs and Private Sector Networks

Sub-IR 4.2. Task A.1: Linkages with International Donors and Organizations

Sub-IR 4.2. Task A.2: Provide Technical Assistance to Ministry of Women’s and Children’s Affairs (MoWCA) and Ministry of Youth and Sports (MYS)

During the reporting period, BC/TIP closely worked with the Ministry of Social Welfare (MSW) and the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs (MOWCA). Eight staff members from the Department of Social Services (DSS) attended the Comprehensive Survivor Services training to increase their capacity of integrated and comprehensive support to the survivors in a cordial manner.

Sub-IR 4.2. Task A.3: Partnerships with Private Sector Companies and Networks

Private TTCs: BC/TIP organized one refresher ToT for the instructors and trainers of Montage and Shatabdi TTCs on June 27. (Details in Sub-IR 1.1 Task C.1.)

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PARTNERSHIP:

Stakeholder Engagement:

Partner 4.1.1: The UN protection cluster

Project staff regularly attended the bi-weekly meeting organized by the protection cluster. BC/TIP staff informed the protection members about the scenario of trafficking in and around the Rohingya camps as well as the host communities. They also shared the initiatives taken by the project in addressing the issue of trafficking in Teknaf and Ukhia Upazila where Rohingya camps are located. The project staff attended six such meetings during Q3.

Partner 4.1.2: UN agencies and relevant international NGOs

Project staff attended two meetings with IOM and one meeting with UNHCR. In these meetings, BC/TIP staff provided copies of the NPA 2018-2022 and informed them about the program’s intervention in Rohingya camps and in the adjacent host communities.

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Partner 4.1.3: CTCs

In Q3, the project organized meetings with six CTCs at Union Parishad level in Teknaf and Ukhia in Cox’s Bazar district. Project staff highlighted the activities as provided in the NPA and urged the CTCs to follow the list of activities seriously.

Partner 4.1.4: National and local NGOs

Project staff attended six meetings with national NGOs (HELP Cox’s Bazar, PHALS Bangladesh, NONGOR) and discussed various topics including innovation in the prevention mechanism and more effective and speedy prosecution of traffickers.

Partner 4.1.5: Private sector networks

The project staff had meetings with five private sector actors. These private sectors actors are mainly local elected officials and political party leaders. All of them expressed their commitment to extend their support in the reintegration of survivors as well as employment opportunities for at-risk people.

The rest of the partnership related activities will commence in Q4.

IR 5. CHILD MARRIAGE: INCREASED RESPONSIVENESS OF DUTY BEARERS AND JUSTICE ACTORS ON CHILD MARRIAGE ISSUES

In Q3 Year 5, BC/TIP facilitated the following events to reduce the prevalence of child:

 Build capacity of the sub-grantee staff, member of communities, peer leaders and members of ANIRBAN  Train marriage registrars as they are the main duty bearers to prevent child marriage  Orient local elected representatives including members of CTC and VAW prevention committee  Orient other stakeholders including SMC, Local Leaders, CBOs, CSOs and local level journalists  Conduct sensitization sessions to promote community awareness on child marriage issues  Organize/Facilitate mass media campaigns to reduce the prevalence of child marriage  Support those at risk and victims of child marriage

Sub-IR 5.1. Increased awareness of families, communities particularly young people on the harmful impact of child marriages and the redress mechanisms available

Sub-IR 5.1. Activity A: Capacity Development for Partners to Integrate and Deliver Child Marriage Prevention Messages into Current Anti-TIP Interventions

Sub-IR 5.1. Task A.1: Develop Training Modules and Resource Materials for BC/TIP and Sub-Grantee Staff on Child Marriage Issues

BC/TIP reviews and updates its training modules and other resource materials on a regular basis. During this period, the program developed reading material on the special provision of Section 19 of the Child Marriage Restraint Act (CMRA), 2017 in accordance with the Rules of CMRA. This material will help the community know how they can comply with the special provision, if it is necessary.

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Sub-IR 5.1. Task A.2: Training of Trainers (ToT) for BC/TIP and Sub-grantee staff on Child Marriage Issues

In Q3 Y5, BC/TIP organized a refresher ToT course on child marriage issues for sub-grantee staff, peer leaders and ANIRBAN members. The main objectives of this course were to revisit the learning of the participants, demonstrate their sessions based on the learning and provide feedback to the participants as they role played as trainers. A total of 25 partner staff (F-5, M-20) participated in the training. The immediate outcome of the course, the participants made their session plan on the selective issues and conducted practical sessions based on their session plan.

Sub-IR 5.1. Activity B: Capacity Development Activities for Different Stakeholders.

Sub-IR 5.1. Task B.1: Develop and Review Training Modules and Resource Materials for Different Stakeholders on Child Marriage Issues

The activity is completed in quarter one in year five.

Sub-IR 5.1. Task B.2.1: Train Marriage Registrars (Hindu and Muslim) on Child Marriage Issues In Q3 Y5, the partners conducted five trainings with marriage registrars on prevention of child marriage in Satkhira, Jashore, Rajshahi and Cox’s Bazar districts.

The main objectives of this training were to sensitize marriage registrars on child marriage issues; to orient them on the CMRA, 2017, its Rules and alert them to penal provisions contained in the law, if anyone registered any underage marriage under any circumstances.

The training was particularly targeted towards educating marriage registrars, as they are the key duty bearers to prevent child marriage in their respective communities under the law.

Mr. Abul Kalam, a marriage registrar, said, “I am Orientation session with UP members, VAW taking the challenge and make a commitment to you committee and CTCs. that no child marriage will be conducted in my union.”

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Sub-IR 5.1. Task B.2.2: Orientation for Union Parishad (UP) Members, Union VAW prevention committee members, Standing Committees of UP and Counter Trafficking Committees (CTC) on Child Marriage Issues In Q3 Y5, BC/TIP partners conducted 11 one-day orientation sessions with local elected representatives “In my observation, there are many child including VAW prevention committee, UP standing marriage victims around us. We see their committee and CTC members on child marriage issues in experiences what they have faced in the partners working area. A total of 237 participants terms of their physical and mental participated (F-191, M-46) in these events. problem. All girls under the age of Contents of the orientation included the nexus between eighteen are forced to marriage by their child marriage and TIP, the CMRA 2017, and the role of parents or other guardians. So, it is our community, notary public and court marriage. duty to aware them the menace of child marriage” Through relentless efforts of BC/TIP and the rapport built with local elected representatives, four child marriage - Mst. Selina Khatun, Head Teacher prevention committees were activated in Kawnia Upazila of a Government Primary School of Rangpur Districts. This committee’s mandate is to prevent child marriage at the local level.

Sub-IR 5.1. Task B.2.3: Orientation for Other Stakeholders (SMC, Local Leaders, CBOs, CSO, ND media) on Child Marriage Issues In Q3 Y5, BC/TIP partners conducted seven orientations for other stakeholders including SMC, school teachers, local leaders, CBOs, CSOs and local journalists on child marriage issues. A total of 138 participants participated (F-22, M-116) in these events. Contents of the orientation included the nexus between child marriage and TIP, CMRA 2017, and the role of community, notary public and court marriage.

Sub-IR 5.1. Task B.2.4: Training for Selected Peer “Child marriage is a punishable offense under Leaders and Survivors’ Voice ANIRBAN on Child the law of Bangladesh. We will stop the Marriage Issues safety net services to the family who will BC/TIP arranged a divisional level consultation of peer marry off their girl before the age of eighteen leaders and ANIRBAN members in Rangpur district. years. We always discourage child marriage The objective of this consultation was to call for peer and you are also requested to inform me, if leaders and ANIRBAN members to become change- anyone perpetuate child marriage.” makers in their communities in preventing child - Shuvashish Sarker Rahul, a union marriage. Another objective of the event was to create social welfare representative a collaborative platform for peer leaders and ANIRBAN at the divisional level to exchange experiences and good practices and to identify the way to mitigate challenges in preventing child marriage. A total of 63 participants participated this consultation from Rangpur, Lalmonirhat, Dinajpur and Kurigram district.

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BC/TIP Quarterly Performance Report: Q3, Year 5 and orientations and to give them a clear understanding of child marriage issues and relevant laws. During the course, the participants conducted practicum sessions on different issues based on their learning and they also made session plans as to how they will conduct sessions on child marriage issues.

Sub-IR 5.1. Activity C: Community Mobilization/Sensitization Campaign on CM Issues BC/TIP carries out an innovative campaign program through its sub-grantees, peer leaders and ANIRBAN members to make communities aware of child marriage and its effect on the girl child. With the objective of reducing the prevalence of child marriage and increasing community engagement against child marriage, these campaign programs reach a wide population. This is a continuous event.

Sub-IR 5.1. Task C.1: Develop Campaign Materials for Community Mobilization on Child Marriage Issues BC/TIP developed relevant slogans on child marriage and CTIP issues for preparing stickers as part of the campaign materials. BC/TIP is also developing a booklet on CMRA as a tool for awareness raising at the community level.

Sub-IR 5.1. Task C. 1.2: Door-to-Door No “Child Marriage Campaigns” BC/TIP has designed for an innovative program and it will be implemented by its partners, peer leaders, and ANIRBAN members. The peer leaders and ANIRBAN members will visit households and disseminate IEC materials like leaflets, posters and stickers containing messages on prevention of child marriage.

BC/TIP’s partner Rights Jessore organized four door-to-door campaigns in Jashore and Narail districts for 120 participants (F-79, M-41).

Sub-IR 5.1. Task C.1.3: Mobilization/Sensitization Sessions for Parents, Grandparents, Religious Leaders, Teachers, Political Leaders, and Journalist on Child Marriage Issues

In Q3 Y5, BC/TIP’s partners conducted 123 community sessions in BC/TIP’s working area to sensitize parents, grandparents, youth, faith leaders on child marriage issues for 3,582 participants (F- 2,651, M-931). Community session on child marriage issues.

28 school sessions and TiEs were conducted with 1,685 students (F-926, M-759) to raise awareness on child marriage issues.

102 group sessions were conducted on child marriage issues for 991 participants (F-481, M-510).

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The contents covered in the community session included the definition of child marriage, child “I am a victim of child marriage. When I was marriage as a driver of human trafficking, myths thirteen years old, my parents married me off to of child marriage, child marriage laws, the way a bridegroom who was older than me. I was got forward to end child marriage and the role of mother before my age was turn on fifteen. I have community members to prevent child marriage. faced many problems during married life and nurtured the family members. It is very difficult Sub-IR 5.1. Task D: Behavior Change Campaign job for an immured girl. Having this experience, I will never marry off my girl before attaining In Q3 Y5, BC/TIP’s partners arranged seven eighteen years.” bicycle campaigns with school students where 754 students (F-294, M-460) took part. The - Rehana Akter, a participant from bicycle campaign is considered as an effective community session way to reach a wide range of community members for preventing child marriage.

In Q3 Y5, BC/TIP developed a PSA on child marriage and its relevant law and provided it to the sub- grantees for broadcasting through community radio in their respective communities. In addition, a magazine show and talk show were also aired to disseminate messages against child marriage as part of mass media campaign. A PSA was broadcast 60 times to reach 2,641,161 people (F-1,246,339; M- 1,394,822).

Sub-IR 5.1 Task E: Analysis of Child Marriage Coverage in the Media

In Q3 Y5, BC/TIP screened five daily newspapers for collecting child marriage occurrences in the country. If the content of the media is analyzed, it can be observed that the local administration is proactively restraining child marriage and made bonds between the parties so they cannot facilitate child marriage again. Additionally, now the government’s stern zero tolerance against child marriage and the community are getting more response from the duty bearers and law enforcement agencies. Youth also engaged to prevent child marriage in their respective communities.

The media monitoring coverage has been documented in a database and a report will be produced at the end of the year.

Sub-IR 5.2. Increased services provided by service providers relating to rights and referrals for protection services for children at-risk of child marriage

In Q3 Y5, BC/TIP’s sub-grantee Sachetan arranged an orientation with CBOs on child marriage issues at Bagha Upazila of Rajshahi districts. The main objective of this training was to orient the CBO leaders on the CMRA 2017 as they can prevent child marriage in their community. A total of 17 participants (F-1, M- 16) attended this orientation.

Sub-IR 5.2. Activity A: Extend partnerships and support increased access to services for children at-risk for child marriage, including awareness campaigns, referrals and referral directories

Sub IR 5.2. Task A.1: Develop and Integrate Guidelines for Quality Child Marriage-Related Services into Activities of BC/TIP Supported Shelters, TIP Service Providers and Facilities

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The partners identify those at risk and victims of child marriage based on the integrated guidelines developed by BC/TIP and provide them with services including shelter home support, family counseling, legal aid, health care and education support.

In this reporting period, the sub-grantees Agrogoti Sangstha, DAM, Proyas, YPSA and RDRS identified a total of 80 girls and boys that were at risk of child marriage aged between 11 and 17 years. All of them were reached through awareness information, family counselling, vocational training, shelter home support, safety net program and education support that allowed them to continue their study.

A total of 37 child marriage victims were identified during this period, and 37 were girls. The age of the victim was between 13 and 19. They were provided with family counselling, life skill training, shelter home support, education services and other services.

Sub IR 5.2. Task A.2: Peer Leaders Provide Child Marriage Awareness and Support to Communities and Families

Peer Leaders arranged 91 community sessions for 2,299 participants (F-1,757, M-542). The contents of this event was the nexus between child marriage and human trafficking, CMRA 2017, and the role of community members to prevent child marriage.

A total of 102 group discussions on child marriage issues were conducted by the peer leaders for 991 participants (F-481, M-510).

A total of 67 at risk of child marriage were identified by peer leaders and referred to the service providers. In addition, five child marriages were stopped by peer leaders.

Sub-IR 5.2. Activity B: National Level Advocacy and Policy Engagement The activity has been planned for Y6/final year.

Sub IR 5.2. Task B.1: Networking with Other Local NGOs on Child Marriage Issues

In Q3 Y5, BC/TIP expanded its networking with local NGOs who are intensively working in prevention of child marriage such as Girls not Brides, Girl Child Advocacy Forum, Palli Karma Sahayak Foundation, Plan International, UNFPA, UNICEF and Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK).

Sub IR 5.2. Task B.2: Consultation/Conference at Divisional and National Levels Peer leader conducted community session. The activity has been planned for Q4 Y5.

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The Terms of Reference is being developed. It is expected that the international consultant will be on board in Q4.

80 trainers empowered to train others on TIP and child marriage risks – This activity will be cross- cutting for Prevention and Child Marriage components Reported under Prevention.

40 peer leaders can identify the signs of gender-based violence, child marriage, and other forms of abuse that may drive trafficking - This activity will also be cross-cutting for Prevention and Child Marriage components Reported under Prevention.

80 local elected leaders able to respectfully communicate and act to address sensitive topics such as trafficking, child marriage, and GBV prevention. This activity will also be cross-cutting for Prevention and Child Marriage components Reported under Prevention.

IR 6. KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND LEARNING: INCREASED USE OF LEARNING ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE AND ACHIEVE RESULTS

To maintain high quality and standards for programming and to best support the decision-making process through systematic M&E data management, BC/TIP continuously emphasizes evidence-based program management and a strong monitoring process. To ensure the quality of the results and that the changes brought to the beneficiaries’ lives are documented, BC/TIP made couple of event monitoring such training and consulation workshop from June 18-21, 2019, survivors visit, shelter home visit in the location of sub grantees: RDRS. The findings of the visit have shared with sub grantees to address the issue in debriefing session. Both the program and MERL unit have planned to follow up the recommendations of the visit.

Sub-IR 6.1. Increased Capacity for Evidence-Based Planning for BC/TIP, Partners and National Stakeholders

Sub IR 6.1. Activity A: Develop a Custom M&E Database

To improve data collection and flow between partners in the field and BC/TIP, and to make information more readily available to inform program and management decision-making, BC/TIP is in a process of developing a M&E application software for web and mobile platform. The consulting firm Digital Express was contracted to develop the software in December. To develop the web application, Laravel and MySQL and the mobile application, Android were utilized.

In this quarter, BC/TIP has continued working with Digital Express with the hope of finalizing the M&E software by the end of this quarter. The swiftness of the work was significantly reduced due to staff turnover at Digital Express, who was the lead programmer for the M&E software. Even though this was a major setback, BC/TIP monitoring team was able to explain the purpose of the software, and what it should be doing, which the new programmer grasped quickly. The progress was boosted when field visits were made by the BC/TIP monitoring team and a person from Digital Express, it not only helped partners

BC/TIP Quarterly Performance Report: Q3, Year 5 to go through the M&E software, it helped to identify many issues and changes which needed to be made within the software for it to finally roll out.

M&E database and TraiNet updates BC/TIP’s Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL) unit has updated training and other databases to the end of Q3 in Excel and has updated TraiNet as well.

Sub-IR 6.1. Activity B: Assessment of the NPA Indicator Reporting Process

The activity will be implemented through sub grantee INCIDIN Bangladesh next quarter once it is onboard.

Sub-IR 6.1. Activity C: Increased Research and Monitoring to Support Learning

Sub-IR 6.1. Task C.1: Learning activity: Is knowledge of TIP risk enough to prevent risky behavior?

TOR development process has initiated, and the activity will start implementation in next quarter.

Sub-IR 6.1. Task C.2: Comparative study on Child Marriage in Bangladesh

The draft of the TOR was developed and the study will start in Q4 after a consultant is hired.

Sub-IR 6.2. Scale-Up Evidence-based Practices to Facilitate Relevant Program Implementation Activities and Effective Adaptation

Sub-IR 6.2. Activity A: Special Studies to Analyze and Inform BC/TIP Interventions and Its Implementation Model

Sub IR 6.2 Task A.1 Sub-grantee performance assessment

BC/TIP conducted a mid-term review (MTR) of the program of RDRS Bangladesh in areas of Rangpur, Dinajpur, Kurigram and Lalmonirhat from June 30 to July 1.

The objective of the MTR was threefold: a) to assess the staff’s understanding and knowledge on thematic areas of BC/TIP program and their involvement with the day to day field activities; b) program implementation strategy, techniques, and quality in relation to Winrock standards and learning adoption mechanism; and c) M&E system and overall program management.

Five focus group discussions (FGDs) and two in-depth interviews (IDIs) were organized in connection with this MTR. The FGDs were held with peer leaders, members of ANIRBAN, members of Union CTCs and RDRS staff whereas, IDIs were conducted with an Upazila CTC president and a TTC principal. A total of 57 participants (F-28, M-29) took part in these FGDs and IDIs.

A semi-structured questionnaire along with both open and closed-ended questions was used in these FGDs and IDIs. A four-member team consisting of M&E and prevention personnel of BC/TIP led this MTR.

RDRS included in its program implementation cycle a learning mechanism, and a communicating and experience sharing mechanism with other Sub-grantees. As a result, the quality of program implementation process and standards are close to the Winrock International requirements. The overall

BC/TIP Quarterly Performance Report: Q3, Year 5 performance of RDRS Bangladesh was noted as satisfactory and up to the mark. However, RDRS Bangladesh was advised to put more concentration on the identification of vulnerable survivors, CTCs and other stakeholders. On another important note, while sharing the findings of the MTR with the Executive Director and other management staff, it expressed that RDRS will adopt human trafficking issues in its core program upon ending the BC/TIP project by 2020 as it has direct linkages with SDG.

Major findings of the MTR are as follows:  Majority of the RDRS staff hold solid perception about concepts of trafficking-in-persons, human smuggling, safe migration, child marriage, and trafficking nexus and linkage between child marriage and human trafficking.  Majority of the Peer Leaders and ANIRBAN have a clear insight into BC/TIP issues and concepts. Both Peer Leaders and ANIRBAN have a better understanding of providing services through referral mechanism for trafficking victims and at-risk people, BC/TIP developed District level Directory. In addition to that, they regularly organized community meetings with the assistance of the Community Mobilizer of RDRS, facilitated community sessions with RDRS staff, were able to identify trafficking victims and at-risk people in the community to refer to service providers.  Seems some of the survivors that had identified by the RDRS are not economically vulnerable.  Newly trained CTCs members of Mogolhat Union Parishad, under Sadar Upazila of Lalmonirhat district and Shohidbag Union Parishad, Kawnia Upazila of Rangpur district were aware of their roles and responsibilities articulated in the NPA 2018-2022. However, more conceptual clarity is required on the human trafficking dynamic.  Need to enhance the relationship between Upazila and Union CTC to better access in services of Upazila by the survivors and at-risk people.

Recommendations:  RDRS should continue a similar effort in program implementation to maintain the program quality and standard to achieve its result.  Put more effort to identify vulnerable survivors to reintegrate in society.  Should facilitate better coordination between Upazila and Union CTC so that both the CTC can work together in reducing trafficking and child marriage in terms of providing services to at-risk people and victims of TIP and child marriage.  Provide more orientation program for newly trained CTCs on human trafficking concepts

Short assessment on the program implementation process of sub-grantees BITA, OKUP and BSEHR will be held in Q4.

Sub-IR 6.2. Task A.2 Annual Review and updating of the M&E Plan:

Not due in this quarter.

Sub-IR 6.2. Task A.3: Review of CVE Best Practice and Integration in BC/TIP Results Framework and Interventions:

This has been reported under Prevention Sub-IR 1.3.

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Collaboration with regional CTIP program During this quarter, BC/TIP’s COP and MERL Manager had participated in regional M&E working group meeting in Bangkok from May 27-28, 2019. The meeting provided an opportunity to discuss what data country projects need and how regional projects can advocate, cluster and identify common indicators, share best practices, and brainstorm ideas for the Learning Forum Agenda in September. In addition, there was a session where each country program presented its promising practices regarding M&E from their respective experience where Bangladesh has shared its best practices e.g victims identification and other reintegration tools. Participants shared thoughts and opinions during each presentation.

Sara Pizzano, COP-CTIP, had made a visit to BC/TIP in the middle of June of the reporting period. In the meeting a few common regional learning agenda was identified. BC/TIP will implement one of those common learning agenda in next quarter in collaboration with regional program.

CHALLENGES

Prevention:  Safe migration training at TTCs and DEMO is satisfactory. However, the Ministry of Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment does not yet fully appreciate the nexus between migration and trafficking and has not taken the necessary steps to regulate sub-agents and eliminate recruitment fees charged to workers. This goal, along with action on other related trafficking of migrant laborers’ issues, remains unattainable for the project.  Due to lack of budgetary allocation by the GOB for new CTCs, many CTC members are reluctant to attend CTC meetings. Mobilization of CTCs needs more attention and input from BC/TIP partners and GOB than has been provided. CTC members who are elected officials sometimes do not play an active role in identifying and/or intercepting perpetrators, as these actions may hamper their political interests (i.e. votes).  GOB service providers are not always responsive to the needs of those at risk of TIP and victims, due to a lack of understanding of their needs. To some extent, this makes referrals ineffective.  Potential migrants tend to be reluctant to attend pre-decision and pre-departure orientations for a full day, due to other priorities like income earning for the day.  Politically influential people at the local level often retain benefits of the safety net programs of the government, leaving those at risk of trafficking deprived and vulnerable.  The Vigilance Task Force (VTF) concentrates on migration violations under the Migration Act and not on trafficking issues under the PSHTA Act. Due to this priority of the VTF, BC/TIP has been unable to provide sufficient technical assistance to the VTF. Protection:  In some instances, stakeholders (e.g., members of CTCs) remain unaware of the existence of district referral directories.  There are few well-trained trauma and psychosocial counselors in Bangladesh which hinders appropriate reintegration of trafficked victims.  Survivors do not always meet the educational requirements, as set by the service providers, to receive a vocational/technical training.  There is a lack of shelter services for victims, mainly at the borders with India.  There is a lack of shelter services for adult male victims in general. Prosecution:

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 Approval for police training expired in October 2018 and new approval was not secured until May 2019.  Survivors are often afraid of law enforcement and authorities because of their experiences with corrupt law enforcement personnel which lead to delays in the trial process.  Survivors are often reluctant to file a case because they fear retribution from their traffickers, arrest, and deportation. Child Marriage:  There is a practice within the community to produce fake birth registrations for children which allows parents to marry off girls before the age of eighteen. Local elected representatives are complicit in this forgery.  Local administration and helpline services operated by the government for child marriage issues are not yet fully functional 24/7.  The challenge related to notary marriage still exists. Cox’s Bazar:  Winrock International’s rigorous procurement process in combination with the NGO Affairs Bureau approval process delayed contracting the Sub-grantees resulting in delayed implementation of activities.  Some of the organizations operating in Cox’s Bazar are spending excessive funds in their activities at community level, inflating costs including conveyance, which is affecting programming.  CICs are frequently transferred, resulting in a need to re-orient CICs to the program and issues of TIP, CM, and GBV. KML:  The roll-out of the M&E application software was delayed due to the turnover of key staff of the vendor.  National Plan of Action (NPA) indicator monitoring activities were delayed due to a delay in procurement. Management:  The process for subgranting is taking longer than anticipated due to a rigorous procurement process, NGO Affairs Bureau Approvals, and Sub-grantee registration.  It has been difficult for the project to attract and retain qualified personnel due to budget restrictions in offering a competitive compensation package.

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EXPENDITURES

PROGRAM PRIORITIES FOR QUARTER 4, YEAR 5

Prevention:  Follow up and review activities related to peer leaders and ANIRBAN members  Divisional level advocacy consultation by peer leaders and ANIRBAN  Behavior change campaigns  Analysis of trafficking reporting in the media  Training for journalists on TIP, safe migration, CM and GBV  Promotion of best practices of fair and ethical recruitment among recruiting agencies  Activation and follow-up of CTCs at all levels in light of the NPA 2018-2022  Partnership with GoB committees and conducting meetings with existing partners/GOB counterparts like the Vigilance Task Force to strengthen implementation and enforcement of anti- TIP and safe migration laws  National and district-level advocacy for implementation of PSHTA and OEMA  E-learning module audio/visual development Protection:  Engage an international consultant to travel to Bangladesh, develop a module, and train a select group of trainers on trauma counselling related to trafficking  Trauma counselling training and revision of module  Comprehensive training on survivors’ services  Basic counselling training  Focus on registration of ANIRBAN  National conference to present BC/TIP experiences and results in using the district level directories

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Prosecution:  District Legal Aid Panel lawyer training at Barishal  One police training with Criminal Investigation Department of the Bangladesh Police  Pilot Case Monitoring Conference at Jashore  Opinion sharing meeting with Bangladesh Women Judge's Association in Dhaka  Review existing training modules  Joint partners meeting in Cox’s Bazar  Follow up and monitoring on cases regarding survivors of trafficking both through the legal process and Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) Partnership:  Revitalize relationship with private TTCs including Montage, AYAT, Shatabdi  Capacity development of private recruiting agencies  Continued partnership with A2i for e-learning module audio/visual development  Continue to work closely with organizations like Johns Hopkins and Red Orange  Further strengthen the partnership with Terre des Hommes-Netherlands, and Palli Karma- Sahayak Foundation on counter child marriage campaign  Further solidify relations with National Legal Aid Services Organization and Judicial Administration Training Institute for conducting necessary trainings

Child Marriage:  Policy brief entailing the implementation gaps of the Child Marriage Restraint Act 2017 (CMRA) shared with policy makers  Engage youth as change agents in their respective communities in preventing child marriage  Activate the child marriage prevention committee from national level to union level to prevent child marriage as mandated by the rules of CMRA  Consultancy to develop audio/visual materials on child marriage issues  Develop IEC materials for door-to-door campaigns

KML:  Update M&E application software with UAT findings and roll-out the system  Train staff on M&E application software  Hire consultant and implement study to provide recommendations on how to improve the investigation and prosecution of human trafficking cases in Bangladesh  Hire consultant and implement comparative child marriage in Asian Muslim countries to further understand the implications of the adoption of Section 19 of the Child Marriage Restraint Act (2017).  Initiate process to implement study on ‘Is knowledge of TIP risks enough to prevent risky behavior?’  Coordination between BC/TIP and USAID Asia CTIP: o TIP victim ID: BC/TIP has 10 years’ worth of TIP data and usage of identification tools. The project can contribute to understanding challenges from victims’ and practitioners’ perspectives in using existing TIP identification tools. The project also tested community identification through peer leaders and would like to assess their model to provide interesting insights on new approaches to TIP identification. 58

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o TIP vulnerability/prevalence: The project has ten years of data available from more than 5,000 TIP victims assisted. The data may help to identify patterns and trends in vulnerability. o Safe migration/KAP: The project has conducted safe migration awareness campaigns for several years and is seeking support from USAID Asia CTIP to design and conduct assessments of impacts of those campaigns. The results may contribute to addressing learning questions on the effectiveness of safe migration awareness and on what constitutes safe migration o Referral systems: The project has developed a promising model of survivors and youth leaders for community identification and referrals. The project is seeking assistance to assess and document this model, which may be expanded and/or replicated in other countries. o Quality of services for vicitms: The project has ten years of documented assistance to TIP survivors and is seeking help to analyze its data on case management to identify most effective services and approaches leading to sustainable reintegration. o Cox’s Bazar program host communities and Rohingya refugees:  Joint partners meeting in Cox’s Bazar  Engage an international consultant to develop a module and train a select group of trainers on trauma counselling for child marriage and gender-based violence victims  Disseminate radio-based prevention messages in camps and host communities  Establish safe spaces/drop-in centers in camps and host communities

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

 Onboarding of the Protection Program Officer  Safety and Security, PSHTA Rules, CMRA Rules, and OEMA Rules and other staff development training  Finalizing all subgrants including BITA, YPSA, and INCIDIN  Detailed Budget vs. Actuals planning of partner activities, consultancies, training-conferences- meetings, and other activities covered by ODCs

ANNEX A: BC/TIP CORE PERFORMANCE INDICATORS: Q3 OF Y5 (APRIL – JUNE 2019)

Achievement Status of Core Performance Indicators BC/TIP’s 33 core performance indicators (21 output indicators, 11 outcome indicators and one objective level indicator) track progress on its objective to reduce the prevalence of human trafficking in Bangladesh under each of the six intermediate results.

SI Indicator Baseline Type Data Dis- * LOP Till date FY 5 Target Y5 Q3 Remarks Value aggregation Target achievement (April – June (June 30, 2019) 2019) 1.1 Number of Objective 26,000 17,657 4,000 N/A Yearly actions taken by reporting communities, local governments and GOB to prevent TIP 1.2 % Of target 30% Outcome Gender, age 80% N/A N/A End of Project population that category, reporting shows an geographic awareness of location trafficking in persons (TIP) (1.5.3-13) 1.3 # Unduplicated 0 Output Gender, age, 8,600 T-6,424 1,760 T-337 people (at-risk geographic M-3,415 M-187 or survivors) location F-3,009 F-150 identified by target Survivors Survivors communities T-2,180 T-157 and referred to M-1,191 M-72 at least one F-989 F-85 support service At-risk At-risk T-4,244 T-180

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SI Indicator Baseline Type Data Dis- * LOP Till date FY 5 Target Y5 Q3 Remarks Value aggregation Target achievement (April – June (June 30, 2019) 2019) M-2,224 M-115 F-2,020 F-65 1.4 # Of CTCs 0 Outcome Composition 300 200 60 N/A Yearly established and , geographic reporting fully functioning location 1.5 % Trained CTC 0 Outcome Gender, age, 85% 86% 85% N/A Yearly members with geographic reporting an increased location, level of knowledge of their roles and responsibilities 1.6 # Unduplicated 0 Output Gender, age, 800 T- 753 98 Additional Peer Leaders, geographic M- 412 training will be including location F-341 conducted ANIRBAN when Sub- members, Peer Leaders grantees for trained by T- 658 the Cox’s Bazar BC/TIP to M- 363 program are combat TIP F- 295 onboard.

ANIRBAN T- 95 M- 49 F- 46 1.7 # People in 0 Output Gender, age, 6,100,000 T-6,069,162 850,000 T- 258,997 In Q3 a new targeted geographic M-3,220,569 M-151,779 community populations, location F-2,848,593 F-107,218 radio including Pollikontho vulnerable Community Community started airing populations, Awareness Awareness PSAs in law raising raising Moulovibazar

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SI Indicator Baseline Type Data Dis- * LOP Till date FY 5 Target Y5 Q3 Remarks Value aggregation Target achievement (April – June (June 30, 2019) 2019) enforcement, T-191,582 T- 9,397 district, health care M-3,879 supported by providers, F-5,518 BITA. An educators, and estimated others, exposed Community Community 249,000 new to a USG- Radio Radio persons were funded mass T-5,829,600 T-249,600 reached by the media M-147,900 PSAs. campaign that Website F-101,700 provides Coverage information T-47,980 till about TIP Y2 Q4 (1.5.3-14) 1.8 # Migrants who 0 Output Gender, age, 16,000 T- 20,507 3,000 T- 2,295 Target over received BC/TIP geographic M- 16,090 M- 1,384 achieved due training on safe location F- 4,417 F- 911 to number of migration, TIP, partnerships migrants' rights, Sub-grantee Sub-grantee increased and redress T- 4,161 T-332 mechanisms M- 3,372 M-282 F- 789 F-50

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SI Indicator Baseline Type Data Dis- * LOP Till date FY 5 Target Y5 Q3 Remarks Value aggregation Target achievement (April – June (June 30, 2019) 2019) recruitment by OKUP with the outcome of a series of 8 workshops is due in Q4.

1.10 # Unduplicated 0 Output Gender, 3,000 T-2,525 800 T-257 Counter- geographic M-1,960 M-203 Trafficking location F-565 F-54 Committee members who Sub Grantee Sub Grantee receive BC/TIP T-2,109 T-257 training in their M-1,619 M-203 roles and F-490 F-54 responsibilities CTC Conference T-416 M-341 F-75 1.11 # District 0 Output Gender, 124 T-124 0 N/A Achieved in Y4 Education & geographic M-105 Manpower location F- 19 Office (DEMO) officials who received BC/TIP training on safe migration & TIP 1.12 # Journalist 0 Output Gender, 250 T-98 220 T-48 trained on Safe geographic M-87 M-43 Migration, TIP location F-9 F-5

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SI Indicator Baseline Type Data Dis- * LOP Till date FY 5 Target Y5 Q3 Remarks Value aggregation Target achievement (April – June (June 30, 2019) 2019) and Child Marriage 1.13 Number of 0 Output Gender, age 6,100,000 T - 83 5,000,000 T – 48 Preparation for people reached category, M - 33 M - 0 the by a USG geographic F – 50 F – 48 development funded location, of PSAs with intervention type (TIP, Geographic Geographic messages on providing GBV CVE, GBV, locations: locations: gender-based services (e.g. child Two Upazilas: Two Upazilas: violence has health, legal, marriage Ukhia and Ukhia and started. It is psycho-social and Teknaf Teknaf expected that counselling, Rohingya PSAs will be shelters, and host Age: all are Age: all are aired by August hotlines, other communitie between 16- Between 16- 2019, which (GNDR-6) s) 50 50 will allow the program to Both Both achieve the Rohingya and Rohingya and overall targets host host under this community community indicator.

Type: GBV Type: GBV

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SI Indicator Baseline Type Data Dis- * LOP Till date FY 5 Target Y5 Q3 Remarks Value aggregation Target achievement (April – June (June 30, 2019) 2019) Partner Org. BGB, RRRI Task force etc.) 2.2 # Survivors of 0 Output Gender, 2,600 T-2,180 660 T-157 TIP receiving geographic M-1,191 M-72 services with location F-989 F-85 USG assistance (1.5.3-18) 2.3 # Winrock 0 Output N/A 8 6 6 5 partners implementing the 2014 ACT Standards and Protocols for Survivor Services and new GOB minimum standards of care and services for trafficking survivors 2.4 # Counselors, 0 Output Gender, 200 T-100 60 0 Deferred to social workers geographic M-63 next quarter and other location F-37 health care workers who received training in using TIP-specific trauma and

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SI Indicator Baseline Type Data Dis- * LOP Till date FY 5 Target Y5 Q3 Remarks Value aggregation Target achievement (April – June (June 30, 2019) 2019) care tools to track survivors' progress toward recovery 2.5 # Consultation/ 0 Output NA 27 22 3 0 Deferred to research next quarter conducted with partners to develop referral directories 2.6 # District-level 0 Output N/A 25 22 3 0 Deferred to referral next quarter directories of service providers developed 2.7 # Staff 0 Output Gender, 240 T-175 25 N/A Target members from geographic M-87 achieved in Q2 GO/NGO location F-88 trained on comprehensive Survivors Services 3.1 % Of trained 0 Outcome Gender, 80% 85% 85% N/A Yearly criminal justice geographic reporting personnel with locations, an increased role level of knowledge on rules and laws governing TIP, migration, and

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SI Indicator Baseline Type Data Dis- * LOP Till date FY 5 Target Y5 Q3 Remarks Value aggregation Target achievement (April – June (June 30, 2019) 2019) overseas employment, and legal support for TIP survivors 3.2 # Host nation 0 Output Gender, 1,300 T-1,051 205 T-32 criminal justice geographic M-846 M-22 personnel who location, F-205 F-10 received USG- role funded anti-TIP Police Judges training during T-313 T-32 the life of a M-296 M-22 project (1.5.3- F-17 F-10 17) Prosecutors T-180 M-148 F-32

Lawyers T-250 M-190 F-60

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SI Indicator Baseline Type Data Dis- * LOP Till date FY 5 Target Y5 Q3 Remarks Value aggregation Target achievement (April – June (June 30, 2019) 2019) Total cases - Total cases- 363 21 BMET-180 BMET-9 Legal -183 Legal-12 4.1 # Of events 0 Outcome N/A 5 5 1 N/A Indicator name organized/actio aligned with ns taken to MELP strengthen Trafficking in Persons (TIP) related policies, laws or international agreements with USG assistance. 4.2 Total $ value of 0 Outcome Type of $1,200,000 $865,035 $236,000 N/A Yearly in-kind and contribution Reporting financial contributions type of leveraged from activity private sector for TIP prevention and protection activities 4.3 The indicator 0 Output Gender, 3,500 N/A was dropped in geographic September locations, 2016 by USAID role

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SI Indicator Baseline Type Data Dis- * LOP Till date FY 5 Target Y5 Q3 Remarks Value aggregation Target achievement (April – June (June 30, 2019) 2019) 4.4 # Of staff 0 Output Gender, 25 0 25 N/A Approval members of geographical pending from Police Anti location police Trafficking headquarters monitoring cell who received orientation on case management and dissemination of information 4.5 # Public and 0 Output Geographic 71 63 3 2 Partnership private sector location, between partners type of Pollikontho and engaged in partner BITA, and public between mobilization Smiling Sun campaigns and and YPSA participating in employment programs for vulnerable groups and TIP survivors 4.6 # of Partners 0 Output Type of 2 0 N/A The indicator received partner has been transitional dropped in Y3 grants at the end of year II of BC/TIP

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SI Indicator Baseline Type Data Dis- * LOP Till date FY 5 Target Y5 Q3 Remarks Value aggregation Target achievement (April – June (June 30, 2019) 2019) 5.1 % of trained 0 Outcome Gender, 80% 0 80% N/A Yearly communities geographic reporting with an locations increased level of knowledge on the provisions of the Child Marriage Restraint Act 5.2 % of 0 Outcome Geographic 80% 0 80% N/A Yearly community location, reporting members Gender demonstrated increased awareness on child marriage issues

5.3 # of duty TBD Output Gender, 3,490 T-1,520 2,000 T-472 bearers geographic M-1,129 M-399 (Marriage locations F-391 F-73 Registrar & UP members) and Peer leaders Peer leaders other T-82 T-0 stakeholders M-51 M-0 (SMC, F-31 F-0 community members, Peer ANIRBAN ANIRBAN Leaders, T–65 T–16 ANIRBAN) M-29 M-11 receiving F-36 F-5

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SI Indicator Baseline Type Data Dis- * LOP Till date FY 5 Target Y5 Q3 Remarks Value aggregation Target achievement (April – June (June 30, 2019) 2019) capacity Marriage Marriage building registrars registrars T-222 T-81 M-222 M-81 F-0 F-0

Others (SMC, Others (SMC, local leaders, local leaders, journalists, journalists, and others) and others) T-490 T-138 M-383 M-116 F-107 F-22

UP/CTC/VAW UP/CTC/VAW T-661 T-237 M-444 M-191 F-217 F-46 5.4 # of community TBD Output Gender, 3,100,000 T-2,650,915 1,700,000 T-259,354 In Q3, a new members geographic M-1,398,912 M-151,990 community exposed to the locations F-1,252,003 F-107,364 radio station provisions of Pollikontho the Child Community Community started airing Marriage awareness awareness PSAs in Restraint Act T-26,263 T-9,754 Moulovibazar M-11,139 M-4,090 district F-15,124 F -5664 supported by BITA. An Radio Radio estimated T-2,624,652 T-249,600 249,000 new M-1,387,773 M-147,900 people were F-1,236,879 F-101,700 reached

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SI Indicator Baseline Type Data Dis- * LOP Till date FY 5 Target Y5 Q3 Remarks Value aggregation Target achievement (April – June (June 30, 2019) 2019) 5.5 # of child TBD Output Gender, age, 550 T-277 200 T-117 marriage geographic M-10 M-3 victims and at- locations F-267 F-114 risk persons receiving direct Victims Victims services and T-81 T-37 referrals M-1 M-0 F-80 F-37

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SI Indicator Baseline Type Data Dis- * LOP Till date FY 5 Target Y5 Q3 Remarks Value aggregation Target achievement (April – June (June 30, 2019) 2019) activities and target 6.3 Number of key Number Outcome NA 45 20 20 N/A Yearly actionable of issue/ reporting findings, actions experiences and lessons learned captured, evaluated, synthesized, and reflected in revised approaches, targets, and activities

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ANNEX B: BC/TIP ’S ACTIVITY INDICATORS, OBJECTIVES AND GOALS: Q3 OF Y5 (APRIL – JUNE 2019)

Activity Indicators Planned Quarter wise indicator achievements for Y5 Sub-IR 1.1 Task A.1 Training of Peer Leaders 98 Q3: one batch training conducted for 16 ANIRBAN members (M- and Survivors’ Voice ANIRBAN 11, F-5) Q2: 63 persons trained in 4 batches (one batch each by Proyas, Rights Jessore, DAM, and Sachetan) Q1: 57 persons trained in 4 batches (2 batches by Agrogoti, and 2 batches by RDRS) Sub-IR 1.1 Task A.2 District-Level Advocacy 2 divisional Q3: One conducted in Rangpur Consultation by Peer Leaders and Survivors’ consultations Q2: N/A Voice ANIRBAN Q1: 6 district and sub district level consultations held National Convention of Peer Leaders and One Q3: Achieved in Q2 Survivors’ Voice ANIRBAN Q2: One national consultation held Q1: postponed due to NPA launching and national election. To be held next quarter Peer to peer visits between Peer Leaders 4 visits Q3: Due in Q4 and Survivors’ Voice ANIRBAN network Sub-IR 1.1 Task B.1 Behavioral Change Design completed Q3: 263 community program and 1,045 PSAs and radio talk Campaign design and implementation and implementation shows airing through 10 community radios ongoing Q2: 406 community program and 1,010 PSAs and radio talk shows airing through 9 community radios Q1 284 community program and 1,065 PSAs and radio talk shows airing through 8 community radios BC/TIP Newsletter 4 first e-versions of Q3: Pending the newsletter Q2: One Q1: One Sub-IR 1.1 Task C.1 Pre-decision and Pre- 3,000 Q3: 2,295; 50 batches of training by Sub-grantee and TTC Departure Training Q2: 1,590; 30 batches by Sub-grantee and TTC Q1: 3,381; 63 batches by Sub-grantee and TTC Sub-IR 1.2 Task A.1 Promote Active Union, 60 CTCs activated Q3: 11 CTCs activated (UZ: Bashkhali, UP: Teleshore by BITA; UP: Upazila, and District CTCs and functioning – Shampur, Mohonpur, Khatta, Daipukuria and Boilder by activities ongoing in Proyash; Dhandia and Chowgacha by DAM; UP Tularampur by RJ both prevention and and UP Kutubjum by YPSA) Q2: 2 CTCs (Kanshat and Boyalder) 74

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protection Sub- Q1: 12 CTCs (9 Union Parishad, 2 Upazilas and 1 district) grantee areas National conference on CTCs – challenges N/A Activity shifted to partnership component in the report and good practices

Sub-IR 1.2 Task B.1 TOT for DEMOs and Activity completed. TTCs Target over achieved Sub-IR 1.2 Task C Assistance to implement N/A Activity shifted to partnership component in the report NPA 2015-2017 activities Sub-IR 1.2 Task C.1 Technical Assistance to N/A Activity shifted to partnership component in the report Vigilance Task Force (VTF) Improved practices for recruiting agencies Three group Q3: One workshop completed Task C.1 consultations and Q2: Two workshop completed by CSO, government and returnee Consultation with recruiting agencies on one national migrants by OKUP best practice consultation Q1: Two workshop completed with CSOs and male returnee migrants Activity Indicators Planned Quarter wise indicator achievements for Y5 Sub-IR 2.1 Increased Consistency and Quality of Support Offered by TIP Survivor Service Providers Sub-IR 2.1 Task A.1. Sub-IR 2.1 ACTIVITY A One batch training Q3: Target achieved Training on Winrock Survivor Standards Q2: 26 person trained in one training and GOB Shelter Standards Q1: Not due this quarter Sub-IR 2.1 ACTIVITY B Coordinated 2,050 Q3: A total of 579 services provided to survivors. The support Approach to Quality Survivor Services includes 4 batches of life skills training for 73 survivors, and Life skills training 4 batches of entrepreneurship training for 46 survivors, Entrepreneurship training livelihood support for 40 survivors, shelter for 156 survivors, Survivor Support health support for 59 survivors, loan support for 17, counseling for 145, vocational training for 23 survivors, and legal support to 20 survivors Q2: A total of 557 services provided to survivors. The support includes 4 batches of life skills training for 71 survivors, and

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3 batches of entrepreneurship training for 39 survivors, livelihood support for 40 survivors, shelter for 145 survivors, health support for 35 survivors, loan support for 15, counseling for 175, and legal support to 37 survivors Q1: A total of 438 services provided to 150 survivors. The support included 4 batches of life skills training for 71 survivors, and 2 batches of entrepreneurship training to 27 survivors, 33 to livelihood support, shelter for 98, loan support for 20, counseling for 150survivors, and legal support to 34 survivors

Sub-IR 2.1 Task B.1 90 ANIRBAN Q3: On going Survivors’ Voice ANIRBAN Engages in survivors provide Q2: On going Assistance and Reintegration reintegration Q1: On going assistance to victim family/community Sub-IR 2.1 Task B.2 Two batch trainings Q3: Deferred to next quarter Strengthened Mental Health Trauma Q2: One batch refresher training Services Q1: Not due in this quarter Sub-IR 2.1 Activity C 300 community Q3: Six batches; 95 trained Capacity Development of Community- leaders from Q2: Three batches; 54 CBOs trained by three batches Based Organization for Sustainable community-based Q1: One batch; 15 CBOs trained in one batch training Integration. organizations trained in sustainable reintegration support to survivors Sub-IR 2.2 Improved Referral System for TIP Survivors Sub-IR 2.2 ACTIVITY A Improve Coordination among Providers and Differentiate Areas of Expertise through TIP Referral System. Sub-IR 2.2 ACTIVITY A.1 10 cluster meetings Q3: Three cluster meetings (DAM-1 and BSHER 2) Develop a cluster wide network among Q2: Two cluster meetings (Rajshahi and Shatkhira) service providers Q1: not due this quarter

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Sub-IR 2.2 Task A.1 3 mapping and Q3: Deferred to next quarter Develop district Referral Directories of coordination Q2: One district directory of Lalmonirhat has been developed Service Providers workshops Q1: One mapping workshop conducted Activity Indicators Planned Quarter wise indicator achievements for Y5 Sub-IR 3.1 ACTIVITY A – Multi-Disciplinary Trainings, Networking and Capacity- Building for Criminal Justice Actors and NGOs Sub-IR 3.1 Task A.2 Strengthening legal 60 cases Q3: 21 cases case management and follow up Q2: 37 cases mechanism Q1: 34 cases Sub-IR 3.1 Task A.2 Advocating for 2 workshops Q3: Approval pending from the police headquarters creating a framework on Police-Prosecutor Q2: Approval pending from the police headquarters

Sub-IR 3.1 Task A.3 Mixed Police 2 batch trainings Q3: Not due Prosecutor Training Q2: Not due this quarter

Sub-IR 3.1 Task A.4 Inclusion of TIP 1 Q3: One meeting held with DIG (training and sports) Curriculum in Police Basic Training Q2: Advocacy ongoing to incorporate TIP issue in training curriculum

Sub-IR 3.1 Task A.5 Targeted Technical 5 batch trainings Q3: Not due this quarter Skills Training for Improved Specialist Q2: Not due this quarter Response to TIP Sub-IR 3.1 Task A.6 Strengthening Judicial 2 batch trainings Q3: 32 persons trained in one batch Response to TIP Q2: 68 persons trained in two batches

Activity Indicators Planned Quarter wise indicator achievements for Y5 Sub-IR 4.1 Improved Coordination among GOB and NGOs to Combat TIP and Migration Abuses Sub-IR 4.1 Activity A Participation in GOB Meetings of Q3: Participated in all meetings called for by GOB Committees to Strengthen Implementation different GOB Q2: Participated in meetings called for by GOB 77

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and Enforcement of Anti-TIP and Safe committees to Q1: Participated in meetings called for by GOB Migration Laws provide technical advice Sub-IR 4.1 Activity B National and District- 3 CTC Divisional Q3: 12 meetings with relevant civil society actors, and Level Advocacy for Implementation of Conferences; TBD international organizations PSHTA and OEMA number of Q2: 12 meetings with relevant civil society actors, and consultations with international organizations relevant Q1: 10 meetings with relevant civil society actors, and stakeholders international organizations Sub-IR 4.1 Task B.2 Support for developing NPA related Q3: Numerous meetings held with MOHA, with policy the implementation of 2018-2022 National activities consulting firm, and with civil society actors Plan of Action for Combating Human implemented and Q2: Numerous meetings held with MOHA, with policy Trafficking reported upon; consulting firm, and with civil society actors technical advice and Q1: New NPA LAUNCHED support provided to GOB Sub-IR 4.1 Activity C Provide Technical 25 Q3: Approval pending Support/Training to the Police Anti- Q2: Approval pending Trafficking Monitoring Cell Sub-IR 4.2 Private Company and International Donor Efforts Leveraged to Support Prevention, Protection and Prosecution

Sub-IR 4.2 Activity A Linkages with Other 3 partnerships Q3: Two MoUs signed. The partnership between Smiling Sun and Programs and Private-Sector Networks established, and YPSA, and between Community Radio Pollikontho, Shunamgonj leverage funds and BITA. obtained Q2: Two MoUs signed. The partnership between Smiling Sun, Lalmonirhat, and RDRS, and between the Department of Youth Development (DYD) and Agrogoti Q1: Two MoUs signed. The partnership between Smiling Sun and RDRS, and between Medipath and Sachetan Activity Indicators Planned Quarter wise indicator achievements for Y5

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Sub-IR 5.1 Families, Communities and Youth are aware of the harmful impact of Child Marriage and Available Alternatives # of duty bearers (Marriage Registrars & 2,000 Q3: total trained: 472 Union Parishad members) and other 23 batches training for stakeholders such as ANIRBAN, Violence stakeholders (School Management Against Women (VAW) Committees, CTCs, Union Parishads Committee, community members, Peer (UPs), Marriage Registrars, and other stakeholders Leaders, ANIRBAN) receiving capacity Q2: total trained: 836 building 32 batches of training for stakeholders such as Peer Leaders and ANIRBAN, VAW, CTC, UP, Marriage Registrar and other stakeholders Q1: total trained: 216 5 batches of training for Peer Leaders and ANIRBAN and 5 batches orientation for UP members, VAW Committees, and CTCs # of community members exposed to the 1,700,000 Q3: 2,650,915 people reached through 4 PSAs that were aired provisions of the Child Marriage Restraint 60 times in total through 4 community radios, 26 school Act sessions, 162 community sessions, seven day observance events, 4 door-to-door campaigns, and 7 bicycle campaigns. Q2: 1,012,210 people reached through 260 community events: 92 community sessions, 6 one-day observances, 117 group discussions, 8 mass gatherings, 2 network meetings, 20 school orientation sessions/TiE shows, 15 street drama and video shows; and 20 airings through 3 community radios Sub-IR 5.2 Service Providers Disseminate Information on Rights and Referrals to Protection Services for Children at-risk of Child Marriage. # of child marriage victims and at-risk 200 Q3: 117 (37 child marriage victims and 80 at-risk females) have persons receiving direct services and been identified and provided with support referrals Q2: 129 (25 female victims, 98 at-risk females and 6 males) received services such as counseling, shelter, income generating activity training and others Activity Indicators Planned Quarter wise indicator achievements for Y5

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Sub-IR 6.1 Increased Capacity for Evidence-Based Planning for BC/TIP, Partners, and National Stakeholders Sub IR 6.1 Activity A Develop a Custom 1 Q3: Database development on going: Users Acceptance Testing M&E Database completed, addressing findings of UAT is in process Q2: Development ongoing Q1: Contract signed, and M&E software development process initiated Sub-IR 6.1 Activity B Assessment of the 1 Q3: The activity will start in Q4 once the Sub-grantee INCIDIN is NPA Indicator Reporting Process on board. Sub-IR 6.1 Activity B Increased Research Ongoing and Monitoring to Support Learning Sub-IR 6.1 Task B.1 Baseline Knowledge 1 Completed in Y4 Attitude and Practice (KAP) Surveys Sub-IR 6.1 Task B.2 Comparative study on 1 Q3: Process ongoing—TOR developed and review ongoing child marriage in Asian Muslim countries Q2: Pending Sub-IR 6.2 Task A.1 Needs Assessment of 1 Completed in Y4 Male TIP Survivors and Adaptation of BC/TIP and Partners’ Services to Respond Sub-IR 6.2 Task A.2 Annual Review and 1 Not due this quarter Updating of the M&E Plan Sub-IR 6.2 Task A.3 Review of CVE Best Desktop review of Completed in Y4 Practice and Integration in BC/TIP Results CVE materials Framework and Interventions

Rohingya and host communities: Target: 2019 Achievement (Program Management) Recruit and onboard personnel 4 Q3: Hired 1 staff Q2: Hired 4 staff Conduct staff training on gender, ethics, 4 Q3: One training conducted and other trainings required by Winrock Q2: will be conducted in Q3 Identify office space 1 Q3: Operations are being carried out from the office in Cox’s Bazar Q2: Office space rented Rohingya and host communities: Target (2019-2020) (Prevention) 80

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Stakeholder Engagement 1.1.1: Training of trainers on risks of 60 Q3: One orientation has been conducted with local elected trafficking and mitigation strategies, as leaders, civil society leaders, camp leaders on the issue, well as child marriage in and outside of the recommendations drawn from the event will be used for this camps to become effective change agents training to be held in Q4. Q2: Preparatory work done; training will be conducted by Sub- grantee in Q3. 1.1.2: Tools for CTCs and Camp-in-Charge 2 Q3: Six meetings with CTCs and 21 meetings with CICs (CICs) to strengthen operations conducted; these meetings have generated important information that will be used for developing the tools by Sub- grantees in Q4. Q2: Preparatory work done; activity will be resumed by Sub- grantee in Q3. 1.1.3: Referral service information 40 Q3: Will be performed in Q4 publication and dissemination Q2: Preparatory work done; activity will be resumed by Sub- grantee in Q3. 1.1.4: Disseminate innovative methods to 70/100 Q3: The staff members visited camps, spoke with camp leaders proactively identify TIP incidents, and CICs, visited police stations including sub-stations and traffickers, and incidents of child marriage spoke with community members and identified TIP and CM incidents Q2: Preparatory work done; activity will be resumed by Sub- grantee in Q3. 1.1.5: Engage youth through sports and 2 Q3: This activity will be carried out in Q4. street theatre about resilience against Q2: Preparatory work done; activity will be resumed by Sub- trafficking and exploitation grantee in Q3. 1.1.6: Build leadership capacity and 2 Trainings for 65 in Q3: Preparatory orientation organized where youth potential of youth leaders to build total participants expressed their support to the program; many of relationships across dividing lines these participants will be selected for providing training in Q4. Q2: Preparatory work done; activity will be resumed by Sub- grantee in Q3. Media and Awareness: 1.2.1: Develop a radio drama series in 2 Drama series with Q3: The project is in the process of selecting a new Sub- Chittagonian and Rohingya languages 36 episodes in total grantee; the activity will begin in Q4. Q2: Preparatory work done; activity will be resumed by Sub- grantee in Q3.

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1.2.2: Include TIP, child marriage, and GBV I Radio call in show, Q3: The project is in the process of selecting a new Sub- content in radio call-in shows and expert and I interview grantee; the activity will begin in Q4. interviews Q2: Preparatory work done; activity will be resumed by Sub- grantee in Q3. 1.2.3: Add TIP, child marriage, and GBV Content on TIP, CM Q3: The project is in the process of selecting a new Sub- content to the smart technology & GBV grantee; the activity will begin in Q4. applications used in training on Q2: Preparatory work done; activity will be resumed by Sub- interpersonal communication for front-line grantee in Q3. emergency workers 1.2.4: Form and support radio listening 36 Radio listening Q3: The project is in the process of selecting a new Sub- clubs clubs grantee; the activity will begin in Q4. Q2: Preparatory work done; activity will be resumed by Sub- grantee in Q3. 1.2.5: Provide citizen journalism training to 2 Training for 80 Q3: One training will be conducted in Q4. engage youth with tools to create effective participants Q2: Preparatory work done; training will be conducted by Sub- content and storytelling grantee in Q3. Service Quality: 1.3.1: Training of trainers at women’s 2 Batches of training Q3: A round table discussion with women groups on awareness centers, designated “safe spaces,” and for 40 women of TIP, child marriage and gender-based violence risks among NGOs on integrating TIP risks into women and adolescent girls was organized on June 16, 2019; counseling services that raise awareness of the recommendations came out of the discussion will be used TIP and child marriage risks among women in the module of the subject training to be imparted in the and adolescent girls who are vulnerable to “safe spaces.” trafficking Q2: Preparatory work done; training will be conducted by Sub- grantee in Q3. 1.3.2: Identify peer leaders who can help 2 Batches of training Q3: The project staff visited local colleges and madrasas and reduce stigma and identify the signs of for 40 peer leaders shared the project’s objective of implementing activities on TIP, GBV, child marriage, and other forms of CM and GBV in host communities and Rohingya camps in Ukhia abuse that may drive trafficking and and Teknaf as part of the process of identifying youth that provide appropriate initial support would be selected as peer leaders. The activity will be implemented fully in Q4. Q2: Preparatory work done; activity will be resumed by Sub- grantee in Q3. 1.3.3: Train local elected leaders on how to 80 Local elected Q3: The project arranged an event with local elected leaders, communicate respectfully to their leaders trained camp leaders, government officials (CICs), and NGO constituents about the risks of and ways to representatives at Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar on April 30, 2019 to

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prevent trafficking, child marriage and discuss TIP, CM and GBV within Rohingya populations as well as gender-based violence host communities. It was an initiative to create a field conducive for implementing the activity 1.3.3 which will be implemented in Q4. Q2: As part of the activity, a discussion held with 20 local elected leaders. 1.3.4: Mobilizing CTCs at different levels to 15 CTCs (1 District, 2 Q3: A total of six CTCs at Union Parishad level were mobilized coordinate messages on TIP and safe Upazilas, and 12 UP) to work on the issues of TIP and safe migration. The project migration, and to develop action plans to staff also motivated the CTCs to raise awareness among at-risk raise awareness and monitor TIP in their people and keep an eye on TIP-related incidents. communities Q2: Preparatory work done; activity will be resumed by Sub- grantee in Q3. Rohingya and host communities: Target (2019-2020) Protection Stakeholder Engagement 2.1.1: Educate religious leaders and local 40 Religious leaders Q3: The activity will be conducted in Q4. elected leaders about the importance of and elected officials Q2: Preparatory work done; training will be conducted by Sub- acceptance, support, and empowerment grantee in Q3. for male and female survivors of trafficking and child marriage 2.1.2: Identify livelihoods and life skills 20 Survivors Q3: Activity will be carried out in Q4. training opportunities for survivors and Q2: 5 survivors were rescued in Jashore border area and stayed train them on issues related to stigma and in DAM’s shelter home. The process to bring them back to Cox’s acceptance Bazar is in process. 2.1.3: Convene key actors in camps and 20 Survivors Q3: Discussion is ongoing with camp leaders and local leaders host communities for a stakeholder forum within the host communities on how to effectively encounter and action planning issues of TIP, CM and GBV. Q2: Preparatory work done; activity will be resumed by Sub- grantee in Q3. Media and Awareness: 2.2.1: Invited guests provide trafficking 4 Shows Q3: The selected Sub-grantee has withdrawn itself from the testimonials on radio shows that are then program and the project is now in the process of selecting a discussed in radio listening groups new Sub-grantee; the activity will begin in Q4. Q2: Preparatory work done; activity will be resumed by Sub- grantee in Q3.

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2.2.2: Service providers discuss how they 4 Discussion Q3: Activity will commence in Q4. can assist people who have been trafficked meetings Q2: Preparatory work done; activity will be resumed by Sub- grantee in Q3. 2.2.3: An option to text questions will 4 Events Q3: The selected Sub-grantee has withdrawn itself from allow survivors’ voices to be heard safely program and the project is now in the process of selecting a and anonymously new Sub-grantee; the activity will begin in Q4. Q2: Preparatory work done; activity will be resumed by Sub- grantee in Q3. Service quality 2.3.1: Disseminating Winrock’s Survivor 1 Event Q3: Activity will commence in Q4. Service Guidelines, including TIP survivor Q2: Preparatory work done; activity will be resumed by Sub- rights, case management guidelines, and grantee in Q3. codes of conduct 2.3.2: Offering training to key providers on 2 Batches of training Q3: Activity will commence in Q4. the survivor service guidelines for 40 participantsin Q2: Preparatory work done; training will be conducted by Sub- total grantee in Q3. 2.3.3: Strengthening mental health support 2 Batches of training Q3: Activity will commence in Q4. for survivors by training counselors and for 40 participants I Q2: Preparatory work done; training will be conducted by Sub- support staff on psychosocial service total grantee in Q3. provision 2.3.4: Develop and disseminate directory Mapping exercise Q3: Activity will commence in Q4. of survivor services and identify with 40 participants Q2: Preparatory work done; activity will be resumed by Sub- opportunities to improve existing referral grantee in Q3. systems in host communities 2.3.5: Develop a partnership agreement 2 agreements Q3: Activity will commence in Q4. with one or two drop-in centers/shelters Q2: Preparatory work done; activity will be resumed by Sub- grantee in Q3. 2.3.6: Offer a suite of trainings to staff and 2 Batches of training Q3: Activity will commence in Q4. volunteers employed at the drop-in for 40 participants in Q2: Preparatory work done; training will be conducted by Sub- centers/ shelters adapted from the total grantee in Q3. Government of Bangladesh’s Shelter Standards and Winrock’s Survivor Service Guidelines that address intake, shelter exit and reintegration, and links to economic opportunity

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2.3.7: Offer livelihoods or life skills training 1 Batch of training Q3: Review of a small proposal from a local NGO is ongoing. to survivors from the Rapid Response for 20 participants The activity will be conducted in Q4. Grants Pool Q2: Preparatory work done; training will be conducted by Sub- grantee in Q3.

Rohingya and host communities: Target (2019-2020) Prosecution Stakeholder Engagement 3.1.1.: Convene criminal justice and 1 Joint meeting with Q3: The activity will be conducted in Q4. community-based actors to establish 10 participants Q2: Prosecution activity of BC/TIP introduced with judiciary contact and improve lines of actors in Cox’s Bazar, activity will be resumed by Sub-grantee in communication Q3. 3.1.2: Hosting periodic roundtables with 4 Roundtables; 60 Q3: A roundtable discussion to create awareness on legal issues relevant enforcement and justice system participants relating to TIP in Bangladesh was organized in Cox’s Bazar with personnel to facilitate exchange of members of law enforcement agencies, justice sector actors information on challenges, lessons learned, including public prosecutors and civil society leaders. The and training needs related to trafficking of participants discussed challenges, lessons learned, and training Rohingya and host community members needs related to trafficking of Rohingya and host community members. A total of 30 participants including 2 women attended the event and exchanged opinions. Q2: Activity will be conducted by Sub-grantee in Q3. 3.1.3: Support training of security 2 Trainings; 30 Q3: The project staff had 21 meetings with CICs during this personnel in the Rohingya camps and participants in total quarter where they discussed the support mechanism for surrounding communities on how to victims and potential victims of trafficking and child marriage. identify and take proper action to support Q2: Preparatory work done; training will be conducted by Sub- victims and potential trafficking victims grantee in Q3. Media and awareness: 3.2.1: Use radio listening clubs to discuss 2 Trainings; 30 Q3: The selected Sub-grantee has withdrawn itself from the legal protections and how to access them participants in total program and the project is now in the process of selecting a new Sub-grantee; the activity will begin in Q4. Q2: Preparatory work done; training will be conducted by Sub- grantee in Q3. Service quality: 3.3.1: Offer BC/TIP-developed tools, This activity is Q3: The activity is ongoing; two consultative meetings were modules, and guidelines to criminal justice covered under the organized. actors training program for 85

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justice sector actors; Q2: Preparatory work done; training will be conducted by Sub- BC/TIP-developed grantee in Q3. tools, modules and guidelines provided to 20 criminal justice actors

3.3.2: Foster closer coordination between 1 Workshop; 25 Q3: Activity will be conducted in Q4. the prosecution sector actors (judiciary, participants Q2: Preparatory work done; activity will be resumed by Sub- police, and NGOs) to help them better grantee in Q3. understand their functions and identify and refer TIP victims Rohingya and host communities: Target (2019-2020) Partnership Stakeholder Engagement 4.1.1: The UN protection cluster Estimated 48 Q3: Project staff attended six meetings. meetings Q2: Attended 4 meetings 4.1.2: UN agencies and relevant Estimated 24 Q3: Attended three meetings international NGOs meetings Q2: Attended 4 meetings (3 led by UN agencies and one by INGOs) 4.1.3: CTCs 15 CTCs (1 district, 2 Q3: Organized meeting with six CTCs at UP level Upazila, and 12 Ups) 4.1.4: National and local NGOs 8 meetings Q3: Six meetings with national NGOs and INGOs (HELP Cox’s Bazar, PHALS Bangladesh, IOM) Q2: Six meetings with selected Sub-grantees (BITA, Internews, NONGOR, and YPSA) 4.1.5: Private sector networks 2 Private sector Q3: The project staff had meetings with five private sector actors actors. Q2: Preparatory work done; training will be conducted by Sub- grantee in Q3. Service quality: 4.3.1: Shelters 2 Q3: Activity will commence in Q4. Q2: Preparatory work done; training will be conducted by Sub- grantee in Q3. 4.3.2: Legal aid clinics 2 Q3: Activity will commence in Q4.

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Q2: Preparatory work done; training will be conducted by Sub- grantee in Q3. 4.3.3: Safe spaces 4 Q3: Will be established in Q4. Q2: Preparatory work done; training will be conducted by Sub- grantee in Q3. 4.3.4: Women’s comprehensive health 4 Q3: Activity will commence in Q4. centers Q2: Preparatory work done; training will be conducted by Sub- grantee in Q3. 4.3.5: Other health service providers 2 Q3: Meeting was held with Hope Foundation Q2: Preparatory work done; training will be conducted by Sub- grantee in Q3. 4.3.6: Livelihoods trainers for improved TBD Q3: Activity will commence in Q4. protection services for victims of trafficking Q2: Preparatory work done; training will be conducted by Sub- grantee in Q3. 4.3.7: Counseling services for improved TBD Q3: Activity will commence in Q4. mental healthcare for victims of trafficking Q2: Preparatory work done; training will be conducted by Sub- grantee in Q3. 4.3.8: Criminal justice actors for improved TBD Q3: The project staff regularly maintain communication with prosecution services for victims of this group. trafficking Q2: Preparatory work done; training will be conducted by Sub- grantee in Q3. Rohingya and host communities: Child Target (2019-2020) Marriage Child marriage and other forms of gender- based violence Curriculum development and review by GBV and CM Q3: The Terms of Reference (TOR) is being developed. international consultant(s) curriculum Q2: Preparatory work done; training will be conducted by Sub- developed or grantee in Q3. adapted 80 trainers empowered to train others on 4 Batches of training Q3: Activity will begin in Q4. TIP and child marriage risks – This activity for 80 participants in Q2: Preparatory work done; training will be conducted by Sub- will be cross-cutting for Prevention and total grantee in Q3. Child Marriage components (also marked under prevention)

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40 peer leaders can identify the signs of 2 Batches of training Q3: Activity will begin in Q4. gender-based violence, child marriage, and for 40 participants in Q2: Preparatory work done; training will be conducted by Sub- other forms of abuse that may drive total grantee in Q3. trafficking - This activity will also be cross- cutting for Prevention and Child Marriage components (also marked under prevention) 80 local elected leaders able to respectfully 80 elected leaders Q3: The project arranged an event with local elected leaders, communicate and act to address sensitive trained camp leaders, government officials (CICs), and NGO topics such as TIP, CM, and GBV prevention representatives at Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar on April 30, 2019 to - This activity will also be cross-cutting for discuss TIP, CM and GBV within Rohingya populations as well as Prevention and Child Marriage components host communities. It was an initiative to create a field conducive for implementing the activity 1.3.3 which will be implemented in Q4. Q2: Preparatory work done; training will be conducted by Sub- grantee in Q3.