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Bangladesh Counter Trafficking-In-Persons (BC/TIP) Program Bangladesh Counter Trafficking-in-Persons (BC/TIP) Program QUARTERLY PERFORMANCE REPORT YEAR 6: October 2019 – December 2019 Cooperative Agreement No. AID-388-A-14-00003 Bangladesh Counter Trafficking-in-Persons ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT YEAR 5: October 2018 – September 2019 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 January 31, 2020 DISCLAIMER 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 5 POLITICAL CONTEXT AND ENABLING ENVIRONMENT 5 PROGRAM OUTCOMES 7 SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES 10 CHALLENGES 62 EXPENDITURE 64 PROGRAM PRIORITIES FOR QUARTER 2, YEAR 6 64 LIST OF SUB-AWARDS ISSUED DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD 67 ANNEX A: BC/TIP CORE PERFORMANCE INDICATORS: Q1 OF Y6 (OCTOBER – DECEMBER 2019) 68 ANNEX B: BC/TIP ACTIVITY INDICATORS, OBJECTIVES AND GOALS: Q1 OF Y6 (OCTOBER – DECEMBER 2019) 82 Cover Photo: Observation of International Migrants Day 2019 Photo Credit: BC/TIP BC/TIP Quarterly Performance Report: Q1 Year 6 ABBREVIATIONS UNODC United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees AIG Additional Inspector General A2i Access to Information BC/TIP Bangladesh Counter Trafficking-in-Persons BITA Bangladesh Institute of Theater Arts BLAST Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust BMET Bureau of Manpower, Education and Training BSEHR Bangladesh Society for Enforcement of Human Rights CBO Community-Based Organization CLA Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting CM Child Marriage CMRA Child Marriage Restraint Act CTC Counter-Trafficking Committee CTIP Counter-trafficking in Persons DAM Dhaka Ahsania Mission DEMO District Education and Manpower Office DIG Deputy Inspector General DYD Department of Youth Development GFEMS Global Fund to End Modern Slavery GOB Government of Bangladesh GO-NGO Governmental Organization/Non-Governmental Organization GBV Gender-Based Violence ICITAP International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program ICT Information and Communication Technology IEC Information, Education, and Communication IGP Inspector General of Police INGO International Non-Governmental Organization IOM Migration Organization IR Intermediate Result KML Knowledge Management and Learning M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MoEWOE Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment MoHA Ministry of Home Affairs MoLJPA Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs MoSW Ministry of Social Welfare MoU Memorandum of Understanding MoWCA Ministry of Women and Children Affairs MYS Ministry of Youth and Sports NGO Non-Governmental Organization NLASO National Legal Aid Services Organization NPA National Plan of Action 3 BC/TIP Quarterly Performance Report: Q1 Year 6 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 Q1/2/3 Quarter 1/2/3 RAB Rapid Action Battalion SDC Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation TIP Trafficking-in-Persons TTC Technical Training Center UP Union Parishad USG United States Government VAW Violence Against Women VTF Vigilance Task Force VGD Vulnerable Group Development Y6 Year Six YPSA Young Power in Social Action 4 BC/TIP Quarterly Performance Report: Q1 Year 6 BRIEF PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Trafficking-in-persons (TIP) is the fastest growing criminal activity worldwide and takes several forms, including the exploitation of men, women, and children into bonded or abusive labor or the commercial sex trade. TIP is one of the largest sources of illegal income globally. Trafficking violates basic human rights; damages lives; feeds corruption; exerts an economic toll on governments and citizens; and harms society at all levels. 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, works in 20 trafficking- prone districts to address the trafficking problem. BC/TIP provides robust interventions in all four USAID areas of emphasis: Prevention, Protection, Prosecution, Partnership, and Child Marriage. The project connects local and national government representatives; non-governmental organizations; citizens and community leaders to prevent trafficking-in-persons; protect survivors and reverse the damage done to them; prosecute perpetrators; prevent child marriage; 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 communities to identify trafficking victims and take action; • Improving trafficking victims’ access to assistance; • Increasing the responsiveness of criminal justice actors to trafficking victims; • Facilitating effective and coordinated partnerships among stakeholders to combat trafficking; and • Increasing responsiveness of duty bearers and justice actors on child marriage issues The purpose of this report is to outline project achievements and activities undertaken in Quarter 1, Year 6 (October 2019 – December 2019). The report also includes information on the current political situation in Bangladesh and the challenges addressed by the BC/TIP project. POLITICAL CONTEXT AND ENABLING ENVIRONMENT Economic and human development: Bangladesh has an impressive track record for growth and development, aspiring to be a middle-income country by its 50th anniversary of independence. Bangladesh has made remarkable progress in reducing poverty as a result of sustained economic growth. The country has also reduced poverty from 44.2 percent in 1991 to 14.8 percent in 2016/17. At the same time, life expectancy, literacy rates and per capita food production have increased significantly. Rapid growth enabled Bangladesh to reach the lower middle- income country status in 2015. In 2018, Bangladesh fulfilled all three eligibility criteria for graduation from the UN’s Least Developed Countries (LDC) list for the first time and is on track for graduation in 2024. On the other hand, the political and governance situation remains volatile with a culture of no tolerance against opposing views, and the culture of impunity for law enforcers and those belonging to the party in power. Loose control over financial institutions creates an enabling environment for money laundering. 5 BC/TIP Quarterly Performance Report: Q1 Year 6 Traffickers, in the guise of some of the unscrupulous manpower exporters, enjoy such an environment that influences the increase of trafficking incidents. Rohingyas: As of September 30, 2019, there are 914,998 Rohingya individuals in Bangladesh: 905,822 refugees identified in camps according to the RRRC-UNHCR Registration exercise (including 34,172 registered before August 31, 2017) and 9,176 in host communities in Teknaf and Ukhia.1 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 supports at-risk populations to address child marriage and Gender-Based Violence (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 Upazilas of Cox’s Bazar where the Rohingya camps are located and with Rohingya populations and host communities 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 (GOB) produced the National Plan of Action (NPA) for Prevention and Suppression of Human Trafficking 2018-2022 which, if adequately implemented, would demonstrate enforcement and implementation procedures enough 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, the government risks losing non- humanitarian and non-trade related funding. Prioritized recommendations from the TIP report include increasing
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