News & Updates
![Freedom Network USA‘s annual human trafficking conference Freedom Network USA‘s annual human trafficking conference](https://gaatw.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Freedom-Network-USAs-annual-human-trafficking-conference.jpg)
April 18-19, 2024
GAATW Canada members attend Freedom Network USA‘s annual human trafficking conference and explore the diverse approaches Canada and the United States take to address the issues.
![Co-Chair Dr. Annalee Lepp Co-Chair Dr. Annalee Lepp lends expertise to the ‘Addressing the harms of anti-trafficking’ panel at British Columbia’s second provincial sex work conference hosted by Living in Community.](https://gaatw.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/GAATW-Annalee-Lepp-2024-2.jpg)
October 23, 2023
![Is it trafficking? Examining gender-based violence among women who do informal, precarious, non-standard work Is it trafficking? Examining gender-based violence among women who do informal, precarious, non-standard work](https://gaatw.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/GAATW-WAGE-2024-2.jpg)
October 4, 2023
‘Is it trafficking?’ Examining gender-based violence among women who do informal, precarious, non-standard work is a three-year study based in Western Canada funded by Women and Gender Equality Canada.
![GAATW National Strategy To Combat Human Trafficking National Strategy To Combat Human Trafficking](https://gaatw.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/GAATW-National-Strategy-To-Combat-Human-Trafficking.jpg)
September 22, 2023
The objective of this evaluation is to explore issues of relevance, effectiveness, and efficiency with the intention of informing the upcoming renewal of the National Strategy.
![UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, Tomoya Obokata GAATW Canada meets UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, Tomoya Obokata](https://gaatw.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/UN-Special-Rapporteur-on-contemporary-forms-of-slavery-Tomoya-Obokata.jpg)
August 30, 2023
GAATW Canada meets UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, Tomoya Obokata, to discuss labour issues and government legislation and policy that warrant the Special Rapporteur’s attention.
The meeting was part of the Special Rapporteur’s official country visit to Canada, which took place from August 23 to September 6.
We were pleased that many of the issues we raised in our brief were reflected in the Special Rapporteur’s end of mission statement and press conference.
![GAATW visited Tofino in May 2023 for the Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights GAATW visited Tofino in May 2023 for the Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights](https://gaatw.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GAATW-in-Tofino.jpg)
May 16, 2023
![GAATW Canada held an-person board meeting GAATW Canada held an-person board meeting May 2023](https://gaatw.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GAATW-Board-meeting-May-2023.jpg)