As part of events to mark World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, IOM Uganda Chief of Mission @SanusiTejan on Sunday handed over the National Trafficking in Persons Database to the Government.
The commemoration ceremony at Kabira Country Club in Kampala was supported by the Better Migration Management (BMM) Programme.  
BMM is a regional multi-partner initiative supporting efforts to #EndHumanTrafficking, funded by the European Union and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.

The day’s events kicked off with a "Solidarity Walk" to “raise awareness of the situation of victims of human trafficking and for the promotion and protection of their rights”.
This year the day was marked under the theme “Reach every victim of trafficking, leave no one behind” – built on the central promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Speaking at the commemoration event, IOM Chief of Mission Sanusi Tejan Savage called for a holistic, multifaceted push against TiP.

“To end human trafficking, we cannot allow this crime to be met with increasing indifference and impunity. We must strengthen resilience against exploitation and the underlying socio-economic and cultural issues that are conducive to trafficking,” Savage said.  “We must sensitize everyone on the topic of human trafficking and thus push attention towards those who can make a difference in terms of changing policy and allocating the requisite national resources.”

He added: “On this world day against trafficking in persons, let us renew our commitment to joint action and strong partnerships, to facilitate a holistic and comprehensive approach to preventing and combating trafficking. Let us devise robust strategies to offer support to all potential and actual victims of trafficking. Support that is human rights-based, trauma-informed, and sensitive to gender, age, and disability.”
 

BMM is implemented in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, and Uganda. It is coordinated by GIZ,  Germany’s Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, with IOM as one of the implementing partners.