All activities taking place in Lithuania organized within the framework of the Campaign are to be coordinated with the national Programme on Prevention and Control of Trafficking in Human Beings and Prostitution. Activities of the Campaign are based on UN  protocol to prevent, suppress and punish trafficking in persons, especially women and children, signed on April 25, 2002, (supplementing  the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, signed  in December 2000 and ratified on April, 2002.

Overall objective – to increase knowledge and awareness among the public and to initiate discussion about the issue of trafficking in women. 

The aim of the campaign is to raise awareness about the problem with the general public and other target groups, such as journalists, students, potential victims, local authorities, other target groups determined. The campaign will focus on prevention of trafficking in women and assistance to the victims in collaboration with NGO’s. An analysis of legislation, international agreements and programmes for prevention of trafficking in women will be a part of the campaign. 

The campaign organizers will work in collaboration with different partners, including Ministry of Interior, the IOM and NGO’s. Seminars for local municipalities around the country will be organized. The organizers will also do some activities in collaboration with the media.
 

Contacts and information: 
Kristina Grachauskaitė 
Riktines str. 48-32,
LT-2001 Vilnius
Tel./Fax. 71 50 24
e-meil: KristinaG@socmin.lt

Trafficking in women constitutes violation of human rights and infringement of basic principles of the rule of law and democracy. It threatens our common interest in upholding democratic values, human rights and equality. Trafficking in women is a serious gender eąuality problem and one of the most violent expressions of the suppression of women.
Inasmuch as trafficking in women is a problem of an international dimension, it's solution cannot be effective without co-operation among states. Co-operation is a key word, but it presents a substantial challenge, which requires implementing concrete actions in a co-ordinated manner and which, in practical terms, constitutes a difficult issue; therefore, we must be ready to meet the challenge.
Awareness raising on trafficking in women is one of key and essential areas, where we can focus attention and efforts with the view to preventing this phenomenon. Importance and need of information campaigns in order to raise awareness of the risks and problems of trafficking is stressed in different levels of the society. Consequently we give our full support to the specific idea to run the Campaign to combat trafficking in women in all Nordic-Baltic countries and promise to mobilise all our efforts to implement it.