On April 27, 2023 within the framework of the project "Together against human trafficking through capacity building of CSOs!" employees of NGO "Sana Sezim" conducted an information campaign on the problem of human trafficking on the Arbat of Shymkent city.

Brochures and booklets with information about which organizations help victims of human trafficking and where to get qualified help were distributed among guests and the population of Shymkent city. Thus, the campaign helped to expand the information field on the problem of human trafficking and raise public awareness about it.

We are happy to announce the launch of a new project "Empowering women in the context of migration to participate in the labor market", which is being implemented in Shymkent city and Turkestan region with the support of the International Organization for Migration.

The project aims to help 25 women affected by migration who will receive counseling and support from a social worker and 5 women affected by migration who will receive grants to start a business (kandastar, migrants with residence permits, internal migrants).

The project will be implemented between 10.04.2023 and 10.02.2024.

On April 13-14, 2023in Almaty series of events dedicated to modern teaching methods and the introduction of information technology in children's education was held.

On the first day, the seminar "UNICEF Global Day in IITU Social Equity and Inclusion" was organized by the International University of Information Technologies together with the UN Children's Fund UNICEF. During the event, participants discussed how technology can be used to improve social equity and inclusive education. Specific cases and examples of projects to put these ideas into practice were considered.

On April 12, 2023,the regional project "Assisting Central Asian Governments in Implementing the Global Compact on Migration (GCM)" was officially launched. The project aims to strengthen the capacity of the Governments of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan as well as relevant stakeholders in the region to implement and review the achievement of the objectives of the Global Compact in accordance with its guiding principles.

It also aims to further strengthen international cooperation on migration issues in Central Asia and to assist the governments of the region and relevant stakeholders in engaging in high-level forums where migration can be promoted as an enabler and accelerator of development.

On April 12, 2023the Polytechnic College held a legal meeting on "Knowing the law is the need of the hour".

Employees of NGO "Sana Sezim", Unit for the Protection of Women from Violence of Karatau district, the Juvenile Inspection of Al-Farabi district and the Department for Combating Drug Crimes of Shymkent PD took part in the event. They shared their knowledge and experience, talked about their work and how it is important to know the law in order to protect own selves and loved ones. Issues of domestic violence, protection of minors, combating drug-related crime and human trafficking were discussed.

On April 11, 2023staff members of NGO "Sana Sezim" and specialists from the Unit for Protection of Women from Violence and Juvenile Inspection of Turan District of DP Shymkent held a training on domestic violence at the College of Light Industry and Service.

Students learned not only how to recognize and prevent domestic violence, but also understood that it is important to help victims of violence not only for them, but also for the entire society. With a wealth of experience in the field, the experts shared real-life stories and discussed with the students the main challenges faced by victims of violence and those who help them.

Let's hope that working together will be successful and lead to a better life for many people.

On April 7-8, 2023,in the city of Shymkent, the training "Domestic violence as a human rights violation" was held for representatives of law enforcement agencies of the Turkestan region with success!

The training was attended by 33 representatives of the inspectors of the Unit for the Protection of Women from Violence and the Units for Juvenile Affairs of the Police Department of the Turkestan region. Over the course of two days, various forms of domestic violence, the impact on society and the mechanism for providing assistance to victims were studied.

On April 6, 2023in order to inform residents and guests of Shymkent about domestic violence, an information campaign was organized at the city level.

Representatives of NGO "Sana Sezim", MPI "Center for Special Social Services № 3", the Department of Police of Al-Farabi, Abay, Enbekshi, Karatau and Turan districts Police Department of Shymkent city and district akimats explained the relevance of the problem of domestic violence. During the event the types of violence, assistance provided to victims and planned activities in the city of Shymkent, were explained to raise public awareness.

On March 29-30, 2023in Shymkent the training on "Methodology of investigation of criminal cases related to labor exploitation. Execution of supervision and maintenance of public prosecution in court". The opening event, organized by the Academy of Law Enforcement Agencies under the General Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Astana, began with opening remarks by Sara D'Amico, Head of the Human Dimension Unit at the OSCE Programme Office in Astana and Marat Yerzhan, Deputy Prosecutor of Shymkent city.

On March 30, 2023 the Head of state Kassym-Jomart Tokayev raised the issue of human trafficking at the First session of the VIII convocation of Parliament.

"Another serious problem in the law enforcement sphere is human trafficking. A special law should be adopted to prevent this. Such a law provides protection and social support for victims of human trafficking. This is very important in the context of global and regional forced migration processes, which intensifies every day"– Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said.