Join the Movement to end Enslavement in Libya
The UN has called for the closing of Libyan migrant detention centers. These facilities have been linked to documented cases of human trafficking.
Institute for Social Development (ISD)
http://www.isdbbsr.org/History
ISD started its operation in 1999 to rehabilitate women and children of cyclone affected areas. During this intervention, we came across victims of domestic violence and trafficking survivors, and their sufferings persuaded us to work on them. The immediate solution was to rehabilitate them in shelter homes.
Mission
To promote a violence-free society, to work towards the empowerment of women and to challene social barriers for gender justice
Vision
Violence-free, gender sensitive social development with participation of the poorest women in decision-making
- Contact Information:
- Plot no 95 , Kanan Vihar Phase II , Po - Patia
- Bhubaneswar, Odisha
- India
- Active In: India
- Forms of Abolition:
- Awareness, Policy Making, Aftercare
- Forms of Slavery:
- Forced Labor
- Tel: +91 (0) 674 645-1141
- Email: isd_bbsr@rediffmail.com
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