IOM Azerbaijan successfully completed two-day training on Mental Health and Wellbeing training for service providers assisting potential and actual victims of trafficking

IOM Azerbaijan successfully completed a two-day training (30-31 May 2023) on Mental Health and Wellbeing training for service providers assisting victims of trafficking and people vulnerable to trafficking, in the frame of Counter Trafficking in Persons Activity project funded by USAID.

Total 23 participants from seven NGOs (Clean World-Aid to Women PU, Azerbaijan Children Union PU, Tamas Regional Development PU, Women's Initiative and Assistance to Social Problems PU, “Family World” Legal Aid PU, “Sails of Hope” PU against human trafficking, “Reliable Future” Social Initiatives PU) attended the training. The training aimed at enhancing the capacity of service providers, especially the social workers and psychologists working with beneficiaries to understand the basics of mental health and self-care.

USAID’s Countering Trafficking in Persons Activity, implemented by IOM since 2015, assists the Government of Azerbaijan and NGOs to further improve Azerbaijan's effectiveness in preventing and combating trafficking in persons and forced labor as well as addressing gender-based violence. This includes technical and financial support to civil society organizations and shelters that assist potential and actual victims of trafficking and forced labor.