Organizers

The Research to Action (RTA) project centres on bridging the divide between policy research and policy action to tackle issues of child labour, forced labour, and human trafficking. The primary objectives of the project are to increase access to evidence, facilitate understanding of available research and gaps, enhance capacity to provide evidence and fill gaps and promote new interest and engagement in the subject area. The project collaborates with the International Organization for Migration (IOM)’s Protection Division to address issues related to trafficking for forced labour, child trafficking, as well as child labour and forced labour in crisis-affected and migrant populations.

Innovation for Poverty Actions (IPA)’s Human Trafficking and Research Initiative (HTRI) seeks to expand the evidence on the primary drivers of human trafficking and the most effective ways to prevent this pervasive problem. HTRI brings together researchers and decision-makers to innovate on and improve research methods as well as evaluate the effectiveness of interventions to prevent trafficking, prosecute crimes, and protect trafficked persons. Through its rigorous competitive research fund, IPA initiates and funds formative pilot testing of programs and large-scale studies on efforts to combat human trafficking.