BANGLADESH INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND STRATEGIC STUDIES

GO-NGO COOPERATION IN PREVENTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING FROM BANGLADESH: CHALLENGES AND WAY FORWARD

Author: Md Jahan Shoieb

DOI Link: https://www.doi.org/10.56888/BIISSj2025v46n1a3

ABSTRACT

Bangladesh faces challenges of human trafficking, affecting men, women and children both as a source and destination country. To fight this menace from society, cooperation between Government Organisations (GOs) and Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) is crucial in preventing human trafficking in vulnerable a country like Bangladesh. While the government is the key stakeholder in formulating laws and policies to prevent criminal activities like human trafficking, NGOs have the scope to work for the prevention, protection, reintegration and rehabilitation of trafficked persons as well as populations at risk. This paper tries to assess the level of cooperation between GOs and NGOs in preventing human trafficking from Bangladesh, identify key challenges and provide some policy suggestions. The study reveals that although there are some arrangements for GONGO cooperation in Bangladesh, those are yet to create a meaningful synergy to eradicate the menace of human trafficking from the country. Hence, more formalised and institutionalised collaboration is required for enhanced GO-NGO cooperation in preventing human trafficking from Bangladesh.