More usable data, more precise analysis to understand and report on trafficking in persons.
At the national level, many countries struggle to harmonize disparate data collected from different stakeholders, organizations involved in the counter-trafficking response. At the same time, contrary to past editions, the extraordinary effort of the UNODC invested in collecting data in the African continent resulted in an unprecedented coverage of the continent and the subsequent analysis assessing root causes, patterns, trends and institutional response. Data is available when national and regional institutions are given the instruments to collect and report, and when durable partnerships with national, regional and international actors are built. Data harmonization can also serve as a powerful tool for combatting trafficking in persons at the international level. When data can be harnessed in an effective, standardized way from a variety of sources, particularly those with more access to the communities affected and more experience and knowledge about the nature of the ...