"Understanding human trafficking: the input of collaborative research" - Presentation of PACKING research Project - April 8th & 11th, 2022

The project PACKING "Protection of migrants and Asylum seekers especially Children and women coming from Nigeria and victims of trafficKING" coordinated by ECPAT France and funded by the European Commission ended in 2019. Following on from PACKING project, presentations of the research outputs were organized in April 2022 at Institut Français du Nigéria (Abuja) and Alliance Française Lagos. These events are part of the project "Don't Pay with Your Life" coordinated by ECPAT France, funded by Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and MAEEL and in partnership with IFRA-Nigeria, UROMI JDPCI and GPI and ECPAT-Luxembourg.

The PACKING project included a research component that was entrusted to IFRA-Nigeria. The objective was to describe, explain and analyze the role of three groups of actors in the processes of trafficking for sexual exploitation from Nigeria to France: the Ladies' Clubs, the "neo-traditional" temples and their staff, and the cultist groups.

The project report, published at the end of 2019, is available online, in French and English: A series of e-papers has also been published by the project team and is available on our website.

Animated by IFRA's research team, these presentations will allow us to review the work carried out, but also to take stock of the current issues of trafficking in Nigeria and in France.

The Research Presentation was held in Abuja on April 8th, 2022, 10am-1pm, Institut Français du Nigéria, 52, Libreville Crescent, Wuse 2, Abuja FCT.
with
Dr Elodie APARD, Historian and Senior Research Associate at IFRA-Nigeria.
Aurélie JEANNEROD, Mission d’Intervention et de Sensibilisation contre la Traite (MIST), Paris.
Prof. O. SMAH, National Open University of Nigeria, Abuja

 Panelists in Institut Français du Nigéria, Abuja.

The Research Presentation in Lagos was held on April 11th, 2022, 10am-1pm, Alliance Française de Lagos / Mike Adenuga Center, 9 Osborne Road, Ikoyi, Lagos.
with
Dr Elodie APARD, Historian and Senior Research Associate at IFRA-Nigeria.
Aurélie JEANNEROD, Mission d’Intervention et de Sensibilisation contre la Traite (MIST), Paris.
Dr Precious DIAGBOYA, Research Associate at IFRA-Nigeria

 Panelists in Alliance Française Lagos

Finally, a research workshop was organized by Dr Elodie Apard with Researchers working on the topic and eager to participate in collective book project. This workshop was held at the Institute of African Studies (University of Ibadan) on April 13th, 2022.

 Workshop in Ibadan.