On 17-18 June, the Office facilitated the participation of one representative from the Office of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan and of two civil society representatives at the 10th Alliance against Trafficking in Persons Conference, "Unprotected Work, Invisible Exploitation: Trafficking for the Purpose of Domestic Servitude” (see also II.1.2). On 29-30 July, the annual OSCE Office in Tajikistan "Preparatory Human Dimension Implementation Meeting" included a 90-minute session, keynoted by the Deputy Head of the Ministry of Interior' s Migration Service and civil society advocates, on how government and civil society actors could work together to empower migrants to claim their rights and to minimize the risk of trafficking and exploitation among migrant labourers. In early October, the Head of the Administrative Law Department of the Police Academy and the head of the NGO Child Rights Center addressed the Review Conference session on combating trafficking in human beings and also made statements available for the public record. Their participation was sponsored by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan. In November, six representatives of the Government of Tajikistan participated in the continuation of the Human Dimension Review Meeting, forward-looking sessions, in Astana, devoted to intolerance against migrants and combating trafficking in human beings. Their participation was sponsored by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan. Gender-sensitive Policing Working closely with the Ministry of Interior, the OiT supported a series of complementary initiatives designed to promote gender-sensitive policing and co-operation among community actors engaged in addressing domestic violence. In March, the Ministry of Interior, as part of a co-operative pilot project supported by the OiT, issued an order to set up specialized domestic violence units inside five existing police stations throughout Tajikistan: In Khujand, the Sughd region, Kulyab and Kurgan Tube in the Khatlon region and in two police stations in Dushanbe. The specialized units, each of which includes at a minimum one female inspector, support the adequate treatment of victims, open investigations, the proper keeping of record files and the regular transmission of data on registered cases to the Information Centre within the Interior Ministry. They also contribute to good governance by co-operating with crisis centres and legal assistance centres operated by civil society organizations and the government' s Committee of Women and Family Affairs In June, the Office supported a week-long training course for 20 law enforcement officials on working with domestic violence victims. This was the first time officials of the Ministry of Interior received such specialized training. The course was developed and led by two law enforcement officers from Turkey and the United States with the support of a gender expert from the OSCE Office. In August, the Office and the Ministry of Interior opened the first units in police stations that have been equipped, with the support of the OSCE, to respond to family violence cases and to address the needs of victims in a gender-sensitive manner. On 19 August, the first such station was opened in Dushanbe' s populous Shohmansur district by the Head of the Office in Tajikistan and the Minister of the Interior. Another Dushanbe station in the Firdavsi district opened the same day, and the Khujand station opened on 23 August. The stations in Khatlon opened in September and December. This co-operative effort between the OSCE and the Ministry helped police officers to identify and investigate cases of domestic violence as well as refer victims to available community services. Each police station has set aside a separate, refurbished room where victims, especially women and children, can communicate with law enforcement officials in an atmosphere designed to alleviate fear and stigmatization. 106