The Hindu : National : Action plan to combat human trafficking

Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Wednesday, Oct 10, 2007
ePaper

National

National

Action plan to combat human trafficking

Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI: The government is drafting an integrated action plan to prevent and combat trafficking in human beings, especially women.

This will guide and facilitate action on the part of all concerned to prevent trafficking and rescue, rehabilitate and reintegrate the victims with their families.

At a press conference on the eve of a South Asian regional conference on “Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking,” organised by the Ministry of Women and Child Development and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Minister of State for Home Affairs Manik Rao M. Gavit said the proposed action plan would address all relevant issues, identify the responsible agencies and attempt to draw up a time-frame and assessment indicators for the plan’s implementation.

According to the Minister of State for Women and Child Development (independent charge), Renuka Chowdhury, there were about three million sex workers, 40 per cent of whom were children, and their demand was increasing.

Ms. Chowdhury said her Ministry, along with the Union Home Ministry and the United Nations Children’s Fund, was working on a protocol to deal with cross-border trafficking between India and Bangladesh to address various issues.

Printer friendly page
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

National