Subject: News: ASIA: Flesh trade action plan adopted
Melanie.Orhant@igc.org
Date: Tue Feb 02 1999 - 13:38:11 EST
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November 5, 1998
HUMAN RIGHTS
Flesh trade action
plan adopted
Globalisation seen as cause for concern
Anjira Assavanonda
Government and non-government representatives from 15
Asia-Pacific countries adopted the Bangkok Accord and Plan
of Action to combat trafficking in women at national,
regional and international levels at the end of a regional
conference yesterday.
The two-day conference was organised by the Economic and
Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (Escap), in
collaboration with the International Labour Organisation
(ILO), International Organisation for Migration (IOM),
Thailand's National Commission on Women's Affairs (NWCA),
and the Asian Women's Fund (AWF).
According to the accord, participants vowed to support all
fundamental principles enshrined in any convention or
declaration concerning human rights, and elimination of
discrimination against women and children.
They expressed the view that globalisation of the world
economy had given rise to a global sex industry, and
concern was raised on the effect of the present economic
crisis in the region on women trafficking.
The accord also stated that organised crime and easy money
were important factors in trafficking in women, and
research and studies should be conducted on all important
aspects of women in development.
The adopted Plan of Action is divided into two main
sections - at the national level, and at the
sub-regional/regional/multi-lateral levels.
The national-level Plan of Action includes measures
concerning prevention, protection and humanitarian
treatment of victims, repatriation and reintegration,
information and monitoring mechanisms, action against
exploiters, medical and psychological intervention, and
participation of concerned parties.
Examples are establishment of multi-sectoral national
mechanisms consisting of government agencies, NGOs, and
other members of civil society, allocation of financial and
human resources to implement the plan, law enactment on
trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of women,
establishment of special units to handle cases of
trafficking in women, and developing a community-based
partnership to deal with the problem..
Prevention measures also include provision of basic
education and training for women and girls, provision of
employment opportunities to women and children of
appropriate age.
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