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Summary: A Regional Consultation Meeting on
the Prevention of Trafficking of Girls
and Women was organized by the
Center for Legal Research and
Resource Development (CeLRRd)
from 22 to 24 February, 2001 at
Dhulikhel Lodge Resort with support
from the Asian Development Bank.
Participants of the Meeting were
from Nepal, India, Bangladesh,
Thailand and Sweden.
A Regional Consultation Meeting on the Prevention of Trafficking
of Girls and Women was organized by the Center for Legal
Research and Resource Development (CeLRRd) from 22 to 24
February, 2001 at Dhulikhel Lodge Resort with support from the
Asian Development Bank. Participants of the Meeting were from
Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Thailand and Sweden. The participants
from Nepal included representatives from the Ministry of Women,
Children and Social Welfare, the Nepal Police, National Human
Rights Commission as well as other I/NGOs active in the field of
trafficking. UNDP, Unicef ILO and UNESCO were also among the
active participants. Other individuals attended the meeting as
observers mainly the representatives from the Association of
Community Development, a NGO from Bangladesh, and Teachers
from the Kathmandu School of Law. Each participant played a
vital role in the discussions on the issue of trafficking of women
and girls, as well as in the development of strategies to combat
the problem.
Objectives of the Meeting:
Over the years, the problem of trafficking of women and girls for
sexual exploitation has been consistently increasing in the
region. Hence, the principal purpose of the meeting was to
discuss this issue in detail, as well as work in cooperation among
all involved in the prevention of the problem. The meeting had
specifically been envisaged to address the following objectives:
• To facilitate the process of networking and coordinating
of activities between organizations working towards
strengthening preventive initiatives against the trafficking of girls
and women.
• To expedite the adoption of the SAARC Regional
Convention against trafficking and also to promote coordination
between NGOs and GOs to foster prevention at the regional level.
• To generate support for CeLRRd and other NGOs in
Nepal to intercept girls and women from being trafficked in the
initial stage.
• To create a resolution to draw the attention of the
Governments of India and Nepal to address the issue of
trafficking urgently, and for that pressurize to initiate high level
dialogue for adopting appropriate and adequate strategies.
• To develop a mechanism for rescuing victims from the
sex market in the initial stage, i.e. before being exposed to
exploitation.
• To mobilize the officials of SAARC countries to address
the problem of trafficking at the regional level.