Through the gracious hosting of the Viet
Nam Women's Union, women activists from
five Mekong countries are gathering in Hanoi
to discuss current appraoches to human trafficking
and to make recommendations on better prevention
measures across the sub-region.
Supported by the International Labour Organization,
The Mekong Women’s Forum attracts
up to 100 participants and observers to
the two-day event in Hanoi, 12-13 July,
2007.
The Forum was to be opened by the Ms. Ha
Thi Khiet, Preseident of the Viet Nam Women’s
Union and Ms. Sachiko Yamamoto, the ILO’s
Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific.
Dr Saisuree Chutikul, distinguished member
of the UN Committee on the Elimination of
Discrimination of Women and a recognised
expert on human trafficking in the GMS will
keynote the forum.
The Forum, with its theme “Women’s
Solidarity & Empowerment in Action against
Human Trafficking and Discrimination”
was to provide an opportunity for
women’s organizations from across
the GMS to showcase the work they are already
doing to prevent trafficking of women and
children and help those who have already
been victimized by the related sexual and
labour exploitation that results.
From the establishment of migrant women’s
homes in China, to village savings-and-loan
schemes in Lao PDR, awareness-raising in
rural Viet Nam, to name but a few, these
Women’s Unions and organizations are
arming young women with the information
they need to avoid discrimination and the
trafficking and migration-related exploitation.
Some of these projects will be on display
and interviews with key participants can
be arranged upon request.
Among those attending the Mekong Women’s
Forum include high-level representatives
from Government – senior officials
involved in the Coordinated Mekong Ministerial
Initiative against Trafficking in the GMS
(COMMIT) – as well as delegates from
Workers’ and Employers’ Organizations
from five countries: Cambodia, China, Lao
PDR, Thailand and Viet Nam.
Final Agenda and recommendations will be
posted shortly:
 Information
Note on Meeting
News
Release (12 July 2007)
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