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Combating Child Trafficking for Labour and Sexual Exploitation (Phase II, Pakistan Chapter)

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Duration: 3 years
Starting date: October 2002
US Department of Labour (USDOL)

The IPEC Project on Combating Child Trafficking for Labour and Sexual Exploitation (TICSA Project) is in its second phase and operational in six countries, namely Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Thailand, and Indonesia. In its Pakistan component, this regional Project has three interventions. Firstly, research has been carried out to determine the extent and nature of trafficking of children and women for labour and sexual exploitation in Pakistan. It is expected that this report will be finalized by the end of 2004. Secondly, an action programme has been instituted with the National Commission for Child Welfare and Development and the Ministry of Social Welfare, Women Development and Special Education. This action programme was commissioned in August 2004 and aims at capacity building, advocacy, and awareness raising for prevention of child trafficking in two districts of Southern Punjab and Upper Sindh, and the vulnerable communities in these districts. Thirdly, a second research study has been commissioned to determine the demand side of trafficking of children and women in Pakistan for labour and sexual exploitation. This will become part of the regional study, which includes all other countries in the Project barring Thailand, which has already been covered in a similar study under a separate IPEC project.


 
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