Mekong Women's Forum
Mekong Women's Forum (12-13 July 2007):
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:
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