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Parliamentarians pledge to frame law on women trafficking in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Tue, 20/07/2010 - 20:41 — mmtahir

Peshawar: Parliamentarians from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly have promised a law that will address the issue of women trafficking in KPK holistically. These views were expressed at a daylong consultative workshop on countering women trafficking aimed for provincial parliamentarians, which had been organized by Community Appraisal & Motivation Programme (CAMP).

The meeting was attended by a large number of parliamentarians mostly female MPAs. The event was sponsored by DFID (UK Department for International Development) and UNDP (United Nations Development Program) under the Gender Justice and Protection Project (GJP).

Eminent speakers highlighted the various aspects and dimensions of the issue along with the national plan of action and policies existing in the country regarding women trafficking. They said that due to the non-implementation of the existing laws and policies this year Pakistan has been placed in tier 2 watch list in the United States trafficking in persons report (TIP) for not complying with the minimum standards regarding prevention, protection and prosecution.

CAMP Project Manager Mr. Said Afzal Shinwari said that women trafficking has been the fastest growing issue in the past few years due to harmful traditional practices, non-implementation of the relevant laws and lack of commitment on part of the government to address the issue holistically. He said that drastic reforms in the laws and inter-institutional coordination among the law enforcement agencies and CSOs will help in curbing the issue."Child Marriages, IDPs influx & rapid surge in poverty in the recent past have also contributed to the trafficking of women and girls", he added.

At the end of the session parliamentarians promised to include; internal trafficking, due role of police and other law enforcement personnel , formation of the panel of lawyers for legal aid awareness and sensitization at the policy and grassroots level and trafficking-focused shelter homes for the victims while framing new law on women trafficking in KPK.