Peshawar: There is need for a special law on women trafficking for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa that would address the issue holistically. These views were expressed at the end of a daylong provincial conference on “Trends and causes of women trafficking in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa” which was organized by Community Appraisal & Motivation Programme (CAMP). The conference was attended by a large number of people from different walks of life including parliamentarians.
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).
Lack of coordinated efforts among government departments and civil society organizations and dearth of relevant laws & policies were termed as leading factors towards the growing menace of women trafficking in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by the participants attending a half day consultative meeting organized by Community Appraisal & Motivation Programme(CAMP) regarding the inter institutional referral system (IRS). The meeting was attended by members from NGOs, media, law enforcement agencies, directorate of human rights, federal & provincial women crises centers and lawyers community. The event was sponsored by UNDP and DFID under its gender justice and protection program (GJP).
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