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Microsoft Pledges Funding to Combat Trafficking in Thailand
Microsoft pledges over US$240,000 for partnership with Thailand NGOs and Government Entities to Combat Human Trafficking.

Trafficking Victim Turned Activist Dies of Cancer in Thailand
Urairat Soimee, who was lured into the flesh trade in Japan and later became an award-winning activist against human trafficking, died in Bangkok from ovarian cancer.

Homeless Most At Risk From Traffickers
Chiang Rai Province in Thailand organized the anti-trafficking conference to exchange the experience on women and children protection in the Greater Mekong Sub-region.

Mekong Governments Demonstrate Concrete Action Against Human Trafficking
The six Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) Governments (Cambodia, China, Laos, Burma, Thailand and Vietnam) concluded a three day meeting beginning on 12 May 2006 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Two Agreements Pledging US $1.8 million to COMMIT Process
On 4 May 2006 an agreement was signed between the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and UNDP, in which the Norwegian Government pledged to contribute a total of 6,800,000 Kroner (about US $1 million) to combat human trafficking in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS).

Centres to Help Stateless Children to Open in North of Thailand
Thailand provides services to stateless children.

The Situation of Hill Tribe Minorities in Thailand
Hill Tribe minority groups in Thailand find it difficult to lead normal lives.

Child Labor Situation in Thailand
The child labour situation in Thailand is improving...but young migrants pose new challenges.

Governments, Workers' and Employers' Organizations From 5 Mekong Countries Gather to Discuss Human Trafficking Prevention
Main Focus on Foreign Migrant Workers - A Review of Cross-Border Recruitment Practices and Advocacy Initiatives.

Lao workers in Thailand Legalized
Over 60 Lao workers will take up legal employment in food processing factories in southern Thailand at the end of May 2006.

UNICEF Supports Initiatives to Tackle Trafficking of Women and Children in Thailand
Children learn about the danger of trafficking.

Call for Applications: Project HOPE International Travel and Study Human Trafficking in SE Asia
Project HOPE International, a US-based NGO, is accepting applications from motivated students and individuals for its Travel and Study Tour in Thailand and Cambodia for July 2006.

Training on Garbage Recycling to Improve the Livelihood of Cambodian Beggars
Improving the Lives of Cambodian Beggars.

Managing Migration in Southeast Asia
The incentives to migrate are rising because of increasing demographic and economic inequalities between countries.

Difficult Lives of Child Beggars
What brings these children to a different country to beg.