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Rescue Center for Kidnapped Women, Children Set Up in Guangxi, China

A Rescue Center for kidnapped women and children has been opened in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to provide refuge for victims of human trafficking. The Center, located in Ningming County on the Sino-Vietnamese border, is sponsored by the United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF) to combat and prevent cross-border kidnapping and trafficking of women and children. UNICEF's Beijing office has donated medical appliances, washing machines, personal computers and quilts that are valued at more than 100,000 yuan (12,500 U.S. dollars), said an official with the local women's federation. The center, the first of its kind in Guangxi, will provide food and shelter to victims of domestic violence and offer legal aid, psychological counseling and medical help as well. Cross-border trafficking of women and children has been frequently reported in Ningming County in recent years and officials with the local women's federation say the new organization will protect the legitimate rights of the victims.

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"Rescue Center for Kidnapped Women, Children Set Up in Guangxi." Xinhua. 25 February 2006. (Source: UNIAP).