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Yunnan, China Anti-Trafficking Training Workshop for Media Successful

The Yunnan Anti-Trafficking Participation Training Course for media staff was held from 7-9 December 2006 in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China.

This training course was supported by the United Nations Inter-Agency Project on Trafficking and was hosted by Yunnan Provincial Women’s Federation.

This training course’s main content was: the definition of international and national trafficking: the definition of a victim, the principal strategies and policies, gender and society, China’s relevant anti-trafficking legislation, the moral principals of media reporting in order to keep the focus on the victims.

The Deputy Chairperson of Yunnan Provincial Women’s Federation’s, Yi Li gave a lecture to the class. Dr Feng Jiang from UNIAP China office, Jiyu Tong, a researcher from Yunnan Provincial Academy of Social Sciences, professor Jun Wang from the Communication University of China, Qiliang Wang and Rong Xiang associate professors from Yunnan University as well as some other specialists, separately gave presentations of different topics.

More than 30 reporters from Yunnan’s main news organizations and relevant units attended the training, they came from: the Yunnan Branch of the Xinhua News Agency, the Yunnan office of the Central People’s Radio Station, Yunnan Television, Yunnan People’s Radio Station, the Yunnan Daily, the Yunnan Legal Times, the Yunnan Newspaper of the Political Consultative Committee, the Yunnan Information Newspaper, the Kunming Daily, Chun City Evening News, the Wenshan Daily, the Yuxi Daily, the Simao Daily, the Lijiang Daily, Honghe Television Station, Qujing City’s Radio Bureau, Qujing City’s Women’s Federation, Qujing City’s Ministry of Public Security, Yunnan University as well as other places.

Adapted from: Yunnan Anti-Trafficking Training Workshop for Media Has Come to a Successful Close. The China Anti-Trafficking Information Centre Online. 11 December 2006.

Source: UNIAP China