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Officials from Five Chinese Provinces Meet to Exchange Experiences with Preventing Trafficking

On 11 April 2007 in Hefei the All China Women’s Federation and the International Labour Organisation jointly held a conference to exchange experiences of Anhui Province’s All China Women’s Federation “National Anti-Trafficking Spring Rain Initiative”. Leaders from the National Women’s Federation, the Railway Ministry, the International Labour Organisation and other relevant leaders and specialists as well as workers from the Railway Ministry and Women’s Federation from the provinces involved in this project, Anhui, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Henan and Hunan attended this meeting.

The 2007 spring travelling season was season in which the most migrants were exploited in the five provinces, Anhui, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Henan and Hunan. Experimental units in bus stations and trains were set up in the counties of every province to powerfully and dynamically launch the “Anti-Trafficking Spring Rain Initiative” aimed at the migrant population. They publicized “anti-trafficking and safe migration” information targeted at females who were going to the cities to work.

At the meeting to exchange experiences, the attendees thought that the “Spring Rain Initiative” should continue to create an anti-trafficking atmosphere throughout society, safeguard the legal rights and interests of women who come to the cities to work and promoting society’s stability are all very important, from today these practices should be spread further to form a long-lasting mechanism for publicising anti-trafficking information.     

Adapted from: "Officials from Five Provinces, Anhui, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Henan and Hunan Meet in Hefei to Exchange Experience of Initiatives Preventing Trafficking." Jianghuai Morning Post. 12 April 2007. http://www.hf365.com