X-IMail-SPAM-Statistical [WSIS CS-Plenary] Crisinfo.org - news ENG ESP PT FR [October 26th 2005]

[McTim]

On 10/26/05, Laina Raveendran Greene <laina at getit.org> wrote:

> Thanks Myriam for sharing this news with us.

yes, it's always helpful.

>
<snip>
> apparently the largest market for this type of trafficking, which is
> horrifying. Violence against women in this form, is only being made more
> efficient using ICT and we need to be more aware of this, so we can better
> deal with this.

As far as trafficking goes, I ran across this link recently, which
describes how we are dealing with it using IT:

http://tinyurl.com/8r464

here is an excerpt:

" ICT is effectively used in the global efforts to end trafficking of
women and girls.  For example, the Internet has been used since as
early as 1995 to build an alliance,  discuss strategies and share
experiences in efforts to end trafficking.   In other cases, ICT is
used to gather data on trafficking, to inform the public about the
trafficking, rescue the trafficked women, and rehabilitate those who
returned through job training. The seminar will at first discuss the
multi-dimensional challenges of trafficking, then look at various
effective uses of ICT in anti-trafficking programs"

Rgds,

McTim