§ Lord Hyltonasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will seek to ensure that plans, whether bilateral or multilateral, to reduce worldwide poverty include prevention of trafficking in women and sexual abuse of young people, whenever this is appropriate. [HL4786]
§ Baroness AmosThrough our programmes to promote sustainable development and poverty elimination DFID is helping to reduce the circumstances which give rise to trafficking and sexual exploitation of women and children. This is an international problem which requires co-ordinated international action. DFID is supporting national governments and international bodies in such efforts.
In the Greater Mekong Sub-region we are supporting the International Labour Organisation's project to reduce trafficking of women and children in Loas, Thailand, China (Yunnan), Cambodia and Vietnam. In the Balkans we are working with the International Organisation for Migration to train agencies dealing with trafficking, such as police, social workers and the legal profession. We hope to create models of best practice which can be adopted elsewhere.