Drive on to curb trafficking of women

Drive on to curb trafficking of women

JAKARTA: The government, U.S Embassy and several local and
foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) launched here on
Thursday a campaign against the trafficking of women and children
by distributing hundreds of thousands of comics as well as
millions of leaflets across the country.

More than 90,000 comic books, 180,000 comic strips and four
million leaflets will be distributed, especially in provinces
prone to trafficking, including Central Java, West Java, East
Java, Yogyakarta, West Kalimantan, and North Sumatra.

Among the NGOs are the International Catholic Migration
Commission (ICMC), the American Center for International Labor
Solidarity (ACILS), and International Relief and Development
(IRD). --JP