Status of Women committee  The information we have and believe from our estimates is that about 40% under eighteen years old are victims of forced labour and related trafficking. I go back to the same old problem of trafficking versus forced labour. If there is more time later, there is something related

Status of Women committee  In the case of the ILO, we have a number of projects that focus on the trafficking of children. This is happening partly because of the interest of the donors but also because it's part of the reality in a number of countries. We've lately been concerned with, and have been foc

Status of Women committee  I'll answer with one example. Microsoft International, for example, has developed some innovative initiatives to crack down on cyber-café-related sexual exploitation, trying to identify those who demand services, usually from youngsters. I can tell you that the people who develop

Status of Women committee  What I am saying is the following. I'd like to see banks putting conditionality on lending, rather than having beautiful cosmetic campaigns about how to call in to help the girls and so on. That is something churches or NGOs can do. There is a lot of investment in the tourist b

Status of Women committee  Yes, I want to quickly say one thing. If we're going to be able to have great success in fighting these crimes, we have to have very clear-cut concepts about and approaches to the nature of the beast. What really is the cause of trafficking? Is it economic need? Is poverty the ca

Status of Women committee  I have no clue.

Status of Women committee  What I want to say, having given you these basics, is that we all have comparative advantages. International organizations each have particular advantages. With international banks, for example, we're getting more and more the situation where they can play a major role by conditi

Status of Women committee  Madam Chair, ladies and gentlemen, good morning. My short presentation today can only highlight some of the major points that you can find in the paper I produced for this meeting. The paper provides a quick overview of major trends and new developments and some of the gaps and