Need to check human trafficking stressed

STRESSING THE need to strengthen the South Asia Media Coalition, participants in a seminar on cross-border trafficking at Indo-Nepal border and role of media called upon mediapersons to attack the root of the crime and report it in a sensitive manner instead of resorting to sensationalism while reporting trafficking of children and girls.

STRESSING THE need to strengthen the South Asia Media Coalition, participants in a seminar on cross-border trafficking at Indo-Nepal border and role of media called upon mediapersons to attack the root of the crime and report it in a sensitive manner instead of resorting to sensationalism while reporting trafficking of children and girls.

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The seminar was organised by Manav Sewa Sansthan at Gorakhpur Press Club.

Delivering her views on this occasion, director of the South Asia Region of an international social organisation UNIFEM Archna Tamang called upon journalists to create awareness as also to generate public opinion against immoral and illicit trade of flesh and children. She said the organisation had started a campaign against gender-based violence, which can be checked with support of every section of the society.