Stolen Lives: human trafficking from Palaung areas to China-Executive Summary of the Trafficking Report,Palaung Women

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InvitationPress ConferenceThe Palaung Women’s Organization cordially invites you to the launch of our new report:Stolen Lives: human trafficking from Palaung areas of Burma to China Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand (FCCT), Bangkok Tuesday 14th June 2010, 10:30 am – 12:00pm. Representatives will be discussing the report’s findings on the increase in cases of human trafficking under Burma’s military government, Burma’s economic collapse and the regime’s neglect of traditional livelihoods, as well as other factors contributing to human trafficking in northern Shan State such as lack of access to education and surging opium cultivation in the region. Please join us as we discuss human trafficking in Burma’s northern Shan State. With speakers: Lway Moe Kham, PWO Principal Researcher Lway Aye Nang, PWO Advisory Board Member Hkawng Seng Pan, Deputy coordinator – Kachin Women’s Association (Thailand) Location: The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand (FCCT), Penthouse, Maneeya Center Building, 518/5 Ploenchit Road, Patumwan, Bangkok Tel: 02-652-0580-1 Contact: Lway Moe Kham, (Palaung Women’s Organization) Tel: 08-3330- 2304, Email: pwotaang@gmail.com