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The
International Organization for Migration holds a counter-trafficking
training seminar for Caribbean and Central American experts; UNAIDS calls for greater participation of women and adolescents in HIV vaccine clinical trials; Caribbean
journalists and tourism stakeholders exchange ideas on how to make
regional tourism more sustainable.
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Bangladeshi women are more educated but domestic violence still prevails: government report The
UN fights human trafficking in Kosovo
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RIGHTS GROUP CONCERNED ABOUT DISAPPEARANCES IN NEPAL Every day, hundreds
of people disappear in countries around the world. In Nepal the number
of disappearances rose from 18 in 2003 to 130 by the first half this
year. In the Russian Federation 270 persons have disappeared, and
in
HOW
PHILIPPINES SUPPORTS THE DISABLED COMMUNITY
ADVOCATES FOR THE DEAF CALL FOR INCLUSION IN DISABILITY CONVENTION
MIGRATION AGENCY FIGHTS TRAFFICKING IN THE CARIBBEAN AND LATIN AMERICA
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Colombia
the fate of more than 890 people is unknown. The United Nations Working
Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances has declared such
disappearances a crime. Professor Stephen Toope, Chair of the Working
Group, discusses why numbers have risen dramatically in Nepal. 
A
draft convention to protect the disabled people around the world has
inched forward. A two week meeting at UN headquarters which ended
Friday, discussed 25 of the articles, covering equal recognition of
disabled persons before the law, the right to work, personal mobility
and the promotion of positive attitudes towards people with disabilities.
There are 600 million disabled persons around the world. Venus Ilagan
of the Philippines, Chairperson of Disabled People's International,
discusses the situation in her country. 
Dr.
Lisa Kauppinen is the former President Emeritus of the World Federation
of the Deaf, an organization made up of 126 members, that advocates
for the rights of deaf people. As a deaf person herself and participating
in the recent UN meeting on drafting a disability convention, she
urged drafters to include language that supports deaf people's rights.
Dr. Kauppinen speaks in sign language through her interpreter.
The
International Organization for Migration (IOM) is piloting its new
counter-trafficking training module at a seminar held in Jamaica recently.
More than 20 experts from the Caribbean and Central America representing
government officials and non-governmental organizations took part
in the initiative. The modules were developed to share knowledge and
expertise in basic skills needed by NGO's, governments and other service
providers to prevent and combat trafficking in persons. The training
seminars are easily adaptable to different language, culture and recipient
needs, and provide measurable indicators of performance in addition
to hands-on, "how-to" skills. Rosilyne Borland, project
development assistant with the IOM, elaborates.