State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Meher Afroze Chumki said the ministry has taken initiatives to set up regional helpline in SAARC countries in rescuing the missing children.
“Child trafficking is very severe violation of child rights. Regional cooperation is very important in preventing child trafficking so that the Bangladesh government has taken initiatives to strengthen the cooperation in this regard,” she said.
She was addressing a seminar marking International Missing Children Day organised by the ministry and non-government organization Plan International, Bangladesh at CIRDAP auditorium here.
Chumki said the introduction of such helpline would ease the process in rescuing missing children.
Women and Children Affairs Secretary Nasima Begum, Home Ministry Additional Secretary Abu Hena Mohammad Rahmatul Monaem, Plan International and Bangladesh Country Director Senait Gebregziabher addressed the function, among others.
The speakers said some 2190 children went missing from 2010 to 2014 from Bangladesh.
They said around eight million children went missing every year in the world, of them 80,000 in USA, 2,00,000 in South Asia and 1,00,000 in India.
