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This briefing kit examines the trafficking of women and girls in Southeast Asia. It begins by looking at the demand and supply factors that encourage and perpetuate trafficking, and the abuses and stresses that women face during and after trafficking. The report emphasizes the importance of a gender-responsive, rights-based approach to trafficking that is "responsive to gender differences and disparities, and focused on realizing human rights equitably and hence equally for women and men". Using this framework, the report then argues that effective anti-trafficking strategies must include prevention, protection and assistance, return and resettlement, and research and advocacy. These strategies are illustrated by examples of current activities by organizations and groups in the region. [Descriptors: Migration - Trafficking, International - Asia]