Ex-first lady tries to fight trafficking

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By The Associated Press
Published: October 12, 2008

MAPUTO, Mozambique — Graca Machel, a Mozambican human rights campaigner and the country’s former first lady, appealed to schools Saturday to take more action to prevent children being kidnapped and sold into prostitution.

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Machel, who is married to former South African President Nelson Mandela, said Mozambique was targeted by child traffickers because it did too little to protect the young.

A United Nation report estimated that 1,000 women and children were trafficked from Mozambique to South Africa annually. It also said that sexual abuse in schools was a major problem.


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