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	'Child Protection Bill to Be Legislated Soon' International News January 25, 2009 http://www.thenews.com.pk/print1.asp?id=159004 Karachi — The Child Protection Bill will be legislated soon in order to end violence against children and domestic servants, Sindh Human Rights Minister Nadia Gabol said on Saturday. She was presiding over a meeting to review the report on violence against street children and domestic child servants. Nadia noted that the proposed Child Protection Bill will help stop the sexual abuse of street children and domestic child servants. She stressed the need to evolve a comprehensive strategy for the welfare of street children and domestic servants. "Children are future of the country. It is therefore the responsibility of all of us to protect them from criminal elements and providing them with education and other facilities," Gabol said, adding that directives in this regard have been issued to the police and government officials concerned. According to the report presented at the meeting, 6,780 children and 2,500 women were subjected to violence during 2008. As many as 56 children were killed during this period, while 532 children were made victims of sexual assault and 96 of Karo-Kari. The report further said that 10,000 girls were working as domestic servants in Karachi and were routinely subjected to torture.
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