Preity Zinta combating child trafficking

Preity Zinta has joined the fight against child trafficking by lending her support to an international campaign.

The actress agreed to back Against Child Trafficking (ACT) at an event yesterday, along with Melanne Verveer, the US ambassador for global women's issues.

"I want to give a message to those people who live in villages, that if anyone approaches you and asks you to sell your child to them, telling you that they will provide them [with] employment, please don't sell your child, because she is only going to be forced into either flesh trade or be forced to work as domestic help in somebody's house," Zinta is quoted as saying by the India Gazette.

Around 1.2 million children are trafficked every year and 44 million are engaged in labour. More than half of this number are in India alone.