88 ... ... ... ... .. RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN 7.8 A National Conference of all these nodal officers was held in New Delhi on 29 October 2002. The Conference served to orient the nodal officers in respect of the various issues relating to trafficking in women and children and laid the foundation for the setting-up of a national network under the aegis of the NHRC. In this Conference, the Terms of Reference detailing the duties and responsibilities of nodal officers, drafted by the Commission, were also discussed and finalized. They have now been forwarded by the Commission to all the Chief Secretaries of the States and Union Territories. The network is a permanent one which will deal with all aspects of trafficking, facilitate detection, arrest and prosecution of traffickers and help rehabilitation programmes. 7.9 Keeping in view the objectives of the Action Research, eight different kinds of interview schedules have been devised for collecting information from the trafficked female survivors (rescued victims), trafficked active sex workers, traffickers, brothel owners, rescued trafficked child labourers, police officials, clients and the community. All the research partners engaged in the Action Research were given orientation training as to how to administer the different kinds of interview schedules in the field and collect the relevant data from the field. 7.10 The final report of the Action Research is expected to be completed by March, 2004. 7.11 Through the Action Research, the Commission is endeavouring to create an authentic database so as to strengthen the vulnerable groups in the supply zones both economically and socially. In the process, it also proposes to sensitize the public and the law enforcement agencies to the grave dangers inherent in trafficking and the need for its prevention. It is further the endeavour of the Commission to strengthen laws and law enforcement processes, punish traffickers, revamp rescue and rehabilitation programmes, and help NGOs to take advantage of the National Plan of Action of the Government of India for this purpose. 2] Trafficking in Women and Children: Manual for the Judiciary for Gender Sensitization 7.12 It had been mentioned in the annual report for 2001-02 that the Commission had constituted a committee to work out the structure and details N AT I O N A L H U M A N R I G H T S C O M M I S S I O N