Nayantara's Storysavemissinggirls.com
NayantaraIn 2009, Nayantara (name changed) was a young girl who went missing from the South 24 Paraganas District of West Bengal.At 16, Nayantara was drugged, b... .... read more
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Myra was lured into the world of prostitution with the promise of a job which started a vicious circle where she was transferred from one brothel to another.
Myra's Storysavemissinggirls.com
Myra, a resident of South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, liked to go to school and study. Unfortunately her father was a daily wage labourer and his wages were no w...
The bill mentions prevention as its key goal. However, there are certain criticisms that have stood out, which might complicate enforcement instead of providing all-inclusive rehabilitation.
This year, Andhra Pradesh issued a GO to criminalize buying of sex – it’s the first Indian state to explore beyond the conventional horizons of human trafficking punishment. This means once the law is set into motion, anyone who buys sex from the sex workers will face criminal charges and imprisonment.
As many as 39 crimes against women were reported every hour in India, up from 21 in 2007, according to Crime in India 2016 report by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
There’s been a dramatic increase of violence against women in India in the past few years.
The Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children both recognize that pornography is an element that adds to the serious problem.
Women involved in prostitution have always been an object of research in India. Although the real numbers of how many women are into prostitution are still dodgy, it’s estimated that around 1% of adult Indian women is associated with sex work (Dandona R, Dandona L, Kumar GA, Gutierrez JP, McPherson S, Samuels F, Bertozzi SM; ASCI FPP Study Team. “Demography and Sex Work Characteristics of Female Sex Workers in India,” BMC International Health Human Rights. 2006 Apr 14;6:5).
