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Trafficking and sexual abuse are rife among Rohingya refugees fleeing the troubled lands of Myanmar, the UN’s International Organization for Migration has found last November.
To combat such accelerating rates and figures of trafficking, the Centre has planned to develop a focused anti-human trafficking wing under Central Investigation Agency, like National Investigation Agency.
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).
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.
Reaching over to 1.25 million girls, this project aims to educate the girls on how to grow vegetables, fruits and even timber in a small plot of land so as to supplement their meals, along with adding some penny to the family income.
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Complete school, attend college and become a government healthcare professional working in her own village – are few modest ambitions of a teenager, Sarjana B...