Explained | What has India done to address child trafficking?
1 year, 6 months ago

Explained | What has India done to address child trafficking?

The Hindu  

The story so far: “There are 160 million children waiting for your action. Several reports since the 2020 lockdown have noted that the pandemic created a second crisis of child trafficking, with children being pushed into a vortex of “despair, disease and death.” Estimates show that children account for one in every three detected victims of trafficking worldwide; this rises to one in two in low-income countries. Child trafficking, in numbers Eight children were trafficked every day in India n 2021 — for labour, begging and sexual exploitation — per data from the latest National Crime Records Bureau. This data only includes confirmed cases of trafficking, which does not account for “missing children.” One child goes missing every eight minutes in India — with millions ending up in domestic slavery, sex work and forced labour. India hasn’t yet amended Section 370 of the Penal Code to remove the requirement of “force, fraud, or coercion” to prove a child sex trafficking crime.

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What is India's status in US' report on human trafficking: Making improvement
11 months, 4 weeks ago

What is India's status in US' report on human trafficking: Making improvement

Hindustan Times  

The recent grounding of a Nicaragua-bound Legend Airlines plane, which was carrying hundreds of Indians, in France based on an anonymous tip-off that the flight could be carrying human trafficking victims sparked the debate regarding maintaining the minimum standards to tackle the serious crime that the United Nations calls “a grave violation to human rights”. The US has designated Nicaragua …

AP at 7th place in latest NCRB report on human trafficking
1 year ago

AP at 7th place in latest NCRB report on human trafficking

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: A total of 2,250 cases of human trafficking were registered in Andhra Pradesh in 2022, compared to 2,189 cases in 2021, according to the National Crime Records Bureau. The NCRB data stated that AP stood in third place in the country in 2022 in matters of victims trafficked only for sexual exploitation purposes. The NCRB data showed Maharashtra in …

Trafficking calls for urgent State action
1 year, 1 month ago

Trafficking calls for urgent State action

Hindustan Times  

A recent shocking expose by a news channel about a child trafficking network in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan revealed how girls were sold for as little as a few lakhs, often by family members. The major forms of trafficking in women are commercial sexual exploitation, forced labour, forced marriage, drug peddling, organ removal, child pornography and forced adoption. A holistic …

World Day against Trafficking in Persons 2023: All you need to know
1 year, 4 months ago

World Day against Trafficking in Persons 2023: All you need to know

India Today  

The annual World Day against Trafficking in Persons serves the purpose of raising awareness about human trafficking trends as identified by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. WORLD DAY AGAINST TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS 2023: THEME The theme of World Day against Trafficking in Persons 2023 is ‘Reach every victim of trafficking, leave no one behind’. WORLD DAY AGAINST …

Poor Laws, Living Standards: Is There a Way Out for India's Child Labourers?
1 year, 7 months ago

Poor Laws, Living Standards: Is There a Way Out for India's Child Labourers?

The Quint  

Adversity-free childhood is perhaps the most desirable feature to ensure better human capital. This alarming adversity is backed by a pronounced commitment to Sustainable Development Goal 8 with a target to eliminate all child labour by 2025, which remains far from getting realised in this decade. Along with an encouraging trend of the declining magnitude of this phenomenon in India …

Delhi tops human trafficking cases among all UTs: NCRB 2021 data
2 years, 3 months ago

Delhi tops human trafficking cases among all UTs: NCRB 2021 data

India TV News  

Delhi human trafficking: Delhi has recorded a jump of 73.5 per cent jump in human trafficking cases over 2020. "Naturally the city witnessed an increase in human trafficking cases in 2021 when the movement of people resumed gradually." Also, 437 victims of human trafficking in Delhi were below the age group of 18, including 100 girls. The NCRB data also …

Human trafficking cases decline marginally in AP in 2021
2 years, 3 months ago

Human trafficking cases decline marginally in AP in 2021

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: The number of human trafficking cases in Andhra Pradesh has come down to 168 in 2021 against 171 in 2020. The state registered 397 incidents of abetment to suicide of women booked under sections 305/306 of IPC and 108 cases of dowry deaths and two incidents of murder with rape or gang rape. The IPC crimes registered against women …

Child trafficking in trains down
2 years, 4 months ago

Child trafficking in trains down

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Incidents of child trafficking in trains have dropped this year, with 46 children rescued in the past seven months compared to 572 in all of 2021, according to the Railway Protection Force of the South Central Railway. Secunderabad RPF inspector Udugu Narsimha cited the deployment of anti-human trafficking teams of the RPF, with one sub-inspector and two constables, at …

Masses must be made aware about legal framework to prevent human trafficking: Minister
2 years, 4 months ago

Masses must be made aware about legal framework to prevent human trafficking: Minister

Hindustan Times  

There is lack of adequate knowledge among the masses about the issue of human trafficking and they should be apprised about the legal framework in place to prevent such malpractice, said minister of state, department of social welfare Asim Arun. He was speaking as a chief guest during a workshop on human trafficking organised by Gorakhpur-based NGO Manav Seva Sansthan …

A lost generation: The grim reality of child labour and exploitation in India
2 years, 6 months ago

A lost generation: The grim reality of child labour and exploitation in India

Hindustan Times  

Six months ago, state authorities pulled out a group of children, teens and young adults from a bus, heading from a small village near Assam’s Baksa District to Gujarat. The commercial sexual exploitation of children is among the worst forms of child labour and in India, there are around 1.2 million children involved in prostitution. The convergence of factors related …

Children shouldn’t work in fields, but on their dreams
2 years, 6 months ago

Children shouldn’t work in fields, but on their dreams

Hindustan Times  

The UN General Assembly declared 2021 as the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour. “A lot of children came to the city from Jharkand, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh following the closure of schools there,” said Pallavi Porwal, chairperson, Child Welfare Committee, Indore. A large number migrate due to poverty and unemployment there,” says Lokendra Sharma, Juvenile Justice Board …

India doing 'much better' in fight against child labour under Modi govt, says Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi
2 years, 7 months ago

India doing 'much better' in fight against child labour under Modi govt, says Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi

India TV News  

Highlights Every child in India will be safe, educated by 2047, says Kailash Satyarthi Satyarthi was responding to question on his vision for India India will celebrate its 100 years of independence in 2047 Highlighting that India has done “much better” in the fight against child labour under the Narendra Modi government, Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi expressed confidence that the …

Don’t delay the passage of the anti-trafficking bill 2021
2 years, 9 months ago

Don’t delay the passage of the anti-trafficking bill 2021

Hindustan Times  

India desperately needs an exclusive legislation on human trafficking, but the Trafficking in Persons Bill 2021, an exhaustively drafted document, is awaiting parliamentary approval. The UNODC 2020 Global Report estimates that in 2018, for every 10 victims of trafficking detected globally, about five were adult women and two were girls. UNODC observes that “invisibility’ of some sectors helps to hide …

From COVID-19 pandemic to culture of silence, why India is failing to protect children from online sexual abuse
3 years ago

From COVID-19 pandemic to culture of silence, why India is failing to protect children from online sexual abuse

Firstpost  

To create safe digital spaces for our children and adolescents, policymakers, law enforcement agencies, civil society organizations, communities, the private sector, and experts need to come together The past decade has witnessed notable growth in internet usage in not only India but also the world at large. Risky online behaviour, lack of parental guidance, the proliferation of cybercrime and inadequate …

India Recorded Over 350 Crimes Against Children Each Day Amid Covid Pandemic in 2020, Shows NCRB Data
3 years, 2 months ago

India Recorded Over 350 Crimes Against Children Each Day Amid Covid Pandemic in 2020, Shows NCRB Data

News 18  

A total of 1,28,531 crimes against children were recorded in India last year, implying that an average of 350 such cases were reported each day during the pandemic, according to an NGO’s analysis of data from National Criminal Records Bureau. When compared with figures from NCRB in 2019, however, there has been a drop of 13.3 per cent in the …

India recorded over 350 crimes against children each day in 2020, shows CRY's analysis of NCRB data
3 years, 2 months ago

India recorded over 350 crimes against children each day in 2020, shows CRY's analysis of NCRB data

Firstpost  

Child marriage has increased 50 percent and online abuse has increased 400 percent in one year, CRY said. Further analysis suggests that crimes against children in India has increased steeply by 381 percent in the last decade New Delhi: A total of 1,28,531 crimes against children were recorded in India last year, implying that an average of 350 such cases …

The long road to winning the battle against trafficking
3 years, 4 months ago

The long road to winning the battle against trafficking

The Hindu  

July 30 is United Nations World Day against Trafficking in Persons. Between April 2020 and June 2021, an estimated 9,000 children have been rescued after being trafficked for labour, according to a child rights non-governmental organisation. It has also caused, in some instances, loss of parental care due to death, illness or separation, thereby placing children at heightened risk for …

About 40 Assam Kids Rescued from Sikkim as CM Himanta Vows to Hunt Down Traffickers
3 years, 5 months ago

About 40 Assam Kids Rescued from Sikkim as CM Himanta Vows to Hunt Down Traffickers

News 18  

Biplab from Chirang district of Assam is one among about 40 children rescued from neighbouring Sikkim this week by a police team. According to Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, the rescue effort is a major achievement of the state police and also underscores his government’s resolute stance against trafficking in all forms. 1/3 pic.twitter.com/o8TJiQB2QH— Himanta Biswa Sarma July 23, …

Sensitive and precise: The Hindu Editorial on anti-trafficking bill
3 years, 5 months ago

Sensitive and precise: The Hindu Editorial on anti-trafficking bill

The Hindu  

Undoubtedly, trafficking is a pernicious offence, one that societies and governments must have zero tolerance for, and yet, handling the offence of trafficking needs precision, not a sledgehammer. The Bill, which will shortly be introduced in Parliament, aims at preventing and countering trafficking in persons, particularly women and children, to provide for care, protection and rehabilitation to the victims, while …

Ending human trafficking, migrant workers' exploitation our top priority: Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren
3 years, 5 months ago

Ending human trafficking, migrant workers' exploitation our top priority: Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren

India Today  

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Tuesday said that the top priority of the government is to end the menaces of human trafficking and migrant workers' exploitation in the state. READ: Human trafficking in Jharkhand: 7 minor girls rescued from Ranchi airport, sent to shelter home "Removing the blot of human trafficking from Jharkhand is our priority. Citing examples, the …

Human trafficking racket busted in Assam's Baksa, 31 people including seven minor girls rescued
3 years, 6 months ago

Human trafficking racket busted in Assam's Baksa, 31 people including seven minor girls rescued

India Today  

Assam police busted a human trafficking racket and rescued 31 people, including seven minor girls, from a Gujarat-bound bus in Assam's Baksa district, near the Indo-Bhutan border. Based on intelligence input, police and Sashatra Seema Bal stopped a Gujarat-bound bus on Tuesday night in the Kumarikata area of Tamulpur police station in Baksa district. “During the investigation, it was discovered …

Covid-19 made poor more vulnerable to child trafficking, say NGOs
3 years, 6 months ago

Covid-19 made poor more vulnerable to child trafficking, say NGOs

India Today  

On June 4, Pooja was rescued from her employer’s house in Patna. Bihar is not an exception in child trafficking during Covid-19 pandemic, which led to nationwide lockdown last year and periodic restrictions in different states with each surge in coronavirus cases. Satya Prakash, program manager of FXB Suraksha India — NGO providing development assistance to marginalised children and women …

Breaking the cycle of child labour is in India’s hands
3 years, 6 months ago

Breaking the cycle of child labour is in India’s hands

The Hindu  

The true extent of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on child labour is yet to be measured but all indications show that it would be significant as children are unable to attend school and parents are unable to find work. What the data show As the world enters the third decade of the 21st century, 152 million children around …

Covid-19 Pandemic Has Created a Second Crisis in India — the Rise of Child Trafficking
4 years, 1 month ago

Covid-19 Pandemic Has Created a Second Crisis in India — the Rise of Child Trafficking

News 18  

One evening in August, a 14-year-old boy snuck out of his home and boarded a private bus to travel from his village in Bihar to Jaipur, a chaotic, crowded and historical city 800 miles away in Rajasthan. “Children have never faced such crisis,” said 2014 Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi, whose organization Bachpan Bachao Andolan works to protect vulnerable …

Covid-19 May Force Millions of Children Back into Slavery, Trafficking, Child Marriage: Kailash Satyarthi
4 years, 3 months ago

Covid-19 May Force Millions of Children Back into Slavery, Trafficking, Child Marriage: Kailash Satyarthi

News 18  

New Delhi: For four decades Nobel peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi rescued thousands of children from the scourge of slavery and trafficking but he fears all his efforts could reverse as the coronavirus pandemic forces children into labour. “The biggest threat is that millions of children may fall back into slavery, trafficking, child labour, child marriage,” said Satyarthi who was awarded …

Child Marriage or Trafficking: Choice Covid-19 and Cyclone Amphan Have Left For Bengal's Vulnerable
4 years, 4 months ago

Child Marriage or Trafficking: Choice Covid-19 and Cyclone Amphan Have Left For Bengal's Vulnerable

News 18  

The border district of North 24 Parganas, West Bengal has been one of India’s prominent trafficking hubs. Digital Platforms as a Medium for Trafficking A small study conducted by Aangan’s community child protection volunteers in North 24 Parganas revealed that children voluntarily took up jobs to buy smartphones. CNN News18 reported a 40% hike in internet traffic in India during …

Covid-19 Impact: 21% Rural Households Ready to Send Children to Work after Lockdown
4 years, 4 months ago

Covid-19 Impact: 21% Rural Households Ready to Send Children to Work after Lockdown

News 18  

On March 24 when India went into a total lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus, thousands of migrant labourers across the country lost their source of livelihood. Now that the lockdown is over and economic activities have sporadically started with several states across India diluting labour laws, children seem to be at the highest risk. The report, titled, "A …

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