“If the police or Sarkar (government) intended to increase the welfare of victims (of trafficking), they would have then provided alternative income sources or work. What they do is lock us in shelter homes or send us back to our villages. We don’t have any other option than to return back, which I also did since I needed money to sustain my livelihood”.
This is a quote from an interview which was part of my ongoing research dedicated to understanding the marginalized perspectives on anti-trafficking interventions in India. This insight was offered by Barkha (name changed for confidentiality), a cis-female migrant sex worker, who was rescued twice by India’s anti-trafficking machinery but re-joined sex work later. Barkha’s statement reveals the discontent with anti-trafficking programmes, common among the supposed beneficiaries who have been growing increasingly frustrated with the country’s policies around sex work, expressly since 2011, the year in which India
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In this week s Survivor Series, Uttar Kumar tells us how he was trafficked at the age of 15, and has been counselling other survivors after his rescue.
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When I was 15 years old, my mother, two brothers, and I moved to Thiruvallur on the outskirts of Chennai from Ghantabahal Gaon in Odisha in search of work. We were living in poverty and had been promised jobs at a state-of-the-art modern brick kiln. The factory middle-men had promised us that our lives would change and that we would no longer have any money troubles.
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Later, in a statement, the home ministry said to enhance safety and security of women in the country, it has taken several initiatives which are funded by the Nirbhaya Fund.
A separate women safety division has also been set up in the home ministry to sensitise states and UTs on women safety related issues including timely completion of investigation of sexual assault cases, it said.
“The government has sanctioned Rs 200 crore to states and UTs to set up Women Help Desks in police stations, and to set up or strengthen Anti Human Trafficking Units in all districts of the country as also on vulnerable borders,” the statement said.
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March 08, 2021 16:56 IST
Union Home Minister Amit Shah also said that women empowerment has always been the focal point of the policies of the Narendra Modi government.
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Representative Image: The home ministry said the projects funded by Nirbhaya Fund are also being fast-tracked by it to enhance the safety and security of women.
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah also said that women empowerment has always been the focal point of the policies of the Narendra Modi government. The Union home ministry on Monday said ₹ 200 crore has been sanctioned to states and union territories (UTs) to set up women help desks in police stations and to strengthen anti-human trafficking units in all districts of the country.