Action Plan for Prevention of Trafficking of Women

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Action Plan for Prevention of Trafficking of
Women Children

• presentation by
• S.N.Haque
• Convenor
• FOCUS Group on Prevention

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Composition of the FOCUS Group

• Ms. Shalini Jain/ Dr. Jyotsna Chatterjee
• Joint Womens Programme
• Ms. Neelam Matai
• Save the Children, India
• Mr. K. K. Mukherjee
• Gram Nyojan Kendra, Ghaziabad
• Smt. Amita Sen
• All Bengal Womens Union
• Mr. Joydev Majumdar
• Joy Prakash Institute of Social Change
  (co-opted)
• Mr. Manabendra Nath Roy
• Save the Children, UK, Kolkata (co-opted)
• Mr. S.N. Haque
• Principal Secretary, WCD SW Department -
  Convenor

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Methodology Adopted

• Preparation of a draft action plan by the Kolkata
  group
• Circulation of the same through email among all
  members of the Focus Group
• Consideration of suggestions/ comments received
• Finalization of the action plan

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Action Plan on Prevention

• Development of a database
• Conducting studies and focus group discussions
  and preparing a reliable database on source
  areas, routes, destinations, factors responsible
  for trafficking etc.
• Updating the database time to time

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Sensitization

• Special training programmes in institutes for the
  concerned government officials, NGO
  representatives and PRI functionaries
• Joint sensitization programmes for Judicial
  Officers, senior Police Officers and Public
  Prosecutors with the objective of ensuring better
  justice to traffick victims and increasing
  conviction rate
• Sensitization programmes for media personnel to
  enable them to play an important role through
  appropriate reporting of incidents of trafficking

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Education

• Free and compulsory education upto XIIth standard
  along with health check-up and vocational
  training
• Programme of providing education and knowledge
  about reproductive health and life skill
  education in schools to reduce the risk of
  deception of young girls for sexual abuse and CSE
• Market based vocational training along with
  health check-up and health and nutrition
  education for school dropout girls, the most
  vulnerable group

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Creating Livelihood Opportunities

• Enhancement of peoples knowledge about
  poverty-alleviation and economic empowerment
  programmes through sustained information sharing
• Implementation of the aforesaid programmes in
  source areas with special focus on potential
  traffick victims
• Adequate relief and welfare measures for victims
  of natural/ man-made calamities to address their
  vulnerability

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Advocacy and Campaign

• Extensive usage of IEC materials and strategies
  (TV spot, radio jingles, folk culture) and
  holding of seminars, processions etc. for
  generating awareness among the common people on
  modus operandi of traffickers, their profiles,
  dangers of trafficking and methods to combat
  trafficking
• Involvement of PRI functionaries, grass-root
  level government Officials including Anganwadi
  Workers and other opinion builders in the
  awareness campaign
• Display of appropriate slides in all cinema/
  video halls during shows for awareness of the
  common people

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Law and Enforcement

• Computerised database at Police stations on
  traffickers, agents, victims, sources, routes,
  destinations, modus operandi, missing children
  and women
• A close vigil by the Police on major bus stands,
  railway stations
• Introduction of community policing in source
  areas
• Enforcement of compulsory marriage registration
• Setting up of special benches in every District
  Court for speedy trials
• Penal steps against the production, publication,
  sale and exhibition of any pornography

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Thank You