Trafficking in Women and Children in India

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Orient Blackswan, 2005 - Social Science - 748 pages
This Book Presents The Research Findings Of Action Research On Trafficking In Women And Children In India (Artwac) That Involved The United Nations Development Fund For Women, The National Human Rights Commission And The Institute Of Social Sciences. Through A Human Rights Perspective, The First Section Of This Book Analyses The Data Generated By Artwac And Gives Detailed Recommendations For Better Judicial Interventions, Law Enforcement And Community Participation In Anti-Trafficking Strategies. The Second Section Contains A Rich Collection Of Case Studies, Giving An On-Ground Picture Of How Exploiters Have Little Or No Respect For The Rights Of Trafficking Victims.
 

Contents

Introduction
1
Methodology
26
Tourism and Trafficking 152
30
Profile of the Study Area
32
The Survivors
71
The Victims
85
The Clientele
97
Brothel Owners
103
The Legal Framework
186
Status of Law Enforcement On Offences of Trafficking
197
Response of Police Officials
210
Judicial Response
224
Response of the Government
235
Community Response to Trafficking
249
Preventing Trafficking
263
Spinoffs of ARTWAC
270

The Traffickers
116
Children Trafficked for Labour and Other Exploitation
131
Migration and Trafficking
140
Culturally Sanctioned Practices and Trafficking
157
Missing Persons and Trafficking
163
Psychological Impacts and Interventions
176
Findings and Conclusions
279
Recommendations and Suggestions
295
Prosecution of Exploiters and Others
305
Suggested Changes in the ITPA
311
NGO Profiling
715
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