Tag: Human Trafficking
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Civic Architects: Bride Trafficking
A day full of insights, intense discussions and revelations for our participants and us, while we tried to make sense of the gender disparity, gender inequity and commodification of women’s minds and bodies in the society that contribute to the complex landscape of Bride Trafficking in India. Of learnings, solutions and thought provoking debates at…
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Brides for Sale: India’s Sorrow?
By Tanya Chandra, Founder, LexQuest Foundation. As India’s latest Anti-Trafficking Bill awaits informed modifications and superior content editions, it’s unfortunate that a major component of human trafficking which concerns the sinister trade of women and young girls across several States of India has somehow escaped the eye of our Legislators. Bride Trafficking, a practice so…
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From the Lens of Humiliating Stares and Jockstrap Jibes: The Laws Governing Prostitutes in India
By Adv. Shriya Maini. Co-Authored by Pooja Jasani, Gujarat National Law University. 2017 saw the release of an exciting Bollywood flick based on the contentious subject of sex workers in India and their argumentative profession of prostitution. Begum Jaan revolved around a group of prostitutes struggling for survival amidst humiliating stares and jockstrap jibes. The female…
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Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2018: A Pressing Need of the Hour
By Shivangi Singh, Amity Law School, Lucknow. Trafficking of persons is a serious crime and a grave violation of human rights. Every year, thousands of men, women and children fall into the hands of traffickers, in their own countries and abroad. Almost every country in the world is affected by trafficking, whether as a country…
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Trafficking as Modern Slavery and the Youth of Today: A Socio-Legal Study
By Minakshi Goswami, Research Fellow, Vivekananda Kendra Institute of Culture, Assam. Human trafficking refers to a process wherein individuals are placed or maintained in an exploitative situation for monetary gain. Trafficking can occur within a country or may involve movement across borders. Anyone anytime may become a victim of trafficking. Whether women, men or children. The motive…
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Human Trafficking: An Analysis
By Monika Dilip Banode, Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar. The major focus of the article is the status and conditions of the victims of human trafficking and Legal framework for combating and preventing human trafficking. Human trafficking, as we all know, is one of the most serious crimes in the world. Despite increasing global attention and significant…
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Human Trade: A Loathsome Business
By Prerana Tara, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies. No less than 20.9 million children and adults are purchased and sold worldwide into business sexual servitude, constrained work and bonded work. Around 2 million kids are abused consistently in the worldwide business sex exchange. Just about 6 in 10 recognized trafficking survivors were trafficked for sexual…