Child Trafficking In India, Child Prostitution In India, Women Trafficking, Women Development, Trafficking Of Girls, Mumbai

Rescue foundation’s Legal Aid Section has main aim is that to provide legal aid to child and women who are rescued from the brothels and to aware their legal rights which is given by the Indian Constitution. Legal Aid Section is working and study on the subject of Apart from eradication prostitution, the main question is how to control illegal confinement of minors and major girls for the purpose of prostitution.

Rescue Foundation are working for child and women who are grab into prostitution. Firstly we need to understand what the exact meaning of HUMAN TRAFFICKING is Trafficking of human involves moving men, women and children from one place to another and placing them in conditions of prostitution and forced labour. The practice includes forced sex work, domestic servitude, unsafe agriculture labour, sweatshop labour, construction or restaurant work, and various forms of modern-day slavery. This global violation of human rights occurs within countries and across borders, region, and continents.

Immoral Traffic (Amendment) Bill
New provisions in law would make sexual exploitation of trafficked persons punishable. While well-intended, the draft bill is vague; the term ‘sexual exploitation’ is not clearly defined

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE BILL

1. The immoral Traffic (Prevention) Amendment Bill, 2006 amends the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 to combat      trafficking and sexual exploitation for commercial purposes.

2. The Bill deletes provisions that penalized prostitutes for soliciting clients. It penalizes any person visiting a brothel for the     purpose of sexual exploitation of trafficked victims.

3. All offences listed in the Bill would be tried in camera, i.e. the public would be excluded from attending the trial.

4. The term “trafficking in persons” has been defined with a provision for punishing any person who is guilty of the offence of     trafficking in persons for the purpose of prostitution.

5. The Bill constitutes authorities at the centre and state level to combat trafficking.

The Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act 1956 makes trafficking and sexual exploitation of persons for commercial purpose a punishable offence. The Act was passed in line with the International Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the prostitution of others, signed by India on May 9 1950. Although the Act was amended twice (1978 and 1986), it did not prove to be an effective deterrent to trafficking or sexual exploitation for commercial purposes. The Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Amendment Bill, 2006 aims to punish traffickers and provide for stringent punishment.

Punishing Clients: -

The Bill seeks to penalize any person who visits a brothel for the purpose of sexual exploitation of a trafficked victim. The issues that arise out of such a provision are as follows. It would be difficult for a person visiting a brothel to distinguish between a trafficked person and a non-trafficked person. A person is penalized only if he sexually exploits a trafficked victim. If the victim is not trafficked, the client would not be penalized if the purpose of the visit is sexual exploitation of a trafficked victim. However, as the term ‘sexual exploitation’ is not defined in the Bill, it could lead to harassment of every person who visits a brothel irrespective of the object of his visit. International experience suggests that the provisions to penalize clients may not be an effective way to curb sexual exploitation.

The existing legal framework of combat trafficking includes the following. The Indian Penal Code, 1860: Sections 363, 363A, 366A, 366B, 367, 368, 370, 371, 372, 373, and 374. These sections dale with kidnapping (including for begging, for marriage, and for procuring minor girl for illicit intercourse), slavery, buying and selling minors for prostitution, and unlawful compulsory labour. The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986; The Interstate Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act 1979; The Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976; The Contract Labour Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970.

IMPACT OF TRAFFICKING: -

Trafficked people often suffer from a multitude of physical and psychological health problems. Women are specifically vulnerable to reproductive and other gender-specific health problems in trafficking situations as they have little or no access to reproductive health care. These problems include lack of access to birth control, constant rapes, forced abortions and contraceptive use, lack of regular mammograms and other health issues. Women in domestic servitude are subject to rape and other physical abuse, while women in forced sex work suffer increased risk of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS.

WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE; -

It is crucial to adopt a rights protective approach to counter vulnerabilities of trafficked people and reduce stigmatization, which results in multiple burdens for HIV-positive survivors. It is important to mainstream trafficking and HIV/AIDS is an integrated manner and maximize linkages and coordination between national and regional programmes related to trafficking of women and girls and HIV/AIDS. It is important to adopt a multi-sectoral and participatory approach to develop a common strategy for addressing trafficking and HIV/AIDS issues. Key strategies should focus on creating a new knowledge, an increased understanding and innovative operational strategies to create an enabling environment for social change. Attention should be given to activities offering legal, physical and psychological protection and empowerment to people who are affected by trafficking and are HIV positive. Innovative aspects include the active participation of affected women and girls as peer workers and educations in designing and implementing activities. Strategic planning and networking should be supported for inter-country bilateral and multilateral cooperation within the region.

RF Legal Aid Section had conducted a Drama of MOCK TRIAL on 9th November 2006 at office address. In this MOCK TRIAL provide a lot of information about the legal rights of victim’s girls as well as to familiar the atmosphere of court. All victim girls are very happy to see this Drama. This Drama was directed by Legal aid Section. For this MOCK TRIAL President Mrs. Triveni Acharya, Advocate Anil Pisolkar and Adv. Manoj Kumar Upadhay were present.

RF Legal Aid Section also provides the information of General Knowledge, and also prepare for trial. Every month RF Legal Aid section conducted various programme for making friendly atmosphere in Rescue Foundation Protective Home, Kandivali.