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Assam is a state in northeastern India that has been identified as a hotspot for human trafficking. The state is known for its tea industry and has a large number of migrant workers, including many children who are vulnerable to exploitation. The state government has taken steps to address trafficking, including launching a toll-free helpline for reporting cases of trafficking, establishing a task force to investigate cases, and creating a rehabilitation center for survivors. However, much more needs to be done to address the root causes of trafficking in the state.
Rudrani Garg How many times has it happened that you have spoken without being made fun of without being teased or made to feel guilty of knowing things and doing things? How many times have the gossips made you feel humiliated, dejected and worthless? How many times did you feel that your right to expression…
Assam Police on December 23 arrested five youths including a woman for their alleged connection with a human trafficking racket from Kalgachia town of Barpeta district. The police in Kalagachia managed to apprehend them when they came to collect the ransom money and also recovered a four-wheeler luxury vehicle. The arrested persons were identified as…
Guwahati: The Assam Legislative Assembly will discuss the issue of child protection under the “Speaker’s Initiative” during one of the forthcoming Assembly sessions. This was announced by Assam Legislative Assembly Speaker Biswajit Daimary on Monday while delivering his keynote address during a media awards ceremony held in support of Children’s Rights Programme organised by UNICEF…
For several weeks, the repatriation of migrants expelled from Algeria to Niger has been very slow, and the transit camps in the region are overwhelmed, reports Infomigrants. he Malians left. The Guineans followed them. Other migrants from half a dozen other African countries, all expelled from Algeria, have also returned home thanks to the voluntary…
The story so far: The steering committee of a global programme to end child marriage is on a visit to India to witness state interventions which have helped reduce the prevalence of child marriage. The visit by the UNFPA-UNICEF Global Programme to End Child Marriage team is in view of an estimated increase in number…
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu’s statement on shifting the state’s Chakma refugees to other parts of India has sparked tension. The Chakmas, a Buddhist ethnic group with a rich cultural heritage, originally hailed from the Chittagong Hill Tracts and entered India in 1964 through Tripura and Mizoram. They were displaced when the erstwhile East…
When incidents of forced labour or sex trafficking hit the headlines, the law-enforcing machinery suddenly gets into a firefighting mode. Victims are rescued and success stories circulate. But the magnitude of human trafficking and its disastrous impact on people and society often go unnoticed. According to an UNDOC report, the most common forms of human…
Reality bites Why do parents worry about their teenaged daughters’ safety, much more than their sons? Well, a look at the latest findings of National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) might provide an answer. In Bihar, where Seema lives, there were 6,894 recorded cases of Crime against Children in 2021, and all the victims were girls. …
According to the Global Slavery Index 2018, 10 countries with the largest estimated absolute numbers of people in modern slavery include some of the world’s most populous were these 10 countries – India, China, Pakistan, North Korea, Nigeria, Iran, Indonesia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Russia, and the Philippines – account for 60 percent of…
India has a large population of children, in fact one of the largest in the world whose rights and protection are guaranteed in the Constitution and with the country being a signatory to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. But, facts and figures paint a worrying picture of how vulnerable they are….
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