Rajasthan

10 from Assam including minors rescued from human trafficking racket in Arunachal
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10 from Assam including minors rescued from human trafficking racket in Arunachal

The Assam Police rescued 10 people, including eight minors, all of whom were sold by their parents to traffickers in Arunachal Pradesh. By Saraswat Kashyap: The Assam Police on Tuesday successfully rescued 10 people, including eight minors, from the upper Subansiri district of Arunachal Pradesh. The rescue operation took place based on a complaint lodged…

Skill training and entrepreneurship – inroads to alternate and well-paying livelihoods for …
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Skill training and entrepreneurship – inroads to alternate and well-paying livelihoods for …

Human trafficking has disproportionately impacted marginalized communities, with more than 50 million people estimated to be in situations of modern slavery across the world. The problem is alarming, with almost 1 in every 150 people susceptible to being entrapped in forced labour in the post Covid-19 world, according to ILO’s Global Estimates of Modern Slavery…

Gujarat HC Directs Father To Educate Girl, Not To Marry Off Minor – Vibes Of India
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Gujarat HC Directs Father To Educate Girl, Not To Marry Off Minor – Vibes Of India

Gujarat High Court’s intervention has helped calm the concerns of a 14-year-old girl from Gandhinagar who left her home to live in Rajasthan after her father and uncle pressured her to get married. The HC was hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by the girl’s father and sought assurance from the latter that he will…

How Bicycle Campaigners Are Taking on Child Trafficking in Rural Bihar – The Wire
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How Bicycle Campaigners Are Taking on Child Trafficking in Rural Bihar – The Wire

Katihar (Bihar): Mohammad Shabaz wakes up at the crack of dawn. Any lingering thoughts of going back to sleep disappear when he thinks of his childhood years. Years spent in distant Delhi when his tiny hands embroidered for hours without a break. Until he was rescued. As villages stir to life, he wants to be…

Child trafficking racket busted, newborn rescued – Ahmedabad Mirror
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Child trafficking racket busted, newborn rescued – Ahmedabad Mirror

09-01-2023 06:00 Nagpur police rescues baby from Navjivan Express; child sold to kidnappers outside Kalupur railway station to be further sold to a Vijayawada couple The City Crime Branch is investigating a major case of human trafficking in which young children mostly belonging to street dwellers were kidnapped and sold to couples. The multi-state trafficking…

Traffickers move online to search for victims – The Hindu
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Traffickers move online to search for victims – The Hindu

As her classroom moved online during the pandemic, 16-year old Preeti (name changed) got a brand new mobile phone to carry on with her studies. With it came an introduction to social media and end-to-end chatting apps. The young girl from Alwar district of Rajasthan soon met Amit (name changed) on ShareChat and friendship blossomed,…

Unity for Humanity Pitch
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Unity for Humanity Pitch

UPDATE 3.22.23 We just received feedback from the judges, whom I assume must have had a TON of difficulty choosing the best project. We didn’t get accepted. So, I pose to you… is this a project you would want to see succeed? The rejection letter is at the bottom. 🙁 TRIGGER WARNING DISCUSSION OF VIOLENCE…

Girl sold for money 12 years ago in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara found after turning 30
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Girl sold for money 12 years ago in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara found after turning 30

Rajasthan Police found a thirty-year-old woman, almost 12 years after she was sold in lieu of money. As per the complaint filed by the victim’s relatives, the female was sold to an agent after her family members failed to repay heavy debts. In the FIR, the victim’s sister-in-law alleged that the girl was sold for…

Child marriage rears its ugly head in Rajasthan – The Hindu
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Child marriage rears its ugly head in Rajasthan – The Hindu

On a sunny November afternoon in Banjaras, a tribal hamlet in Rajasthan’s Alwar district, 17-year-old Pooja Banjara sports a smile when asked what she aspires to be in life. Seated on a cot laid out on the mud porch of her brick house, she picks up her cell phone and reveals her WhatsApp profile picture,…

Explained | How is India planning to end child marriage? – The Hindu
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Explained | How is India planning to end child marriage? – The Hindu

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…