Shakti Vahini

Addressing Human Trafficking in India – BORGEN Magazine
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Addressing Human Trafficking in India – BORGEN Magazine

NEW DELHI, India — India is a source, transit and destination country of human trafficking. The U.S. Department of State cites a study estimating a minimum of 8 million human trafficking victims in India. Human trafficking has become the easiest and most profitable trade for traffickers who lure, kidnap and abduct disadvantaged people for exploitation….

Activist who rescued over 7K girls and boys wants to stop trafficking at source – YourStory
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Activist who rescued over 7K girls and boys wants to stop trafficking at source – YourStory

(Trigger warning: The story describes incidents of abuse.) In 2013, Pallabi Ghosh received a phone call that a young girl was confined in a house in a posh colony in New Delhi and tortured. Pallabi, who was a part of anti-trafficking NGO Shakti Vahini at that time, ignored the call at first because she had…

Mumbai: US Consulate organises seminar for human trafficking awareness
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Mumbai: US Consulate organises seminar for human trafficking awareness

Mumbai: The US Consulates in Mumbai and Kolkata organised a regional consultation with local NGO stakeholders as part of its human trafficking initiatives. The conclave was organised in Mumbai and had non-profits Shakti Vahini and Vipla Foundation as part of the US Mission’s 10th Anti Trafficking in Persons Conclave Series. The theme of the consultation…

Mumbai: US Consulate organises seminar for human trafficking awareness; stresses on ‘a collaborative model’ for curbing the crime
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Mumbai: US Consulate organises seminar for human trafficking awareness; stresses on ‘a collaborative model’ for curbing the crime

Mumbai: The US Consulates in Mumbai and Kolkata organised a regional consultation with local NGO stakeholders as part of its human trafficking initiatives. The conclave was organised in Mumbai and had non-profits Shakti Vahini and Vipla Foundation as part of the US Mission’s 10th Anti Trafficking in Persons Conclave Series. The theme of the consultation…

Six States to work in tandem to curb human trafficking – The Hindu
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Six States to work in tandem to curb human trafficking – The Hindu

To curb human trafficking, representatives of six States — Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha and Tamil Nadu — on Saturday signed an Inter-State Declaration of Intent to work in collaboration. The first-of-its-kind consultation focuses on joint efforts on intelligence gathering and sharing; legal and witness protection; and rehabilitation and care for survivors. The declaration…