India: The failure of anti-trafficking efforts
The Failure of Anti-Trafficking Efforts
Wall Street Journal, Ruchira Gupta, 10.9.2009
“The fact that the numbers of the trafficked are going up and the ages coming down displays the failure of those government and non-government strategies which only focus on HIV/AIDS management and half hearted rescue operations combined with shelters for victims. These ignore the root cause, which is the demand for women and girls for sexual exploitation. Even the Sept. 19 Ministry of Home Affairs advisory to state governments on combating human trafficking falls short of asking for higher arrests and convictions of buyers and traffickers, though it recognizes that ‘trafficking in human beings, especially of women and children, is the fastest growing organized crime and an area of concern.’”
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