Women and Child Anti- Trafficking Women and Child Anti- Trafficking ProgrammeProgramme

Society for Participatory Action & Reflection (SPAR)West Bengal , INDIA Kolkata

12th March, 2013

Background: • Society for Participatory Action and Reflection

(SPAR) started to work with direct partnership of GD &EC on Women &Child Anti Trafficking issue in 2006.

Jalpaiguri, Malda and Dakshin Dinajpur was extded in June, 2010

SANJOG-I : 2 GP,Prevention, 2005, SANLAAP, SANJOG-II: 3 GP, 3block, 1 district, Prevention &

Protection, July, 2006 – June, 2010 (sup. by GD & EC), SANYUKT: Coochbehar, Jalpaiguri, Dakshin Dinajpur

Malda and directly and advocacy at South Bengal. Protection, GD & EC

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Strategy for intervention so far:Intervention at community level through

likeminded CBOs/NGOs:• Sourcing of cases through community people and

service providers (CBO’s/ NGO’s, SHG, others stakeholders) about unsafe migration and trafficking incidents.

• Ensuring rescue process through formation of network between State Agency and the organization working in the destination areas.

• Psychosocial and economic rehabilitation of child and marginalized and victims of exploitations of trafficking.

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b) For intervention at organizational level:• Capacitating the CSOs/grass root level service

provider/ stakeholder through orientation on the issues to make their intervention relevant to their context.

• Make Alliance/Networking regional basis and destination areas.

• Exchange of views and sharing of learning and best practices.

• Providing legal support to the victim/family of the victim.

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Achievement: statistics SlNo

Period Particulars Girl child /women

Boy child Total

01 June 2006 to May, 2010

Total number of case Sourced

43 69 112

02 Total number of case Rescued with direct involvement of SPAR

37 65 102

03 Total number of case reunified

33 63 96

04 June, 2010 to May, 2012

Total number of case Sourced

203 68 271

05 Total number of case Rescued with direct involvement of SPAR

95 22 117

06 Total number of case reunified

122 34 156

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CASE ANALYSISStakeholder Case sourced GD FIR Section

Used by PoliceGirl/ women

Boy Total

Community people 37 17 54 110 48 IPC-366-A/363 /363-A/210/104-A/333 /372/371/511/109

363/365/374/368 for boy cases[After 164 few cases (5-6) were recorded under ITPA]

CBO/NGOs 34 10 44

SHG/Cluster 19 07 26

Govt. Service Provider (ANM/ASHA/AWWs)

26 10 36

PRI 11 05 16

POLICE 07 02 9

Media 09 01 10

Worker 26 10 36

Judiciary/CWC 13 02 15

DSWO/Admin. 04 --- 4

Referred case 17 04 21

Total 203 68 271 6

Case SourcedStakeholder Girl/ women Boy

DD MLD COB JAL OTHERS

Total DD MLD COB JAL Total

Community people

04 -- 19 09 32 06 02 07 03 18

CBO/NGOs 14 06 13 03 36 -- -- 10 -- 10

SHG/Cluster 04 03 04 03 14 06 -- 01 -- 07

Govt. Service Provider

06 02 06 -- 14 02 -- 07 -- 09

PRI 05 -- 02 02 09 04 -- 01 -- 05

POLICE 03 02 01 02 08 02 02 -- -- 04

Media 03 01 02 01 07 -- -- -- -- --

Worker 09 06 04 05 24 04 -- 01 05 10

Judiciary/CWC -- 05 13 18 -- -- 01 -- 01

DSWO/Ad 01 -- 01 03 04 -- -- -- --

Referred case 03 -- 01 09 13 02 02 -- 04

Total 52 20 58 58 15 203 26 06 28 08 687

Age wise break-up

Age Women/girl Boys Total

Below 10 yrs 02 01 03

10-14yrs 71 34 105

15-18 yrs 113 33 146

19-25 yrs 12 --- 12

26 above years 05 --- 05

Total 203 68 271

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State wise Break-up of Rescued Case

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Rescued from Girls/women Boys Type of work (girl) Type of work (boy)

Delhi 26 04 sexual exploitation Brick fieldConstruction Company Guest house

Haryana 05 05 Bonded Labour & CSE

Chennai 03 -- Sexual Exploitation

Guwahati 01 --

Srinagar 01 --

Jaipur 02 04

Tripura 02 -- Domestic work

Patna 04 Mobile Tower

Goa 02 Stone

Bangladesh 04

West Bengal 40 11 Source areas

Rest of States 38 04

Cooperation taken for Rescue • Delhi : Child line Foundation, HRLN, Shakti Bahini,

CWC• Haryana: Shakti Bahini, HRLN, CIF, Child line• Mumbai: Rescue Foundation and Justice & Care• Goa: ARZ• Sikim: HRLN• Patna: Child line• Bangladesh: BNWLA, Rights Jessore, ACD• Kanchan Janga Udhar Kendra, Oikatan, St.JA, SRUDS ,

CWC, SRDTC, Organisation at local level, Child line• CID, SP & IG Police

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HIR done Out of 17 cases:• Minimum: 0 day• Average : 04 days• Maximum: 106 ( Address was not clearly

mentioned and it is in other state, Jharkhand)Referred &Rescue done: West Bengal: 0 to 3 days. Destination : 2days to 1.5 years

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FIR & GD status

• People were not normally filed GD & FIR at the police station ( Most of the cases in DD, Mld, Jal facilitated by SPAR) in Coochbehar 8 boys and 05 girl cases.

• SPAR & Police jointly rescued: 16 (girl) & 4 (boys)

• Rescued from Delhi directly referred to CWC , Coochbehar: 10 (Girl)

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Cooperation expected• Community, PRI, CBOs, SHGs, Cluster, Service

provider: Police not cooperating with out involvement of influential person/org like SPAR and quick rescue

• Police: requesting for investigation & Networking with destination organization for Cooperation at destination level ,

• CWC : Home investigation & Cooperation for rescue

• PRI : Cooperation for Rescue13

Reintegration & Prosecution • PRI: MGNREA linkages done for 5 families, IYA:

03, Financial support: 02 (1000-2000)• CWC: Counseling & before reunification 24,

Need & care support for 04• No such Govt. Scheme mobilized.• Mobilise local counselor for counseling for 15• Moblise DALSA & SALSA for legal support but

it was not adequate.

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Challenges Faced:Case sourcing: • Filing of GD & FIR at Police station level its depend on

the person and priority, primarily avoid the trafficking, awareness level.

• Age proof, name, negligence, acceptance of the trafficking case.

• Fear of community about police and disclose at community level

• Sacrifice of wages of the family to deal on the case

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, , Challenges Faced:,,

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Pre reunification follow-up : Lack of professional counselor we faced problem in family

counseling. Lack of home at transit level with proper facilities.

Post reunification follow-up – Basic counseling support also problematic due to lack of

professional counselor.

Prosecution: Lack of assigned legal advisor we faced problem to provide legal

support for victims. Witness and family member were also not interested (so much) for long time legal procedure and complication (though dealing with 31 cases). Local trafficker making pressure at the family level.

Home based rehabilitationHome based rehabilitation Family of the victim are so marginalized family. Even they have no

any say. Its required more capacity building support to the entire family as well as the society. Livelihood support/option.

Mobilization of resources for post reunification support Mobilization of resources for post reunification support

SPAR Member of different DCPS Committee and hope fully we may able to mobilize some resources from the Govt.

learning• Police are not putting any ITPA, because it is a out come

orientation at source area and even creating lot of resistance for boy cases.

• Networking & coordination with all stakeholder at source & Destination organization help to reduce to the gestation period

• Community people are not so much interested to go to the police station in backward area and Tribal dominated areas.

• No such Govt. scheme which is completely mention the support

• Lack of infrastructure support at the source and transit areas• Lack of Financial support for the CSO. It is depend on

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How to Strengthen the Organisation and sustainability of the programme.

• Now, it is one of the core issue of SPAR and working in 4 district of North Bengal and South Bengal.

• SPAR has also initiated by own effort in other part of West Bengal ,Jharkhand and Odisha .

• Able to manage more than 334 cases.• Have provided Livelihood support to the 282 number

of vulnerable girl children and Educational support 348 numbers of girl children.

• SPAR has selected as Collaborating organization under CHILD LINE 1098 in Dakshin Dinajpur & Coochbehar District.

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• More than 150 times news related to the women and child anti-trafficking published in the more 14 leading daily print media from July 2010 and more than 5 electronic media also telecast the news.

• District Child Protection Samity , District level committee on anti-trafficking of women and children in Coochbehar, Dakshin Dinajpur, Malda

• Close linkage with CWCs, Social Welfare Departments, PRI bodies’, Legal Services Authorities, Law Enforcement Agencies etc. of 24 Parganas (South), Cooch Behar, Jalpaiguri, Malda and Dakshin Dinajpur district of West Bengal and Govt. of West Bengal

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• Innovations a model that was based on children’s participation by SPAR in its pursuit to strengthen protection and safety of children living in rural, remote and poverty affected families in Cooch Behar.

• Apart from SANYUKT Network, SPAR also able to rescue trafficked children and women with cooperation of organisations in Delhi, Sikkim, Haryana and Bangladesh, Child line in deferent part of India

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• SPAR recognized as NGO working on the Women & Child Anti-trafficking issue in North Bengal as well as South Bengal and also able to develop a resource group with in the organisation on the issue.

• Good organizational relationship with other CBOs/ SHGs-Cluster-Federation/NGOs/ Network/ Media etc at source and destination areas

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Thank you

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