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Sharifa Khatoon, a young woman from the rural vill...
Overcoming Adversity: The case of Sharifa Khatoon
November, 22nd 2024
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Organised crime presents a multifaceted challenge ...
The Complexity of Investigating Organised Crime: Why General Police Stations in India Fall Short
June, 30th 2024
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AHTUs or Anti Human Trafficking Units were formed ...
AHTUs in Limelight: Struggles, Challenges and Strategies for Strengthening the System
April, 24th 2024
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Anti-Human Trafficking Units, commonly referred to...
Why are current AHTUs training not effective in their role taking? What will help in improving this?
April, 22nd 2024
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There is a myth that survivors of human traffickin...
Why victim compensation to empower trafficked survivors is nothing but a sham
November, 01st 2021
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It is the crime that needs to be questioned, rathe...
Why AHTUs role in investigating human trafficking cases is critical to reach their logical ends
October, 15th 2021
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“Dignity is something that I believe cannot be t...
Fighting as a girl: Stories of change
March, 30th 2021
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A statistic from 2018 states that 7% of the total ...
Overcoming stigma: How human trafficking survivors are socially marginalised
November, 10th 2020
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Leaving behind a life of abuse and deprivation, th...
Courage and hope: These women survivor leaders are now helping others like them
March, 18th 2021
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The ability of survivors of human trafficking to a...
Tafteesh legal strategies took off to a new high in 2020
January, 03rd 2021
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Let’s pledge to make care services available to ...
Leave no one alone to fight demons of the past
October, 30th 2020
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Like any other day, Sumana (name changed) was retu...
Why Are Law Enforcement Forces Unable To Reduce Cases Of Human Trafficking?
September, 30th 2020
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Pitting two narratives, one of mental illness and ...
Does Sushant `look` depressed? The irresponsible media narrative on mental health
August, 24th 2020
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Poor families are forced to borrow from private mo...
COVID-19 is creating new debt traps for poor Indian families
July, 25th 2020
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“We were clueless. We did not know about our rig...
‘We want to strengthen anti-trafficking ecosystem in India’
May, 10th 2020
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Her passion and commitment towards her work were h...
From a street performer to activist: A trafficked women’s painful story of survival
April, 13th 2020
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The number of cases of ‘men/ women who sexually ...
Impunity of ‘Customers’ of Child Prostitution
May, 25th 2020
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Stigma acts as a major roadblock in the healing pr...
Fighting the spectre of stigma
December, 10th 2019
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On the occasion of International Human Rights Day,...
Opinion Human trafficking: Forced rescues are not the answer
December, 30th 2019
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Psychological evaluation and psychiatric assessmen...
India Needs To Focus On Mental Health Issues Of Trafficking Survivors
December, 30th 2019
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Subhasree Raptan started her fight against human t...
Meet 25-year-old Subhasree Raptan working with human trafficking victims in Canning
September, 15th 2019
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“I always find it satisfying when could help som...
Meet Bikash Das – a passionate activist who wants to end human trafficking in West Bengal
January, 01st 2024
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The Immoral Traffic Prevention Act is the sole leg...
Why it is time to repeal and replace Immoral Traffick Prevention Act with a new law
August, 01st 2019
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Now that the BJP government has returned to power,...
Policy reform to deal with human trafficking: Will the new govt at centre act?
July, 16th 2019
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Every year, human rights activists, civil society ...
Survivors Call For Coordinated Effort to Combat Human Trafficking
July, 29th 2019
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While the entire nation is agog with political gra...
Trafficking survivors’ votes don’t count
April, 27th 2019
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In a black salwar-suit and matching headscarf, Ruk...
The light turns amber
March, 12th 2019
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On first meeting Rokeya (name changed for confiden...
Interview with a changemaker
February, 26th 2019
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Girls in thousands go missing from their homes in ...
Community must help trafficking survivors
February, 23rd 2019
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The moment she receives the summons, the difficult...
How sex trafficking survivors in India undergo re victimisation by the judiciary
January, 27th 2019
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Ever since the Trafficking of Persons (Prevention,...
Why The Anti Trafficking Bill Should Become A Law
January, 20th 2019
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It was a sea of people with colourful outfits and ...
Running For A Cause: Survivors Call For Tough Laws To Combat Human Trafficking
January, 20th 2019
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I met Minh Dang on a mild November morning in Kolk...
From The UK to India, Sex Trafficking Survivors Are Re Writing Their Destiny
January, 09th 2019
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“There is no difference between living in a brot...
Why Shelter Homes Feel Like Prisons For Sex Trafficking Survivors, And How To Change This
December, 24th 2018
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Utthan was born because a number of us who had suf...
As Trafficking Survivors We Too Wanted Our #MeToo Stories To Be Heard
December, 20th 2018
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There was time not very long ago when women knew t...
How MeToo is going places
December, 18th 2018
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When people acknowledge that someone has done wron...
The ‘not me’ syndrome
November, 22nd 2018
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Illustration courtesy: Ashish Asthana After almost...
The police whistle and the song of caged birds
October, 21st 2018
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The number of those being prosecuted for engaging ...
Sexual Exploitation of Children, Paid or Not, Must be Tackled
October, 14th 2018
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“Aspiring for a better life and wishing to earn ...
Utthan evokes community role in ensuring trafficking survivor’s safety
August, 27th 2018
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The barrage of criticism of the Trafficking of Per...
Are Activists Ignoring The Plight Of Trafficking Survivors By Opposing The New Bill?
August, 10th 2018
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FAQs on the Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Pr...
15 Things You Should Know About The Anti Trafficking Bill 2018
July, 21st 2018
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Last week, the Trafficking of Persons Bill, 2018, ...
Press Note: Parliament needs to pass anti-trafficking bill
July, 26th 2018
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Misdirected oppositions to anti-trafficking bill s...
Why anti trafficking bill is good
July, 25th 2018
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Rokeya*, now 23 years old, used to work as a domes...
Traffickers go scott free due to non-functional facilities for giving witness through video conferencing
June, 25th 2018
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For me, as a young legal professional working on a...
What happens when survivors and not just victims, meet lawyers?
March, 23rd 2018
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Meanwhile, in order to further strengthen the avai...
Findings from the RTI applications filed in connection with the PIL
March, 21st 2018
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The hearings of this PIL which began in the month ...
Hearings of the PIL: A brief run through
March, 16th 2018
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Rejjina and Asma are two young women who have file...
Introduction to the story behind the PIL filed at High Court of Bombay
March, 14th 2018
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