The untold trial of victim compensation: Human trafficking survivors in India continue to be denied rights and treated with apathy
Tracing the structural barriers faced by survivors of human trafficking vis-à-vis the poor executio...
Bengal’s dismal rate of convictions in trafficking cases make suvivors feel betrayed
A woman was rescued from a brothel in Pune in 2009 at the age of 15. The case dragged on for close t...
Inability to pay victim compensation, a sorry state of affairs: HC
The Calcutta High Court has described the inability of the State Legal Services Authority (SLSA) and...
Conviction rate in human trafficking cases declining
Twice every week, two women from Basanti in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas, visit a local non-gov...
Activists miffed as conviction rate for human trafficking reduced by less than half in 4 years
Between 2017 and 2020, there has been a decreasing trend in conviction rates of human trafficking ca...
AP collective for trafficking survivors seeks rehabilitation of middle-aged sex workers
An RTI response from the AP State AIDS Control Society revealed low access to livelihood and pension...
Trafficking survivor awarded ₹9 lakh by DLSA in West Bengal
In a significant development that will have a bearing on the rehabilitation of trafficking survivors...
Post-COVID, loss of income acute among trafficking survivors: study
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the earnings of Fatima (name changed), a survivor of human trafficking...
Occupational Code Ignores Plight Of Migrant Women
Laws exist to protect women from sexual harassment at the workplace. However, no laws make the proce...
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Labouring over India`s new labour codes: Why academics, experts believe that it needs a lot more `work`
Various labour unions have raised their voices against the floor wages being introduced by the new c...
Trafficking survivors struggling with mental health due to Covid: Survey
Survivors of human trafficking have been experiencing poor mental health since Covid started, a rece...
World Mental Health Day 2020: How important are mental health services for human trafficking survivors?
At the age of 14, Rahima Mandal from West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas was taken to Pune in 2014 on ...
225 anti-human-trafficking units in India exist only on paper
A total of 225 AHTUs are set up only on paper with no centralised process to notify them....
Many States registered cases only under POCSO, not ITPA and IPC
Nearly 84% districts don’t have a functional anti-human trafficking unit, according to a study bas...
RTI Responses Highlights That Only 27% Of AHTUs Are Functional & 51% Being Notified With All Power And Resources: Study
The number of notified AHTUs in many states/UTs were much less than the number of AHTUs that states/...
Only 27% anti-human trafficking units functional in India: Study
A study on operational competence of Anti-Human Trafficking Units (AHTUs) across India reveals that...
Only 27% Anti-Human Trafficking Units Functional In India : Study
A study conducted by Sanjog, a technical resource organisation, and Tafteesh, a coalition of lawyers...
The number of notified AHTUs in many states/UTs were much less than the number of AHTUs that states/UTs claimed were operational
A study conducted by Sanjog, a technical resource organization, and Tafteesh, a coalition of lawyer...
Victims Of Bonded Labour Child Labour Sex Trade Come Together To Demand Stricter Laws On Human Trafficking
No matter how `modern` we may have become, the society is still ailing with the sickness called huma...
Trafficking survivors want more focus on justice than their testimonies
As scattered groups across the country come together under one forum, bringing the trafficker into t...
Opinion Human trafficking: Forced rescues are not the answer
Today, 10 December, is International Human Rights day. Among the issues crying out for our attention...
India Needs To Focus On Mental Health Issues Of Trafficking Survivors
Psychological evaluation and psychiatric assessment revealed that all survivors displayed feelings o...
only 3 out of 429 human trafficking cases proved in 10 years in andhra pradesh and west bengal
अध्ययन में यह भी पता चला है कि 429 मानव तस...
Dismal rate of conviction lets trafficking go on
The research, carried out by analysing case documents, related to 198 human trafficking cases, found...
One-third of traffickers are women and neighbours says new study
A recent study conducted on the profile of persons accused in trafficking in almost 200 cases in Wes...
Repeat offenders in trafficking Study
Vijayawada: Less than one per cent of suspects who were booked in nearly 200 cases of human traffick...
lacklustre probe delayed trials why conviction traffickers rare andhra
A research that looked into 198 human trafficking cases in AP and West Bengal, showed that only 3 ou...
India’s human traffickers escaping punishment as data shows few convictions
CHENNAI, Sept 3 — Less than 1 per cent of Indians charged with slavery offences during the past de...
India`s human traffickers escaping punishment as data shows few convictions
CHENNAI, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Less than 1% of Indians charged with slavery offences ...
Only 3 out of 429 human traffickers in Andhra WB convicted in past 10 yrs Study
New Delhi, Sep 3 (PTI) Only three out of 429 human traffickers in Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal hav...
Only 3 in 429 human traffickers from AP WB in 10 yrs
Only three out of 429 traffickers in Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal have been convicted in the past ...
Of the 120 human traffickers in Andhra and West Bengal only three are convicted a survey
In Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal, only 5 people have been sentenced in the last 5 years out of 129 ...
Only 3 out of 429 human traffickers in Andhra WB convicted in past 10 yrs Study
The study found that out of the 429 named offenders only three have been convicted with punishments ...
Only 3 out of 429 human traffickers in Andhra WB convicted in past 10 yrs Study
Only three out of 429 traffickers in Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal have been convicted in the past ...
As MPs wrangle human-trafficking survivors wait for bill passage
he gaps in the existing legislation, according to the survivors, had led to more suffering after the...
To fight trafficking Indian groups turn to the experts survivors
Young women are supporting each other and challenging attitudes that contribute to trafficking. Help...
From The UK to India Sex Trafficking Survivors Are Re Writing Their Destiny
met Minh Dang on a mild November morning in Kolkata about an hour before we were introduced formally...
Running For A Cause Survivors Call For Tough Laws To Combat Human Trafficking
It was a sea of people with colourful outfits and sporting gears who occupied the roads in Kolkata o...