HOW YOU CAN HELP! For Sale: Indian Woman for Rs. 1000 (US $20)!

January 20, 2006

Many organizations are working to alleviate the plight of women and

girls caught in human trafficking. A couple of the best:

* Captive Daughters is dedicated to ending sex trafficking of

children throughout the world.

http://www.captivedaughters.org/

* The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW) is a non-

governmental organization that promotes women's human rights. It

works internationally to combat sexual exploitation in all its forms,

especially prostitution and trafficking in women and children, in

particular girls.

http://www.catwinternational.org/index.php

* Plan International (USA) fights child trafficking using the most

effective means available, including increasing community awareness

of the dangers of trafficking, rescuing victims, ensuring

rehabilitation and healthcare, and providing education and life

skills training. To learn more, visit:

http://www.planusa.org/contentmgr/showdetails.php/id/56

Through Plan, you can:

1. Sponsor a Child: Monthly Child Sponsorship contributions help poor

communities learn to pull themselves out of poverty, giving them the

strength to deal with the underlying causes of trafficking. You can

sponsor a child in a country where trafficking is rampant.

2. Become a Trafficking Solutions Sponsor: Monthly Trafficking

Solutions contributions go directly to proven programs that prevent

child trafficking, rescue trafficked children and work to restore

Become a Trafficking Solutions Sponsor!

3. Make a one-time donation: If you're not ready to commit to ongoing

support, a donation now can help children in need. Your money may be

used to fund a community education session about trafficking, the

rescue of a trafficked child, or vocational training for a rescued

child.

, "Devi Bhakta"

<devi_bhakta> wrote:

>

> New Delhi (January 20, 2006): Trafficking in children and women to

> and from India is now a booming business and, believe it or not, a

> young woman can be 'bought' for as low as Rs.1,000 (about $20).

>

> And in brazen violation of the law, even minor girls are being

> trafficked, to places as far as the Middle East and the Philippines

> for prostitution as well as pornography, with the Indian law

> enforcing agencies looking the other way.

>

> These are among the shocking facts revealed in a path-breaking

survey

> by the New Delhi-based Institute of Social Sciences on "Trafficking

> in Women and Children in India".

>

> The victims in the trade are from poor families, some of which are

> forced to "sell" their women because of grinding poverty, or girls

> lured to cities often with promises of finding them a place in

> Bollywood.

>

> "Trafficking is, without doubt, a very lucrative business," says

the

> 748-page study, which was sponsored by the National Human Rights

> Commission and funded by USAID. "It requires a low investment but

> ensures a high profit."

>

> Over a quarter of the 160 traffickers interviewed said they spent

> less than Rs. 5,000 to procure a girl, and the cheapest price they

> paid was just Rs. 1,000.

>

> In some cases, however, women cost as high as Rs. 90,000 (US

$2,038).

>

> Women were sourced from within India and from Nepal and Bangladesh.

> They were supplied within India to Rajasthan, Kerala, Tamil Nadu,

> Pondicherry, Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Maharashtra,

> Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Orissa, Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir as

> well as Thailand, Kenya, South Africa, Bahrain, Dubai and Oman.

>

> The traffickers admitted even sending women to the Gulf, Britain,

> South Korea and the Philippines for pornographic purposes.

>

> SOURCE: Hindustan Times

>

> URL: http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/7242_1603512,00180008.htm

>

January 20, 2006

Great ! We tackle the effect, necessary ... But what about addressing the

Cause, how can we stop the clienteel from developing ??

Devi Bhakta <devi_bhakta wrote: Many organizations are working to

alleviate the plight of women and