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Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Rescued kids reunited with their parents
Imphal, November 29 2013 : Altogether 36 children, who have been rescued from Grace Children Home, Bangalore, were handed over to their respective parents during a handing over ceremony held at Takyel Children Home here. The rescued children included 15 (11 boys and 4 girls) from Senapati, 11 (7 boys and 4 girls) from Ukhrul, 8 from Churachandpur and 2 from Bishnupur district.
Speaking on the occasion, Social Welfare Minister AK Mirabai stated that many children are tortured and discriminated outside the State after taking them away from their parents in the name of giving free education, jobs and other facilities and urged the parents not to fall prey to such false promises.
The Minister pointed out this is not the first time that children of the State have been rescued from children homes in other parts of the country where they were made to live under unhealthy environment and condition.
The Social Welfare Department in collaboration with CWCs will continue to launch crack down on such children homes.
Maintaining that the department will keep those children whom their parents are not willing to take back to their homes including orphans at children homes run by the department, the Minister assured that the children will be provided free education and other necessary facilities under the SSA.
Minister Mirabai also appealed the parents/guardians in all the districts to consult the District Child Welfare before sending their children to outside to get rid of discrimination and exploitation.
Today's ceremony was also attended by L Ibobi, Director of Social Welfare Department; Joy, Deputy Director of the departments, staffs and chairmen of CWCs.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Stree Shakti: Saving 'Paros' of Mewat
Women like Fazila were undergoing severe exploitation and abuse as brides before they were rescued by this man Shafiq Khan and his group Empower People. “Bride trafficking is a form of trafficking where girls are deceived in the name of marriage and sold to other buyers. These girls are then kept by buyers as their sex slaves and exploited as laborers,†Shafiq Khan, Founder, Empower People, said.
Used as sex slaves, sold and resold, these hapless victims come from vulnerable socio-economic backgrounds, an easy prey for bride traffickers. “In the pretext of marriage and declining sex ratio the brides are bought as bonded labourers or to put them into sex trade. In some cases they are also used by group of men within the same family,†Shafiq Khan said. Shafiq has been creating awareness about these trafficked women for the past six years. Watch his story on Amazing Indians this weekend. Source
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Two Giridih tribal girls rescued from Gujarat
GIRIDIH: Two young girls, who were reportedly sold for Rs 60,000 each by two traffickers of Asansol, were rescued from Gujarat and brought back to Giridih Muffassil police station on Tuesday.
The Muffassil police station here has lodged anFIR against six persons, including four in Patan, Bansaknatha and Kutch districts of Gujarat. The girls, residents of Leda Bargadda village, have complained to police about physical exploitation.
According to officer in-charge of Muffassil police station Abid Khan, both the girls were lured by a woman Basanti for getting them jobs in New Delhi.
"They were then taken to Asansol and from there to Ahmedabad on November 22. The girls were later shifted to different places in Gujarat, one at Bhachau in Kutch district and another at Patan and Banaskantha district. They were reportedly sold for Rs 60,000 each," he said.
The elderly people, who had kept the girls as captive, were using the duo in their farms as labourers and also exploited them physically. One of the girls managed to sneak to Bhachau police station and narrated her woes to police. But police did not take her complaint seriously.
The girl then called her father at Giridih and sought his help in getting rescued. The father of the girl, Basu Tuddu, then met the officer in-charge of the Muffassil police station. The girl then called up on the mobile number of the officer in-charge seeking his help.
The officer told her to meet Bhachau police station officers for the second time. The police station was eight km from the house where she was kept in captivity. "On the pretext of going to work in the farm, I went to the police station and made a call to the Giridih police from there," she said.
The Giridih police advised their Bhachau counterparts to help the tribal girl. From her, the address of her friend was also located.
Meanwhile, two police officers were sent by Giridih SP A V Honker to Gujarat last week and were brought back here on Tuesday morning.
Police said an FIR had been lodged under different sections of IPC, Prevention of Immoral Traffic Act against six people of Asansol and Gujarat.
Police had all praises for social activist Basantbhai Shah of Madhuban, the pilgrimage of Jains at Parasnath, who arranged the addresses of the two girls. Basantbhai is from Vadodara in Gujarat.
SP Honker said police teams were being sent to Gujarat to arrest Bharatbhai Prajapathi in Bhachau and Leeladhar Rawal in Patan. Efforts are on to arrest Ashma and Netaji, who had taken the girls from Asansol to Gujarat. He, however, did not divulge any detail about Ashma or Netaji. TOI
Friday, January 6, 2012
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Bicycle march in support of walk
Bicycle march against bride trafficking started from Bihar and jharkhand on 15th December 2011. They will meet in Assam for walk towards Delhi
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
What need for ‘overkill’?
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ON 16 October I came across a report by a national daily on North-east women being “rescued’ in “mainland” India. Headlined “3 held from spas for prostitution”, it reported that 11 girls from Manipur and Assam, who were trainees there, were rescued and that the owner was still running the business despite being arrested earlier. If the report is to be taken seriously, one wonders how, in a metropolitan city like Chennai, a massage parlour can be run by girls from only the North-east. The police officer in question also seemed to be well informed as he reportedly said the girls had accepted such “jobs” after being offered extra money.
This year alone more than five stories relating to North-east women being caught, harassed, molested or rescued appeared in the national media. In September, the same newspaper reported that a minor from the North-east was rescued from Haryana. It said the girl was from Mizoram. In May, the paper also reported that two North-east women were harassed by “foreign” students in Bangalore. Earlier, in February, it was reported that two Yemeni nationals were caught with Manipuri girls after a dramatic chase in Bangalore and that they were later taken into custody.There have been a number of telecasts, shows, talks/panel discussions and feature stories on the problems North-east women face or how they are being treated in Delhi or mainland India.
The story about the police chase involving Manipuri girls and foreigners (Yemeni nationals) in Bangalore appeared more like a “drama” than a “serious case” when one takes into account the detailed descriptions, timing of occurrence and who the two women were. Two days later it was reported that the two foreigners were booked under “attempt to murder”, a serious case, indeed. The headline ran, “2 foreign students harass NE women, create nuisance”. It said the two (from South Africa and Saudi Arabia) were reportedly drunk and had no resident permits and would be deported if they were found to be without valid permits. In highlighting the case, the report added extra “masala” by specifically mentioning North-east girls. This was, to say the least, most scandalous. The whole story became one of “NE women harassment”.
Mind you, it isn’t just the national media that reports such North-east women-related stories and their “vulnerability” and “victimisation” in “mainland” India. Even the local media frequently publishes such reports, including those that are not reported in the national media. The local-based websites are flooded with updates/uploads with links to such news items. Moreover, reports of rape and murder of North-east women spread like wildfire. Simple Googling provides access to numerous reports/stories of this nature. In fact, a representative of the North-east Helpline told me that “unless the media picks up the story, the police are not bothered”. Well said. Media “intervention” does pressure the police (security agencies) into action and catches the attention of the authorities concerned.
In the widely-covered story of the Hongray case (she was allegedly raped and murdered in Delhi on November 2009) the defence counsel pleaded for bail on the ground that the accused had confessed under media pressure!
In raising concern for the problems faced by North-east women and the need to alert the authorities or push the police into action, it becomes inevitable to produce a “news-worthy” item which results in the practice of sensationalism. One can also notice the changing trend in these reports. Earlier, victims were normally referred to as “North-east girls/women”. In recent times identification is more area specific – “a Manipuri girl, a Mizo girl, a Naga girl... molested…”
On 17 October, a case of “harassment” of North-east women in mainland India was reported in local dailies, websites and blogs. What this amounted to was repetition of a press release by an organisation that exclusively deals with such cases. The story (rather the press release) was titled, “Naga girl from Manipur sexually molested...”
There is no denying the fact that such despicable acts deserve the strongest punishment, but what need for media “overkill” in portraying women from this region as “helpless victims”, “vulnerable” or “naïve migrants”? Source
Monday, December 5, 2011
Assam2Delhi Campaign against Bride trafficking
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Monday, November 21, 2011
volunteer needed on following Asam-Delhi route for our march
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NGOs and CBOs and other local partners are are also requested to join our March against Bride trafficking and Gender inequality
Mail :- asamtodelhi@empowerpeopleonline.org
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