2. A form of human trafficking
The recruitment, transportation, transfer
and harboring of children for the purpose of
exploitation.
Any act or transaction where a child is
transferred by any person or a group of
people for money or any kind of other form
of payment.
3. It is also a kind of modern slavery.
Sex trafficking
Domestic servitude
Factory and farm slavery
Children In army
Children in bondage labour
Baggers.
4. 1.2 billion children and babies are trafficked
annually worldwide.
Profit of $29.5 billion every year.
Two million children are exploited in the
transnational sex trade.
No record in what form of trafficking takes
place.
5. Loss of support from the family and
community
Loss of proper education
Obstacles in physical development
Psychological traumas
Isolation or boycott from the society
Exploitation of child rights.
6. Poverty
migration
Political instability
Militarisms
Civil unrest
Natural disaster in homeland
Promises of economic opportunities for a
better life.
Lack of unemployment.
7. Fraud
Trickery
False promises
Familiarity
VIOLENCE
Slaveholders keep things in control by
constant threat of violence
Almost all trafficked children's are victims
of an extreme act of violence.
8. Fuels organized crime
Deprives countries of human capital
Promotes social breakdown
Undermines public health
Imposes enormous economic cost
Subverts government authorities
10. Legal Framework to Address Trafficking in India
Article 23 of the Constitution Guarantees right
against exploitation; prohibits
traffic in human beings and forced labour and
makes their practice punishable under law.
Legal Framework to Address Trafficking in India
Article 23 of the Constitution Guarantees right
against exploitation; prohibits
traffic in human beings and forced labour and
makes their practice punishable under law.
11. Media attention reaches several hundred
thousand viewers and should therefore serve
the following important functions:
The media should transmit appropriate
message to ensure that the victims learn that
they are not alone.
Victims can be made aware of places and
institutions where they can seek help.
12. Government at local level and source areas
should create compulsory high
quality education, employment opportunities
and income generation programme.
Government should produce relevant IEC
materials; promote sensitization
programmes for teachers in government
schools, parents and community workers.
13. The following are the most important International Conventions regarding
trafficking of children:
1. The Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989.
2. The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the
Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, 2000.
3. The Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination against
Women, (CEDAW) 1979.
4. The Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons,
Especially Women and Children. 10
5. Declaration on Social and legal principles relating to the Protection and
Welfare of Children, with special reference to Foster placement and
adoption
Nationally and Internationally, 3 December, 1986
14. Trafficking in human beings, especially
children, is a form of modern day slavery.
and requires a holistic, multi-sectoral
approach to address the complex dimension
of the problem.
This problem can only be eradicated by
creating awareness, by doing advocacy
campaigning and by taking strict action
against accused.