Human Trafficking

• The oldest profession in the world is prostitution.

• In India alone, over 2 million women and children (2012 data) are inducted into the flesh trade every year i.e. only into prostitution.

• The state of Andhra Pradesh is one of the largest suppliers of women and children for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation.

• One of every four victims rescued from prostitution is a child, and 60% of these children are HIV positive.

• Sex trafficking not only results in severe violation of human rights but also causes adverse physical, psychological and moral consequences for the victims.

• Lack of suitable laws and law enforcement machinery add to the problem.

• A prominent headline in ‘The Hindu’ declared:“An Unsavory Fact: India Tops Global Slavery Index”

• U.S. State Department report estimates that up to 65 million people were trafficked into forced labour, both into and within India.

• This is five times more than any other country in the world.

• In collaboration with NGOs and similar other organizations, the state undertake undercover operations to rescue the girls being trafficked.

• The rescued girls or women are sent to government homes for a period of 21 days for their protection and care.

• However, after the completion of these 21 days the girls or the women are set free if they are above 18 years. Most of them end up back in the brothels as they have no other place to go.

• Undercover operations, rescuing girls and shutting down brothels, are not effective due to lack of adequate places for the rescued girls to go.

• Though there are number of NGO’s and social activists working towards eradication of human trafficking, there are only a few organisations running rehabilitation centers.

• Consequently, a significant number of rescued girls end up in a cycle of hopelessness that put them right back in a brothel.

• Mission aims to bridge this gap.