Pradesh, in partnership with the US Govt and the United Nations.
The UN Office on Drugs and Crime and the Andhra Pradesh government
opened the first Anti Human Trafficking Units in the State. Additional
Units have been planned in Bihar, Goa and Maharashtra and these units,
along with that in West Bengal, will come up in the next five years. These
units will train law enforcement officials on the various aspects of the
human trafficking.
3. Review
The trafficking of women causes untold miseries as it violates the
individiual’s rights to life, dignity, security, privacy, health, education and
redressal of grievances. The victims are subject to threats, including
emotional blackmail, violence, and confiement, as well as the threat of
apprehension by autorities, detention, prosecution and deportation.
Replicating the initiatives of the State Police of Karnataka and Andhra
Pradesh in other states would be helpful in addressing the issue of
trafficking. Community policing can also be beneficial in this regard. A
sensitized police along with a vigilant community would help to ensure
that women are not exploited and re-trafficked.
G. Honour crimes
Honour crimes, including killing, are one of history’s oldest forms of
gender-based violence. It assumes that a woman’s behaviour casts a
reflection on the family and the community. If women fall in love, seek a
divorce even from a violent or abusive husband or enter into a relationship
outside their marriage, they are seen as violating the honour of the family
and perhaps also that of the larger community. When a woman engages
in these acts she can sometimes be subject to violence at the hands of her
own family members, including her husband, brothers, cousins, uncles
or father. In some cultures, a family will murder a daughter if it is unable
to provide a suitable dowry, which could shame and dishonour them in
the eyes of the local community.
Honour killing is the most intimate of all crimes since it is those who,
being tied to the woman through love or affection, are required to carry
out her execution and kill her in cold blood. In some communities, a
father, brother or cousin will publicly take pride in a murder committed
in order to preserve the “honour” of a family.
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