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2)
Information Kit on Trafficking in Women and Children
7.2 The Focal Point within the Commission dealing with the Human Rights of
Women, including matters relating to Trafficking, brought out an Information Kit on
Trafficking in Women and Children. This Kit provides information about the nature
and extent of the problem, the reasons as to why trafficking takes place, the purposes
for which women and children are trafficked, and who among the population of
women and children are trafficked. It also deals with the modus operandi of the
traffickers, the consequences of the problem, and the role of the Commission in
combating the problem of trafficking. This Information Kit was released to the public
by the Chairperson of the Commission on 9 October 2001, during the inaugural
session of a one-day Technical Consultation for National Level Action Research on
Ttafficking in Women and Children, which was jointly organised by the Commission,
UNIFEM and the Institute of Social Sciences, an NGO based in New Delhi.
3)
Prevention, Rescue and Rehabilitation of Women and
Children Trafficked into Prostitution in Delhi
7.3 The Commission has been greatly concerned about the number of women,
particularly minor girls, found in the brothels of Delhi. To control this problem, the
Focal Point on Trafficking decided that there was need to coordinate the programmes
and measures required to deal with the prevention, rescue and rehabilitation of
women and children trafficked into prostitution in Delhi and, indeed, along the
borders with Nepal and Bangladesh. A meeting was accordingly convened in the
Commission on 25 February 2002 under the Chairmanship of Justice Smt. Sujata V.
Manohar. It was attended by senior police officials of Delhi, a representative of
'STOP' an NGO working in this area in Delhi, and senior officials of the Commission.
The National Commission for Women was also invited; its Member, Smt. Nafisa
Hussain, attended the meeting. Some of the pertinent points arising out of the
meeting were as follows:
• Arrangements for providing food to the rescued women/girls, as well as for their
transportation to hospitals for their medical check-ups should be made
available at the concerned Police Stations.
• Additional space, should be provided for rescued women and children at Nirmal
Chaya in Delhi in order to accommodate those who are rescued.
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