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Community Mobilization – The Department issued a Government order for
constituting District level committees with the Collector as Chairperson. The
State level co-ordination committee under the chairpersonship of the Chief
Secretary meets every quarter to review the functioning of District level
Coordination Committees. 31,465 Community Vigilant Groups (CVGs) have
been formed all over Andhra Pradesh. The capacities of the CVG were built and
trainings were provided on issues relating to trafficking and
HIV/AIDS. 13,451 Balika Mandals (Adolescent Girls Groups – AGG) have been
formed. Sensitization workshops and training programmes were provided to the
adolescent girls on issues related to trafficking, HIV/AIDS,
reproductive health and nutritional counselling, skill development training
on tailoring, embroidery etc. 12,408 adolescent girls were trained as ‘Change
Agents’ who provide information on trafficking related issues such as prevention,
identifying the traffickers and protecting peers from traffickers etc. to their
Balika Mandal members.
Workshops and Trainings – A number of workshops and training programmes,
in collaboration with State and District Authorities, UNICEF and NGOs have been
organized on issues related to trafficking. A two-day training on “Trafficking
and Quality Care Standards for Swadhar Homes” has been provided to relevant
officers and NGOs. A Master Trainers’ Toolkit on anti-trafficking and related
issues has been developed in Telugu (the local language) and English.
BIHAR
‘Astitva’ – The State Government of Bihar has formulated ‘Astitva’, the Bihar
action plan for preventing and combating trafficking of human beings and
rehabilitation of the victims and survivors of trafficking. It is in its final stage of
approval. Vulnerable areas to trafficking in Bihar have been mapped through a
consultative workshop.
The Government is proposing the formation of an advisory body (as mandated
under ITPA) at District level. The Prevention of Immoral Traffic (Bihar) Rules
2007 has been drafted and is in the process of approval. Three AHTUs have
been formed in the State by Bihar Police in which the District Welfare <strong>Office</strong>r
from the Department of Social Welfare has been notified as one of its members.
In addition, the Government of Bihar is implementing various schemes and
programmes to prevent and combat trafficking in women and children. Some of
them are highlighted below:
The Government of Bihar
is implementing various
schemes and programmes
to prevent and combat
trafficking in women and
children.
‘Nari Shakti Yojana’ – It is a comprehensive plan designed with the aim of
supporting women to achieve social, cultural and economic empowerment.
The main components of the scheme are economic empowerment, social
empowerment, cultural empowerment; Women State information and resource
centre and innovative schemes. The social empowerment component contains a
number of programmes for prevention and rehabilitation of victims of trafficking.
Helplines and Short Stay Homes – The short stay homes and helplines provide
immediate support structure to the women in distress. It is proposed to set up
short stay homes in all districts to provide protection to the victims, meet their
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