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Secretary, Home. A compendium of laws relating to women and children has
been published and circulated to all police stations. The Department of Women
and Child Development, in collaboration with the NGOs has organized State level
Workshops (January, 2008) for prevention and rescue of trafficked women.
TAMIL NADU
Committees – A State level Co-ordination Committee under the Chairpersonship
of the Chief Secretary to Government has been constituted. The Committee
meets regularly to discuss various issues pertaining to trafficking and means to
address the same. District level advisory committees for combating trafficking/
migration and commercial sexual exploitation of women and children have also
been constituted under the Chairpersonship of District Collectors. Similarly,
Village level watch-dog committees have been constituted in every panchayat
under the Chairpersonship of village panchayat presidents.
Nodal <strong>Office</strong>rs and Specially Designated <strong>Office</strong>rs – The Director of Social
Defence has been nominated as the nodal officer for prevention of trafficking
and combating commercial sexual exploitation of women and children. The
Additional Director General of Police, CB-CID, of Chennai has been nominated
as the Nodal <strong>Office</strong>r, Police Department at state level and for the district/city
levels, all Commissioners of Police and District Superintendents of Police
have been designated as nodal officers. All Inspectors of Police including
women Inspectors and Sub-Inspectors have been designated as Special Police
<strong>Office</strong>rs under Section 13 of Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956. To deal
with persons, less than 18 years of age, the Police Department has designated
one police officer in every police station as Child Welfare <strong>Office</strong>r as per the
provisions under Section 63 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of
Children) Act, 2000.
District level advisory
committees for
combating trafficking/
migration and commercial
sexual exploitation of
women and children have
been constituted under
the Chairpersonship of
District Collectors.
Efforts of the Police Department – One hundred and ninety seven All-Women
Police Stations have been established across the State to address the problems
and issues relating to crime against women. Railway police have installed 30
help-booths in 27 railway stations across the State. An Anti-Trafficking Cell to
combat trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of women and children
has been established in Chennai under the CB-CID with jurisdiction across the
State. An anti-vice squad has also been established. The police department has
mapped areas that are prone to commercial sexual exploitation of women and
children and an action plan has been drafted based on the mapping. Vigilance
Committees headed by District Collectors have been formed in tourist centres
throughout Tamil Nadu.
Institutional Care – Women and children who are victims of trafficking are
provided protection and care in the Government Vigilance/Protective Homes.
Children vulnerable to trafficking and child victims of trafficking are also
admitted in the child care institutions run by the Government.
Orientation and Sensitization – Sensitization programmes on issues relating
to trafficking and child rights have been organized. The staff in protective
homes, vigilance institutions, children’s homes and observation homes are
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