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Uttar Pradesh – UNICEF supports Railway Children Protection Boots in
Lucknow in collaboration with NGOs.
West Bengal – The Government of West Bengal and UNICEF jointly
conducted a research study on trafficking, child marriage and dowry.
Others – UNICEF also provides technical inputs in the development of the
Integrated Plan of Action to prevent and combat human trafficking with special
focus on children and women, by the MWCD, Government of <strong>India</strong>, Protocol on
Prevention, Rescue, Repatriation and Rehabilitation of Trafficked and Migrant
Child Labour, by the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of <strong>India</strong>,
Inter-Departmental State Plan of Action against Trafficking, by the Department
of Women and Child Development and Social Welfare, Government of West Bengal
and State Action Plan against Trafficking, by the Department of Women and
Child Development, Government of Bihar.
UNIFEM has conducted
trainings in several
states in order to
provide a framework
for people working on
development issues
and for communities
to participate in
the decision making
processes.
UNIFEM
UNIFEM’s interventions (since 2000) to combat trafficking of women and
children at the national as well as the South Asian Regional level, have focused
on three major areas – Prevention, Protection and Prosecution. UNIFEM works
closely with NGOs in project implementation processes and also focuses on
building networks and alliances. It engages in training NGOs and the police
on using appropriate victim care interventions and responses. UNIFEM has
conducted trainings in several states in order to provide a framework for people
working on development issues and for communities to participate in the
decision making processes. It continued its partnership with the Government
to ensure the priority of the Government’s commitment to combat trafficking
and its community advocacy and awareness programmes. UNIFEM’s cross border
(<strong>India</strong>-Bangladesh and <strong>India</strong>-Nepal borders) interventions range from prevention
and protection to safe exit and rehabilitation.
Research and Studies
UNIFEM has carried out a number of research studies to generate a knowledge
base on anti-trafficking and to enhance understanding on the issue. These include
“Trafficking of Women and Children in <strong>India</strong>, National Human Rights Commission
(NHRC) and Institute of Social Sciences <strong>India</strong>, 2005; the “Effectiveness of the
Law Enforcement and Law Adjudication Machinery”, Lawyers Collective; “Study
Coalitions supported by UNIFEM
UNIFEM created a multi-partner national coalition of media persons against
gender violence, trafficking and HIV in <strong>India</strong>, based on the synergy between
the media and the civil society with a membership of more than 800
journalists from major electronic and print media agencies. UNIFEM’s antitrafficking
programmes have sought to create various networks and alliances
such as South Asia Forum against Human Trafficking (SAFAHT), South Asia
Professionals against Trafficking (SAPAT), the National Network of Lawyers
for Rights and Justice, Cross Border anti-trafficking Network, and the Eastern
Himalayan Regional Network against Gender based Violence, Trafficking and
HIV/AIDS (EHRTHNET).
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