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ole. The transfer of responsibility from the Government Prosecutors
to the NGO lawyers took place during deliberations and subsequent
judgement by the High Court on a Public Interest Litigation.
ATSEC in Bihar – The achievements of ATSEC Bihar are wide
ranging. It has trained and oriented 55 lawyers on the issue of
child trafficking; organized training of trainers for heads of NGOs,
sensitized police, the state selection board and government
functionaries on the issue, given orientation to priests of different
religions and established the Inter Religious Priest Forum in Bihar.
It has established vigilance cells in eight Districts of Bihar that lie
across the Indo-Nepal border to check trafficking and created mass
awareness through innovative mechanisms. The network in Bihar
has actually rescued as many as 265 children and repatriated 125
children through its 115 partners across the State. 209 legal cases
have been filed against traffickers of children.
ATSEC in Jharkhand– Formed in 2001, ATSEC Jharkhand has as many
as 64 partner organizations. It works closely with the Social Welfare
Department, Labour Department and Education Project Council. It
has been successful in sensitizing the Police Department on issues
of trafficking. ATSEC Jharkhand also started its transit shelter home,
“Kishori Niketan”, in 2003, with the sole aim of providing care and
protection to survivors of trafficking. From 2006 onwards, it is also
running two similar shelter homes in Bijupara and Burmu, Ranchi
District.
ARZ
ARZ 12 is a social development organization working in Goa for the last 11 years.
ARZ has been appointed by the Government of Goa as the “nodal organization”
to combat human trafficking in the State. ARZ has been working against abuse
and exploitation amongst the victims of commercial sexual exploitation. The
organization has been collaborating with the Government, philanthropists,
corporate houses and other NGOs to combat human trafficking related to
commercial sexual exploitation. ARZ has defined the trade of commercial sexual
exploitation as a “market”, wherein the victims are “commodity”, who are sold
by the perpetrators to the “marketers”. ARZ believes that to have any impact on
the business of commercial sexual exploitation, it is important to weaken the
demand. The weakening of the demand is possible only by involving the affected
population, the victims, the members of civil society and the State.
ARZ Interventions
MUKTI – Combating trafficking of persons for the purpose of commercial
sexual exploitation.
ANKUR – Prevention of delinquency sexual abuse and commercial sexual
exploitation of juveniles.
PRABHAT – Rehabilitation of rescued victims at the government rescue
homes.
12 ARZ is the abbreviation for ANYAY RAHIT ZINDAGI and can be contacted at arzindia@gmail.com
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