Networking Vigilance Committee Best Practices

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(Networking/ Vigilance Committee ) - Best
Practices -

• Presentation by
• Vasudha Mishra
• Secretary
• DWCD
• Govt. of Andhra Pradesh

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Overview- Andhra Pradesh

• 17 Districts-Vizianagaram, Vishakhapatnam, East
  Godavari, West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur,
  Prakasam, Chittoor, Kadapa, Anantapur, Kurnool,
  Hyderabad, Medak, Nalgonda, Khammam, Nizamabad
  and Warangal

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Overview- Andhra Pradesh

• Routes and Destinations of Trafficking

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Daund
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Anantpur
Bangalore
Hyderabad
Cuddapah
Guntakal
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Warangal
Tirupati
Chittoor
Vijayawada
DELHI
Warangal
Kurnool
Warangal
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East Godavari West Godavari
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Vizag
Hyderabad
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Response to the Problem

• Rehab Strategies
• - Integration of rescued/
• vulnerable girls/ women
• through SHGs
• - SWADHAR
• - Grant In Aid
• - Linkages to DRDA/
• APSACS etc.

• Prevention
• Strategies
• Community
• Vigilante groups
• Balika Sanghas
• Kala Jathas
• Training of
• Stakeholders

GOMS No.1
Prevention
Rehabilitation
FOCUS AREAS
Rescue

• Rescue Strategies
• Promoting rescue through information/surveillance
  of CVGs
• Linkages with police in destination areas
• Motivation and Preparation of communities by
  awareness generation

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Response to the Problem- Overview

• Formation of Community Vigilant Groups (CVG)
• 25006 CVGs formed across the state at community
  level
• CVG consists of CDPO, Supervisor, Anganwadi
  Worker, Mothers Committee Member, Adolescent
  Girls, Sarpanch, Revenue Official (Village
  Secretary), Kulapeddalu (2 No.s), Police
• CVGs trained as Anti-trafficking Committees
• Role of CVG
• Monitoring and surveillance of communities
• Linkages to Police, DWCD, DRDA (SHGs)

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Adolescent girls organized in Vigilant groups
awakened on issue of trafficking
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Response to the Problem- Overview

• Formation of Balika Sanghas
• 9315 Sanghas formed
• Balika Sanghas formed with out-of-school
  adolescent girls
• Also represented in the CVGs
• Nearly 30,000 girls trained on social issues,
  health, and nutrition

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Response to the Problem- Overview

• Formation of State and District Coordination
  Committees for prevention of trafficking as per
  G.O.Ms.No.1
• Formation of Anti-trafficking squads in every
  district headed by Deputy Superintendent of
  Police and supported by WCD officials, Juvenile
  welfare officials and NGOs by the police
  department
• Formation of Anti-trafficking cells at District
  Head quarter and Mandal Head Quarter by the
  Department of WCD involving the WCD Officials
  NGOs

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Response to the Problem- Overview

• Initial relief to rescued victims was enhanced to
  Rs.5000/-to Rs.10,000/-
• SWADHAR Scheme- 26 Shelter homes have been
  sanctioned by Government of India under the scheme

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• The Department is conducting various workshops
  and reviews as follows

• District level workshops were conducted in
  collaboration with UNICEF in every district (23
  districts) from March to July 2005 all over
  Andhra Pradesh to promote inter departmental
  linkage, police trainings organized with Women
  Development Child Welfare Department/ local
  NGOs on ITPA, Anti-trafficking issues

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• A 3 days training workshop from 4-7-2005 to
  6-7-2005 in collaboration with UNICEF was
  conducted at, Hyderabad for field functionaries
  working with child victims of trafficking and
  commercial sexual exploitation. The training
  module developed by Nirmala Nikethan, School of
  Social Work, Mumbai was translated into Telugu
  Language. Trainings were conducted to Instructors
  of Anganwadi Training Centers and also to
  sensitize caregivers of children homes, state and
  service homes including 26 NGOs

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• A workshop from 28th to 29th September 2005 was
  conducted in the Directorate with the assistance
  of UNICEF to develop the modules to Anganwadi
  workers and Anti-trafficking committees on Key
  messages on the prevention of trafficking and
  activities to be taken-up by the Adolescent Girls
  and Balika Mandals with field functionaries and
  related departmental staff
• Training module has been developed for NGOs and
  field level functionaries all over AP on social
  issues like trafficking, child marriages, dowry
  etc., in collaboration with NIPCCD. Trainings
  have been conducted at Bangalore and Hyderabad.
• Social issues were included in the curriculum of
  refresher course being given to CDPOs /
  Supervisors and AWWs at field level and also to
  instructors of MLTCs and AWTCs.

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• A.P.Police academy has conducted workshops for
  police officials on trafficking in persons Role
  of police as follows
• Resolutions passed at Vijayawada workshop in
  November 2005 on amendment of G.O.Ms.No.1
• Resolutions some suggestions made in Anantapur
  on October 2005
• Resolutions passed in the workshop on strategies
  to deal with gender violence at Hyderabad in
  March 2006
• The Toll free help line at Hyderabad is 1800,
  425, 2908

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Regional Anti-Trafficking NetworkAnantapurChitt
oorKadapa
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Andhra Pradesh
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Trafficking from the Rayalaseema Region- An
Overview

• Trafficking predominantly in three districts
• - Anantapur, Chittoor, Kadapa
• Trafficking of minors and women linked to
  migration, debt bondage, and socio-cultural
  tolerance of trafficking
• Girls in socially and economically disadvantaged
  groups are especially vulnerable to trafficking

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Origins of the Network

• DWCD/ UNICEF started a pilot project with STHREE
  (NGO) for prevention of trafficking from
  Anantapur district
• In order to check the operations of traffickers
  in the region across 3 districts, the project
  expanded to cover Kadapa and Chittoor districts
  by formation of the Regional Network with
  participation of three District Collectors
• The same networking is replicated in coastal
  regions covering 6 districts Guntur, Prakasam,
  Nellore, Krishna, East Godavari and West
  Godavari

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Objectives of the Regional Network

• Identification of vulnerable communities
• Capacity building of CVGs and Adolescent girls
• Enhanced Law enforcement /data base on
  traffickers
• Convergence with Income Generation Programmes,
  Judiciary and other frontline agencies
• Standardization of approach and strategy

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Organizational Structure of the Regional Network
Regional Network
Collector- Anantapur
Chairperson- Collector- Kadapa
Collector- Chittoor
District Resource Person
District Resource Person
District Resource Person
Mandal Resource Persons
Mandal Resource Persons
Mandal Resource Persons
CVGs Balika Sanghas Civil Society Organizations
Community at large
CVGs Balika Sanghas Civil Society Organizations
Community at large
CVGs Balika Sanghas Civil Society Organizations
Community at large
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Key strategies

• Community mobilization
• Law enforcement
• Rehabilitation
• Convergence

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Key Messages

• Key messages focus on Prevention of trafficking
  by way of vigilance, awareness, encouraging
  reportage and law enforcement

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Key messages for Police

• The police should be on a vigil in locations
  prone to trafficking
• Should monitor the movements-of strangers in the
  villages
• Look out for suspicious movement of girls at
  places such as, highways, dhabas, railway
  stations, and bus stations
• Police must register and FIR under section 5 or 6
  of the Immoral Traffic (prevention) ACT, 1956 and
  336, 366A, 367, 370 to 373 of the Indian Penal
  code

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Inter state Anti trafficking Initiatives with
DWCD-Police-NGOs
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• Key messages for Family
• Check background of people offering jobs,
  incentives, marriages proposals

• Families should take good care of their children
  in terms of clothing food their concerns, and
  take their points of view seriously
• The family should ensure that their daughters are
  safe and not exposed to potential traffickers
• All marriages in the village should be
  registered, and at least one photograph of the
  married couple be kept safely
• The girls family must keep safely the correct
  address and contact of the grooms family
• Watch out for deceit and resist sale of girls
• Calling child line, Help line and the Police in
  case of suspicion
• Training girls to be more vigilant and aware
  (Balika Mandals)

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Key messages for Community

• The Panchayat can appoint a group of women and
  men from the village, and can assign the SHGs
  with the responsibility of keeping track of
  strangers who may be visiting the community the
  frequency and purpose of such visits and the
  households that they visit
• Monitor the marriages with outsiders, they can
  ensure that the visitors are not traffickers
• Keep a close watch on the movement of girls and
  young women from the villages
• On visitors to the villages and follow up on any
  such visitors who frequently visit a particular
  house

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Community Mobilization

• Wide publicity and campaigns through Kalajathas,
  Workshops and meetings
• Communities are provided with information on
  trafficking, CSE, human rights, child rights,
  law, Consequences of HIV/ AIDS and Other aspects
• Skills on how to prevent trafficking, skills in
  reporting, and effectively using the enforcement
  system (police) to tackle the problem.

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Kalajatha Parakuvandlapalli Village Tanakal Mandal
Kishora Balikala Mela, Kadiri
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Balika Sangha Training on Trafficking and
Commercial Sexual Exploitation(CSE)

• Girls from Balika Sanghas Trained on
• Social and gender issues
• Trafficking and CSE
• How to address the problem at community level
• Skills to protect themselves from traffickers and
  trafficking
• Life skills

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Girls engaged in social mapping on the issue of
Trafficking
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Work with Adolescent Girls

• Campaign with more than 6000 Adolescent Girls
• School and College going girls covered in the
  Campaign
• Focus on Trafficking of Girls, Early Marriages
• Adolescent girls were informed about

• Their rights
• Severity of the problem of trafficking, and its
  effects
• Skills to address the problem at community level

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Work with Government Officials

• Training of Government functionaries-frontline
  staff of various Government departments
• - Department of women and child
  development
• - District rural development authority
• - Medical Health
• - Police

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Work with Police

• Training on Trafficking and CSE
• - CIs, SIs, Constables Trained on trafficking
  and related issues
• - Impact
• Appointing special officer and staff- working on
  trafficking
• Promotion of Community friendly police concept
• Focus on prosecution and conviction of brokers
  and traffickers

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Work with PRIs

• Sarpanchs, ZPTC, MPTC Members trained on
• Trafficking and CSE
• Addressing the problem at community level
• Active participation in prevention of trafficking
  
• Monitoring and surveillance

• Impact
• Suggestions by the participants for action
• Registration of marriages
• Identification of and punishment to Brokers

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Community Participation

• Rendered counseling to the village elders
  Adolescent girls
• Constituting committee consisting of NGO, Doctor,
  Legal advisor, WD CW Department Officials
• Involving the male youth members of the community
  for obtaining information well in advance on
  traffickers to take stringent action
• Exchanging information periodically among the
  three districts for uniform and common line of
  action by organizing Workshops
• Training to the police personnel and women
  constables in dealing with these cases

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Rehabilitation activities taken up in Regional
Network

• A Regional Network was set up in July 2004 with
  three District Collectors, Superintendent of
  Police, Project Directors of DRDA and WDCW, CPO
  of UNICEF,Medical and Health consultants, and
  NGOs to get information about traffickers and
  their chain.
• Example An overview of Anantapur District
  interventions are placed below

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Beneficiary VOCSETs in kafe khushi a food center
established as economic rehabilitation unit
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• Self Help Groups formation

• Out of 62 people who returned from Pune/Mumbai,
  are formed into 5 - Self Help Groups (SHGs) and
  Rs.1.20 lakhs was sanctioned as a Revolving Fund

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Income Generating Activities

• 62 victims who returned from Pune and Mumbai were
  sanctioned Community Investment Fund to a tune of
  Rs. 5.16 lakhs under Income Generating
  Activities.
• Rs.3.20 Crores under Indira Kranthi Patham budget
  wherein Rs.47.90 lakhs was earmarked under
  Institutional and Capacity Building component and
  Rs.271 lakhs for Community Investment Fund for
  Income Generating Activities in which 50 of the
  amount is earmarked exclusively for S.C., S.T.,
  women members of the Self Help Groups.

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Preference to all Government Schemes
Housing Pattas

• In Anantapur two spells of assignment of land
  programme was taken up during January 2005 and
  August 2005 in which 346 ST women beneficiaries
  were provided land pattas to a tune of 766.05
  acres of land to take up cultivation
• 618 destitute /single women were sanctioned
  housing under Indira Awash Yojana in 2004-05

Home guards

• 9 Women home guards were selected

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Education

• Two bridge course residential schools were
  established through Indira Kranti Padam
• Below 9 years (Dropouts) were admitted in to
  schools by tying up with residential schools

Health

• One VCTC is opened for dealing AIDS cases to
  extend treatment to positive cases
• 3 Gynaec camps conducted in 5 trafficking
  mandals. Selected and trained 160 community
  health activists at village level to create
  awareness on health issues

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Kadiri Mandal trafficked girls receiving Pattas
N.P.Kunta girls receiving pattas from MRO
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BCRS Girl Child Education
Kadiri
STHREE girls learning crafts at skill centre,
Kadiri
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Rescue

• Two Swadhar Shelter Homes were sanctioned in
  Kadiri area with the sanctioned strength of 100
  for difficult circumstances women by Government
  of India. One Shelter Home was proposed for
  STHREE voluntary organization which is working
  in Kadiri area pertaining to anti-trafficking
  activity through the District Collector to
  APSACS. (Andhra Pradesh State AIDS Control
  Society), A.P., Hyderabad and sanction is
  awaited.

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Rehabilitation trough training, Bank Linkage and
Federation

• Under convergence programme 50 Adolescent girls
  were sanctioned Rs.5.00 lakhs under Community
  Investment Fund for Incoming Generating
  activities. 65 Adolescent girls identified
  through village organizations (Women Federations
  of SHGs) were trained in Tailoring, Hand
  Embroidery, Mirror work and Appliqué work in
  collaboration with WAKEUP-NGO. Another 50 girls
  were identified in Kadiri area were given above
  training in collaboration with Priya Mahila
  Mandali.
• One special action plan have been prepared
  exclusively for S.T. (Sugali) people in Kadiri
  area of Anantapur District to a tune of Rs.270.94
  lakhs and submitted to the Commissioner, Tribal
  Welfare Department, A.P., Hyderabad for release
  of funds through District Collector.

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• 3 family counseling centers are established in
  Nallacheruvu, Gandlapenta and Talupula mandals of
  Kadiri block through social Community Investment
  Fund (CIF) sub projects to a tune of
  Rs.3.57 lakhs
• 170 Destitute women were identified in Kadiri
  erstwhile taluk and provided training and loan to
  a tune of Rs.5.91 lakhs to take up non-form
  activities under the programme called
  Development of Women Through Area Programme
  (DEWTHA) through Sree Anantaha Grameena Bank,
  Anantapur. The 170 destitutes consist of all
  communities including S.T. women.

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Best practices in coastal Regional Network

• Prevention focused Action plan is being
  implemented in Guntur and Prakasam districts from
  December 2005
• Mapping of vulnerable areas is being carried out
  in both districts (Guntur and Prakasam)
• Workshop on trafficking and CSE have been
  conducted with police and DECD personnel in
  Guntur district and planned for June 2006 in
  Prakasam
• More than 50 Kalajathas were conducted in the two
  districts in the initial stages in March 2006
• 150 Adolescent girls are being trained on
  cultural activities and Kalajathas and will
  conduct more than 2000 programmes in 100 villages
  in the two districts in June-July 2006

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Kalajatha outcomes

• Communities at large and especially women and
  young girls understand trafficking CSE and the
  impacts thereof
• Adolescent girls and women have started reacting
  strongly to the violation of their rights in
  trafficking and have started participating
  actively in anti trafficking activities through
  Community Vigilant Groups and Balika Sanghas
• Adolescent girls who have witnessed Kalajathas
  have become more cautious and aware about dangers
  posted by the problem of trafficking

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Womens Groups and Anti-trafficking work

• Womens groups (SHGs) are a part of CVGs in the
  village and SHG leaders represent the womens
  group in Community Vigilant Groups
• They have not only started participating actively
  in prevention related activities, but have also
  started involving victims and vulnerable women in
  livelihood activities for rehabilitation and
  prevention by providing them access to loans,
  land and other alternatives

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SUPPORT FROM UNDP

• UNDPTAHA (Prevention of trafficking and HIV/AIDS
  in women and girls) Project is suggested to
  support for effective implementation,
  documentation and reporting of the various
  activities which would entail district level
  workshops for development of action plan field
  assignments state level sensitization of NGOs,
  TOT for ICDS centers (MLTC, AWTC) training of
  PDS, CDPOs, Training of field functionaries on
  Anti-trafficking Cells in 9 districts needs
  assessment and planning workshops with SWADHAR
  homes, Networking and exchange programmes, main
  streaming of issues in Police and strengthening
  of regional network

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NATSAP

• Network of 22 NGOs working with VOCSET (Victims
  of Commercial Sexual Exploitation Trafficking)
• Forming of Community Based Organization with
  VOCSET
• Active participation in Anti-trafficking
  committees at District level
• Counselling, Health care running STD clinics
• Prevention of second generation trafficking
  working for children of sex workers
• Para legal counselling for VOCSET
• Lobbying and advocacy

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CACT(Campaign Against Child Trafficking)

• CACT is a net work of 50 NGOs campaigning against
  child trafficking in Andhra Pradesh covering all
  the districts

• Awareness generation on
• Campaigning Lobby Advocacy
• Forming Vigilant groups with Adolescent girls
  SHGs
• Involving PRIs in prevention of trafficking in
  children
• Establishing economic rehab units for VOCSET
• Employment opportunity for VOCSET through
  corporate social responsibility
• Ex Employing VOCSET in petrol filling stations

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Impact

• No of adolescent girls trained 36000
• No of Police Officials trained 300
• No of CVG members trained 1500
• No of Kalajathas performed 700
• No of victims rescued 37
• No of arrests made 25
• No of cases pending in courts 7
• Total no of victims and vulnerable girls
  undergoing livelihood programs 83 (Till March
  2006)