Our Lost Girls: Human Trafficking in India and What We Can Do to Help

Over the past nine years, 300,000 Indian women and 64,000 girls have been abducted – and that’s the cases that have been reported. According to the National Crime Records Bureau, from 2005 to 2012, the number of women being abducted increased by 11.73% every year, while the number of girl child kidnappings soared 23.2% each year. Minor girls account for almost 85% of all kidnappings in the country, says the crime bureau. (In the official records, children are “kidnapped”, while adults are “abducted.”

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 There are approximately 2 million child commercial sex workers between the age of 5 and 15 years and about 3.3 million between 15 and 18 years; forming 40% of the total population of commercial sex workers in India; 71% of them are illiterate; 500,000 children are forced into this trade every year.

En-Light a Girl Child Initiative helps STOP human trafficking and underage marriage by keeping girls enrolled in school instead. We accomplish this by engaging communities in extending support to girls and inculcating respect for their bodily integrity through our sensitisation and awareness program.

Visit us at http://enlightagirlchild.com/ to learn more about our outreach programs in Bihar and Rajasthan.

Like our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/enlightgirlchild to keep up with our initiatives and share your ideas about the ways in which we can make India a better place for girls. 

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