Arz is a social work organization committed
to combating trafficking of persons for the purpose of sexual abuse
and commercial sexual exploitation in Goa. The organization works
both with the victims of commercial sexual exploitation, and also
against those who are perpetrators of this crime.
Reports
Section 17 of the ITPA Case Study (2010)
Situation of Women and Children in Baina (2010)
Combating Human Trafficking For CSE: Alternative Livelihood Option (2010)
The Impact of Demolition of the Red-light Area in Baina (2010) (73 MB file)
Arz Evaluation Report (2009)
Swift Wash Annual Report (2007 - 2008)
Law related to Trafficking
Proposed ammendement to the Immoral Traffic Prevention Act, 1956
Article 23 of the constitution of India provides for prohibition
of human trafficking and all forms of exploitation.
There are central laws such as Immoral Traffic Prevention Act, 1956
and Indian Penal Code and state laws like Goa Children’s
Act, 2003, which deals with offences related to trafficking for commercial
sexual exploitation of children.
Section 366–A and 373 of the Indian Penal Code
provides for punishment related to trafficking of minors. Section 366-A
deals with punishment for procurement of minor girls for prostitution and
Section 373 with buying of minors for purposes of prostitution.
Section 9 of the Goa Children’s Act, 2003 deals
with offences related to child trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation.
It states that
Child prostitution shall be prohibited
It shall be the duty of the State to remove all child prostitutes from
their existing place of exploitation and to ensure that they are rehabilitated
and integrated into society
The State shall prepare a comprehensive Plan of Action for this purpose
which shall include providing education and livelihood skills to such
children and the prevention of child prostitution
The Immoral Traffic Prevention Act, 1956 deals with commercialization
of prostitution and has various provisions to control commercialization of
prostitution and stringent punishment for trafficking of children. The act
also provides for a rehabilitation home for the rehabilitation of the victims
of prostitution.
The United Nations Convention on the rights of the Child, 1989,
defines child prostitution as sexual exploitation of a child below 18 years
for remuneration in cash or kind. It is also important to note that child
prostitution today is very closely related to child pornography (visual or
audio media which uses children in a sexual context).
“The enactment of the Immoral Traffic Prevention, Act, 1956 is
not aimed for abolition of prostitutes and prostitution as such and make it
per se a criminal offence or punish a woman because she prostitutes herself,
the purpose of the enactment was to inhibit or abolish commercialized vice,
namely, traffic in women and girls for purposes of prostitution as an organized
means of living.” - Madras High Court
A campaign by Arz involving the community members at Panjim, Goa to build awareness about trafficking of women and girls
