The anti-
The trafficking bill, which will be introduced in Rajya Sabha, has raised concerns among sex workers and lawyers that in the absence of a clear distinction between exploitation or victims of human trafficking and those who voluntarily choose to provide services, all adult sex jobs are likely to make a living by sex.
National Network of workers (NNSW)
A letter has been sent to Venkaiah Naidu, chairman of Rajya Sabha, requesting that the bill be sent to the Standing Committee of the upper house.
The state also urged a "meaningful dialogue" with communities affected by trafficking in persons "(
Prevention, protection and rehabilitation), 2018, Bill.
In India, voluntary adult sex work is not illegal in some cases, for example, when a woman provides services in her own home, there is no temptation.
Main laws on trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation
Immoral TrafficPrevention)Act (ITPA), 1986 —
Penalizing the crime, including for the purpose of prostitution, living on the income of the prostitution of others, and operating or using brothels.
However, law enforcement agencies often confuse trafficking with voluntary work and abuse the provisions of the law to drive sex workers out of their homes.
It is this experience that has raised concerns among sex workers about the new bill aimed at curbing "physical and other forms of trafficking;
They urge lawmakers to re-examine the language used in the bill and ensure that the legislation providesin safeguards.
Their main requirement is that the Act expressly excludes adults who are voluntarily engaged in sexual work.
During the debate on the bill at the Lok Sabha Monsoon meeting ,-
When the lower house passed
Maneka Gandhi, minister of women and children's development, tried to assure Parliament that the government was against trafficking, not victims of trafficking, when the bill was enacted, any defects found in the act will be addressed by the rules of implementation of the act.
Tripti Tandon, counsel for the Supreme Court, said certain offences in the act were "explicitly targeted" sex workers and that those definitions needed to be reworded to remove all ambiguity.
For example, the regulation promotes and distributes print and digital content that makes trafficking in persons a crime and may result in adult sex workers being sent to prison using digital media to promote their services.
"Consent must be sought" sex workers also requested that consent should be a mandatory requirement before deciding to send the rescued person to a rehabilitation center.
Section 17th of the act, Article 4, which allows the rejection of the victim's application for release, "If the magistrate considers that such an application is not made voluntarily", it is deemed to have deprived the right to freedom.
A study called "raided" was called VAMP (
Veshya Anyay relief Village Committee)
Non-governmental organization Sangram tracked the lives of 243 "rescued" women after their release from 2005 to 2017.
As many as 79% of these women, or 193, said they volunteered to do sex work during the raid and did not want to be "saved ".
"The current Trafficking Act. . .
It will be a tool for law enforcement agencies to harm and harass sex workers, "said Aarti Pai, one of the authors of the study and a lawyer for the new state.
"Therefore, it is wrong for the sex workers to say that the government claims that this bill will not affect them and ask to consult them," she added . ". Krishnaveni (name changed)
Sex workers in their 30 s spent a year in a shelter in Hyderabad and she was the only bread --
When she was detained by the police from the train station, she was the winner at home.
"When I was at home, my daughter was raped by six children when she reached puberty --seven men;
She lived in the hospital for a month . "Krishnaveni.
"Since my husband is physically challenged, no one can help her.
My child had to beg and feed him.
In order to ensure her release, she was forced to borrow a bribe of £ 70 000, after which she returned to sexual employment.
"Families headed by singles
Women who provide sex to make a living are affected when they are sent to a rehabilitation center, "said S.
Jana, a member of the Supreme Court, appointed a committee to suggest how to ensure the dignity of the lives of sex workers.
Report referral community-
Through multiple based rehabilitation
The stakeholder committee consists of delegates from the sex worker community, doctors, lawyers and state government officials.
The agency will review the education, training and employment needs of women and help them to access them.
The panel recommended a plan to provide interest-free loans to enable women to start businesses as well.
The panel has also proposed a range of measures to ensure the dignity of life of those who wish to continue their sexual work, such as the provision of food rations cards for them, the right to education for children, as well as for nurseries and daycaretime and night-
Time care center.
The panel calls detention in shelters "one of the most serious human rights violations" and recommends that even if victims of trafficking are rescued, it is also important for them to choose whether they want to reunite with their families or the preferred community
Based on rehabilitation.
The proposal submitted to the central government through the Supreme Court is not mentioned in the proposed law.
Activists say that while the law is very focused on monitoring and policing, the welfare of trafficking survivors is small, and these are weak, in addition to providing rehabilitation services in shelters.
"Some positive provisions in the ITPA are omitted from the new bill," she said . "Tandon.
"For example, according to ITPA, the magistrate must investigate the background of the rescued persons missing in this act.
Secondly, ITPA provides a time period when a person can be sent to a rehabilitation center
Temporary Detention for 21 days before the police prepare the report, final detention 1-3 years.
But there's no time on the bill.
It said that the magistrate could send someone to recover within a reasonable time.
There is no comment on this.
This means that a person may be detained forever.
"The act also does not provide a mechanism to ensure monitoring and accountability of shelters, or to revoke the license or punishment of the management center without permissioncompliance.
"Partnership between sex workers and anti-sex workers
Human trafficking units that eradicate exploitation practices are crucial, "she said. Pai.
It's a model that activists call success stories, like in the country's largest red building --
Shonagachi's light area in West Bengal, where there is a self
Sex worker regulators operating since 2001 have helped track the entry of minors and identify traffickers.
This pattern was also followed in Sangri, the state of mahalastra, where the-
The human trafficking unit works with VAMP to save minors and prevent trafficking. (
Clear Swathi Vadlamudi Hyderabad)