Hyderabad, July 30: Governor Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan on Friday called for the concerted efforts to end the heinous crime of human trafficking.
She
said that human trafficking is the third largest organized crime in the world
next only to drugs and illegal arms trade.
“Trafficking
in persons is an extreme form of human rights violation and results in
exploitation and perpetration of crime against the innocent people,” she added.
The
Governor was releasing a set of five handbooks on “Countering Human
Trafficking,” brought by the Prajwala with the support of the US Consulate
General, at the Raj Bhavan, here, on the occasion of the UN World Day Against
Trafficking in Persons.
She
expressed anguish that female victims continue to be the primary target of
trafficking, as women constitute 46 per cent and girls constitute 19 per cent
of the total trafficking victims.
“The
fact that at any given point of time more than 2.5 million people are trapped
in the modern-day slavery shows the gravity of the crime,” she said.
The
Governor stated that the proposed draft titled “Trafficking in Persons
(Prevention, Care, and Rehabilitation) Bill-2021 once approved and becomes a
reality then its effective implementation might help prevent the trafficking to
a great extent.
Dr.
Tamilisai Soundararajan called upon people not to stigmatize the rescued
victims; instead we must work for their effective rehabilitation.
It
is high time that we listen to the voices of the victims and prepare concrete
action plans to root out the practice of human trafficking.
Victims’
experiences serve as a base to understand the causes and consequences of human
trafficking and help come out with the right strategies to fight trafficking in
humans.
We
need to listen to the victims’ voices as the current year’s anti-trafficking
day theme, “Victims Voices Lead the Way,” proposes. It is not acceptable to
re-victimise the victims through stigmatization.
The
Governor appreciated the work of Prajwala’s Sunitha Krishnan in bringing out
the five sets of customized handbooks for the duty bearers. She termed the
books as ready-reckoner for the duty bearers working to fight the human
trafficking.
Prajwala General Secretary Padma Shri Ms
Sunitha Krishnan, Mr Clark Ledger, Acting Consul
General, US Consulate of Hyderabad, Mr. Dave Moyer, Public Affairs Officer, US
Consulate of Hyderabad, Secretary to Governor Mr K. Surendra Mohan and Mr.
Senthil Thirupathi, Cultural Affairs Assistant, US Consulate of Hyderabad and
others were present.
-Press note
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