an initiative to end sex-trafficking
every woman free, every child in school
Legal Protection
Victim Support
Formal and non-formal education for children and adults in community class rooms through catch up classes to prepare for and enrol in mainstream schools. It also includes self esteem building through art, dance, spoken English and computer literacy
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Law Enforcement Training
Apne Aap has taken up the challenge of creating training centres within red light districts catering to women in prostitution, their children and at risk (to trafficking) marginalised communities. These centres create alternative livelihood options
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Advocacy
It is today that civil society organisations like Apne Aap Women Worldwide, have delved into the core of violence and exploitation associated with prostitution and linked it with the organised crime of human trafficking. See how it uses law as an effective tool to counter trafficking
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The organization has established legal cells in each of its anti trafficking units in the states to provide legal aid and awareness, counseling and victim support to trafficked survivors.
The legal consultants and the para legal staff provide training to the women and adolescent girls on issues ranging from trafficking, domestic violence, property and matrimonial laws. The aim is to provide the women with basic legal knowledge about their rights guaranteed by the Constitution and other relevant national laws, so that are able to access the available remedies when confronted with violence and abuse.
Besides training on the national legislations like the Immoral Traffic Prevention Act, 1956 and other provisions of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Criminal Procedure Code 1973, the women are also informed about international conventions and other human rights instruments like the UN Trafficking Protocol, 2000, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 1979 and Convention on the Rights of Child, 1989 (CRC).
The victim support programme includes
- Assistance in writing and filing First Information Reports (FIRs) against traffickers and ensuring that the same is registered
- Providing pro bono lawyers as and when required to assist victims and to ensure successful prosecution of the offence
- Preparing the witnesses to testify against their own exploiters in court
- Establishing watchdog groups in high-risk areas against traffickers and build capacities of women and girls as watchdog group members
- Training police officers, prosecutors and lawyers on strengthening response on anti-human trafficking
- Filing Public Interest Litigation (PILs)
The legal protection programmes have helped SHG (Self Help Group) women and girls understand the criminal justice system and how it can help to deliver justice to trafficked victims including court practices in anti-human trafficking. Through indepth training programmes and legal awareness they have started thinking about their own rights, the reason behind their exploitative situation and the issue of demand for sex trafficking and prostitution.
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