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6 February, 2023
A National consultation on gender based persecution was organised by Ashray in collaboration with Caleb Institute from 6th-8th February 2023 in Delhi.
January, 2023
Geeta, aged 18 and Gauri aged 19, (names changed) were rescued by the Ashray team from Delhi in January 2023. The survivors from Jharkhand, were approached by an imposter posing as a job recruiter in March 2022. He convinced the girls and their parents to move to Delhi with promises of better education and a better life.
Upon arriving in Delhi, the girls were taken to a placement centre and tricked into submitting their mobile phones. They were then threatened, abused, and were pushed into sexually abusive situations. When the parents were unable to contact the girls for a while, they contacted the Ashray team that promptly filed a case for missing girls. In the first week of January this year, the girls were rescued and brought back to their homes in Gumla, where they were handed over to the government’s Child Welfare Committee.
The girls shared that despite not knowing what trafficking was, they felt trapped, cheated and kept screaming for help within their hearts. They were grateful to the Ashray team for pushing through all odds and restoring their freedom and rights. The Ashray team are currently counselling the girls.
December, 2020
Pooja (name changed) aged 14, was being forced to marry a man that her family found on a social media platform. Soon, they started the wedding preparations as the groom did not ask them for dowry.
In December 2022, an Ashray youth volunteer in Bihar, enquired about the celebration, soon he realised that it was a case of child marriage.
The volunteer immediately contacted the Bihar Ashray Team, and we started investigating the groom (trafficker). It was revealed that he was an imposter with different names on social media and on government identity cards.
We immediately called the police and did not let the trafficker escape. With the help of the police, we got to know that trafficker would marry young girls and sell them into sex slavery.
With Ashray Team’s efforts, we were successful in getting that trafficker arrested and putting him behind bars. The incident left Pooja traumatised, but she is grateful to the Ashray team for their timely intervention. We are counselling her as she goes back to school.
November, 2022
In the month of October Ashray organised a state level workshop on Human Trafficking in Ranchi, Jharkhand on the theme ‘’Awaaz Uthao’’ – Speak Up .
More than 50 Participants attended this workshop. Ashray was honoured to have the member of legislative assembly (MLA) as a guest who encouraged the participants and Ashray team with his views in combating the Human trafficking issues in the state of Jharkhand.
Further the topics on current trends of human trafficking post covid, strategy to combat human trafficking, legal approaches, governmental schemes for vulnerable children and women empowerment were addressed.
Through this workshop, a draft committee has been set up to submit suggestions and recommendations to the state government on the current situation of trafficking in Jharkhand.
October, 2022
Ashray celebrated International Day of the Girl Child with the theme “Our time is now – our rights, our future”on 11th October 2022. More than 350 girls from 9 states across India participated in the programs.
This day serves as an opportunity to support and strengthen the girls so that they can lead a better life.
The celebration aimed to encourage, support, and to promote equal rights for girl child by raising awareness on gender equality and girls’ rights that were displayed through skits and drawings.
This initiative of Ashray to spread love and care for girls brought happiness and smile on the face of many girls. We will continue to make efforts to change the lives of these vulnerable young girls from being sold and exploited.
October, 2022
Lata & Asha aged 16 &17 years (name changed) were friends and dreamt of being a part of the West Bengal hockey team.
Sadly, their dreams came to an end as they were forced to discontinue the school due to poor financial condition and then the lockdown followed.
In the meantime a lady trafficker knowing the current situation of the family approached Asha & Lata, luring and giving false dreams of getting them admitted in hockey team through some scholarship program. The trafficker was able to convince the girls and told them that they have to appear for an interview, so the girls left with her immediately. The incident took place in July 2022 where the girls have shared that they were taken to some placement centre and kept in darkness with very poor hygienic conditions. Further they were sold to another handler and held captive without any food or care and were abused.
After their daughter disappeared, their parents informed a member of the Adivasi Adhikar Manch of their district who advised them to get in touch with the Ashray Team. Ashray Team further contacted West Bengal Anti-Human Trafficking Unit. Thereafter the police took quick action and restored the victims on 9thOctober 2022 and handed them over to West Bengal Child Welfare Committee.We have also been able to get the trafficker arrested and currently he is in the prison. CWC safely handed over the victims to their parents.The West Bengal Ashray Team is looking after the safety and education these girls.