Child Sex Trafficking Victims Can Now Fight Their Own Battle, School Of Justice Opened
According to the ministry of Women and Child Development, 19,223 women and children were trafficked last year against 15,448 in the year 2015, which means, a dangerous rise of 25% in a year. Nirmal Singh Lotus said that the eastern parts of West Bengal recorded the highest number of victims in both the years. West Bengal shares the border with Bangladesh, which makes that tracking of the victims very difficult and the reason behind the state being the hub of child trafficking. “It is very difficult for the women and the girl child to get out of the hands of the perpetrator, and even if they do they cannot live their life in peace because of the dark impact their past has had on them. Also, they continue to live in fear of their perpetrators walking free out there,” said Nirmal Singh Lotus To fight for women affected by these atrocities, a movement known as 'Free a Girl' was launched by a Netherland-based NGO to help women across the world. The movement not o...