Anita Tamang in Hospital
Any group that works with the vulnerable and marginalized population of sex workers at some point in time or the other has to get involved in arresting trafficking of young girls and women. Traditionally young girls and women have fetched higher price in sex trade thereby resulting in the trafficking of this population from the rural and semi urban areas surrounding the big cities of India. Because of its geographical location and the shared porous borders with Nepal and Bangladesh, Kolkata has emeged both as a source and a destination area for trafficking. Most of the women engaged in sex work in Kolkata have arrived in its various red light ares through this very violent route of abduction, enticement and exploitation.
Kiran Paswan rescued from Rauxal, Bihar
In order to start its fight against trafficking New Light`s first step was setting up Hogar Meridional – New Light Soma Memorial girls home. This ensured the security of the young adolescent girls growing up in Kalighat and resulted in the reduction of a large number of young entrants in to the sex trade.
Over the years New Light has established partnerships with other organizations working in the same field notable among which are The Daywalka Foundation and Maiti Nepal.
The horrific stories of abuse and exploitation of the young rescued girls encourage every member of New Light to continue in their fight against trafficking
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