CAMPAIGN AGAINST CHILD TRAFFICKING AND CHILD LABOUR:
Human Trafficking from the poorest countries is increasing at a high pace and there are growing concern world wide to prevent such inhuman activities and perceive this from a fundamental human rights perspective. The child rights organizations, the women movements and other human rights organizations are trying to work hard to against trafficking for whatever reasons, may be tourism, labour or other purposes.

Every year, thousands of young women and girls are lured, abducted, or sold into forced prostitution and involuntary marriage. Depending on their age, beauty and virginity, they are bargained at different prices. While the majority of the cases are girls, boys are also being subjected to these trafficking. They are exploited under conditions, which amount to a modern form of slavery. Women and girls who have been trafficked can rarely escape or negotiate the conditions of their employment or marriage. Trafficking of women and children is a destruction of human lives.

UN defines child trafficking as:
“The recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons legally or illegally within or across borders, by means of threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation”.
Sectors of Child trafficking:
·     Labour (bonded labour, domestic work, construction work, agriculture and industries such as carpets, shrimps etc.)
·     Sexual exploitation (forced prostitution, socially and religiously sanctified prostitution, sex tourism and pornography)
·     Illegal activities such as begging, drug peddling, organ trading.
·     For adoption.
·     Trafficking for and through marital alliances.
·     Entertainment and sports.
Study on Facilities available for children in Orissa:
CACT Orissa chapter is undertaken a study on facilities for children in Orissa. The objectives of the study is to know what facilities are available for the child victims like special homes for children, short stay home, remand home and correctional home, etc. and actually their living condition, facilities available and enjoyed by them.
- To advocate with state government to provide facilities for children under Juvenile Justice Act.
Methodology adopted for study:
-     Data collection through format on primary and secondary sources;
-     Interaction with administrators, NGOs and victims;
-     Observation at spot;
The study was planned to cover 30 districts of Orissa. The data have been collected from districts and compilation of data is in progress for the report. Initially what we had planned the scope of the study but latter the design became board based .We are trying to complete the report within end of September, 2005.

Awareness and Campaign

In order to sensitize the common people, PRI functionaries and district block administration on trafficking issues wall writing on public places have been completed in 10 districts. The place like block headquarters and district headquarters have been undertaken for writing of the message. The messages have been written in Oriya language.
The district level workshop on trafficking of children in 10 district by the partner organization in district headquarter and block headquarter. The NGOs, PRI functionaries, journalists, advocate and district/block administration ware participated in these workshops. The aim of the workshop was to sensitize all the stakeholders on the issue.

In some workshops, different case studies of child trafficking have been discussed in-group to analyze the term of child trafficking. The sole motive behind this group exercise was to develop the understanding and awareness of the participants on the issues. Adding to this to chalk out a plan of action from grassroots level to combat the child trafficking problem. At the end of the workshop, the district coordination committee on anti child trafficking was formed. The NGOs, PRI functionaries, journalists, advocates and eminent persons are the members of the district coordination committee.

Migration and marriage registration: Migration and marriage registration have been introduced in 50 GPs which covered 400 about villages. The women SHG, members, CBOs and ward members have been taken responsibilities to carry out the registration. The Bride and Bridegroom have to sign in the register before the marriage. The same also counter sign by the word member of that village.

Conclusion:
An organized effort by child rights and human rights organizations as well as alliances with women’s  movements with the help of media, police and judiciary can play an important role to prevent such an inhuman crime in human civilization.