The girls waited anxiously as the madam entered the room with a customer. Upon instruction, they immediately formed a line as the customer inspected each girl carefully. Pointing at Priya*, the customer reached for his wallet and paid the madam. The others breathed a sigh of relief as Priya walked down a narrow corridor and […]
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On October 7th JVI convened an online “Partner Summit” to introduce staff members from six of our key partner organizations to the newly launched e-JRC, JVI’s online Justice Resource Center. The e-JRC contains a library of toolkits, online trainings, and other resource materials for lawyers, social workers, policymakers, and advocates of all kinds working to fight
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Transit monitoring is an innovative approach to fighting human trafficking that involves identifying and intercepting potential victims of human trafficking before they are exploited. A large number of children are often kidnapped at railway stations, interstate bus terminals and other transit points. In recent months JVI, along with partner NGO EFICOR, has intercepted 161 victims
JVI partners with World Vision to launch new Anti-Trafficking Transit Monitoring Unit. Read More »
During a district Child Welfare Committee (CWC) meeting in West Bengal in July 2021, members discussed an anonymous tip regarding trafficked minors exploited in the Cooch Behar area. Among the members was the CWC Chairperson of Murshidabad, who recalled a JVI survivor sharing similar information the year before. The CWC Chairperson brought this recollection to
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In addition to rescuing and rehabilitating victims of human trafficking, Justice Ventures International (JVI) leads an Urban Justice initative that supports marginalized communities settled in metropolitan cities. People migrate from rural to urban areas in search of a better life, but often end up living in slums where entire families are forced to live in
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On August 4th 2021, JVI and one of its partners assisted the District Magistrate (DM), Commissioner of Police (CP), Child Welfare Committee (CWC), West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights (WBCPCR) and the Special Task Force in conducting a sex trafficking rescue in a large red light area in Asansol, West Bengal, in which
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Kusum’s* story of recovery is one of hope. At the age of 16, she was sold to a brothel in Bihar where she was forced into commercial sexual exploitation, at times pulled out of bed in the wee hours of the morning to engage with inebriated men. During her rescue back in November 2018, Kusum
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“EFICOR alone could not have done this anti-human trafficking work on its own. The training which was given by JVI created an effective ripple effect across other program areas/ sectors of [our] work.” – Staff Member, Evangelical Fellowship of India Commission on Relief “The capacity building training on anti-human trafficking was very helpful to our
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Soon after the USA celebrated its independence on July 4th, Anu*, a sixteen-year-old girl, celebrated hers as she was freed from a brothel in West Bengal, India. Anu had been held captive for nearly six months while she was sexually exploited. Following a dispute with her family in February 2021, Anu moved to her boyfriend’s
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As India continues to bring the spread of the COVID-19 virus under control, marginalized populations in various parts of the country continue living hand to mouth. The pandemic has not only led to an increase in child abuse cases, but also has left sections of society extremely vulnerable to traffickers. Taking on various forms, traffickers
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