Help Stop Human Trafficking From West Bengal
- by: Walk Free
- recipient: Ms. Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal
West Bengal is the centre of human trafficking for domestic slavery in India today. With no law pertaining to placement agencies in West Bengal, children and women continue to fall prey to illegal recruitment agencies that entice them with false job offers, and then trap them into domestic slavery.
Earlier this year, the government of Chhattisgarh took an admirable step and adopted a law to regulate placement agencies.(1) In an executive order of the Department of Labour Delhi, placement agencies have been directed to register with the Labour Department.(2) But West Bengal, which tops the chart for trafficking, has no such law. If we come together, we can spur West Bengal to pass a similar law and make ending trafficking for domestic slavery an urgent priority.
United Nations Office on Drug and Crime states that out of over 19,000 children and women who went missing from West Bengal in 2011, only 6000 have been traced.(3)
Anti-slavery organisations believe that many of those have been trafficked to cities as domestic workers, where they remain at the mercy of traffickers — abused and exploited. By calling on the state government to take immediate action, we can together help protect children and women from false allurements of traffickers.
Ask the Government of West Bengal to ensure that important steps are taken to combat human trafficking from West Bengal.
United Nations Office on Drug and Crime states that out of over 19,000 children and women who went missing from West Bengal in 2011, only 6000 have been traced.(3)
Anti-slavery organisations believe that many of those have been trafficked to cities as domestic workers, where they remain at the mercy of traffickers — abused and exploited. By calling on the state government to take immediate action, we can together help protect children and women from false allurements of traffickers.
Ask the Government of West Bengal to ensure that important steps are taken to combat human trafficking from West Bengal.
(1) http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Human-trafficking-Chhattisgarh-first-state-to-implement-placement-agency-act/articleshow/39637562.cms
(2) http://delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/b27010004598a150b320ff348f12a918/Order+1938+%2825-09-2014%29+.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&lmod=-1415800087&CACHEID=b27010004598a150b320ff348f12a918&lmod=-1415800087&CACHEID=b27010004598a150b320ff348f12a918
(3) http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Bengal-tops-UN-list-of-missing-kids-women/articleshow/21075876.cms
Earlier this year, the government of Chhattisgarh took an admirable step and adopted a law to regulate placement agencies.(1) In an executive order of the Department of Labour Delhi, placement agencies have been directed to register with the Labour Department.(2) But West Bengal, which tops the chart for trafficking, has no such law. If we come together, we can spur West Bengal to pass a similar law and make ending trafficking for domestic slavery an urgent priority.
United Nations Office on Drug and Crime states that out of over 19,000 children and women who went missing from West Bengal in 2011, only 6000 have been traced.(3)
Anti-slavery organisations believe that many of those have been trafficked to cities as domestic workers, where they remain at the mercy of traffickers — abused and exploited. By calling on the state government to take immediate action, we can together help protect children and women from false allurements of traffickers.
Ask the Government of West Bengal to ensure that important steps are taken to combat human trafficking from West Bengal.
Anti-slavery organisations believe that many of those have been trafficked to cities as domestic workers, where they remain at the mercy of traffickers — abused and exploited. By calling on the state government to take immediate action, we can together help protect children and women from false allurements of traffickers.
Ask the Government of West Bengal to ensure that important steps are taken to combat human trafficking from West Bengal.
(1) http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Human-trafficking-Chhattisgarh-first-state-to-implement-placement-agency-act/articleshow/39637562.cms
(2) http://delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/b27010004598a150b320ff348f12a918/Order+1938+%2825-09-2014%29+.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&lmod=-1415800087&CACHEID=b27010004598a150b320ff348f12a918&lmod=-1415800087&CACHEID=b27010004598a150b320ff348f12a918
(3) http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Bengal-tops-UN-list-of-missing-kids-women/articleshow/21075876.cms
Dear Chief Minister,
Thousands of children and women are trafficked from West Bengal every year, many sold off as domestic slaves in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and other big cities by illegal placement agencies.
I request you to help stop human trafficking for domestic slavery by enacting a legislation on placement agencies that will:
- Regulate and register placement agencies
- Define rights of domestic workers
- Form a committee to verify credentials of all placement agencies
- Ban employment of children by placement agencies
- Set up complaint redressal forums
- Make provisions to perform surprise checks on placement agencies
- Guarantee minimum wage
- Make provisions to provide legal aid, welfare mechanisms, social security benefits to domestic workers
- Ensure placement agencies implement the social security scheme
[Your comments here]
Sincerely,
[Your name]
Sign PetitionSign PetitionThousands of children and women are trafficked from West Bengal every year, many sold off as domestic slaves in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and other big cities by illegal placement agencies.
I request you to help stop human trafficking for domestic slavery by enacting a legislation on placement agencies that will:
- Regulate and register placement agencies
- Define rights of domestic workers
- Form a committee to verify credentials of all placement agencies
- Ban employment of children by placement agencies
- Set up complaint redressal forums
- Make provisions to perform surprise checks on placement agencies
- Guarantee minimum wage
- Make provisions to provide legal aid, welfare mechanisms, social security benefits to domestic workers
- Ensure placement agencies implement the social security scheme
[Your comments here]
Sincerely,
[Your name]
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