Handbooks on countering human trafficking released
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Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan released a set of five handbooks on ‘Countering Human Trafficking’ brought out by an NGO, Prajwala, at the Raj Bhavan here on Thursday.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Harichandan said that the menace of human trafficking should be tackled with a victim-centred approach.
He said that the handbooks will be helpful to duty-bearers and stakeholders, including judicial officers, prosecution officers, child welfare committees, labour department officers and civil society organisations in the State as a useful tool in the prevention and tackling of human trafficking.
Plea to make available all govt benefits to sex workers
The stigma around sex work should be done away with and sex workers should be considered part of the informal sector, according to Nalini Jameela, author and former sex worker.
“Sex work is different from trafficking and it is a form of self-employment that is stigmatised,” said Ms. Jameela, who is the coordinator of the Sex Workers’ Forum of Kerala. “The discrimination we face when we try to get ration cards or health insurance must end. If there is a legal framework, it will strengthen our voice and we can openly ask for our rights. We are often arrested even without a client present,” she said, while speaking at a discussion conducted online by Raising Our Voices Foundation, a Kochi-based NGO, on whether sex work should be legalised.
India’s first ‘Transgender Community Desk’ opens in Telangana s Gachibowli
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‘To be the focal point for grievance redressal of transgender persons in Cyberabad’
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Cyberabad Police Commissioner V.C. Sajjanar, social activist Sunita Krishnan and members of the transgender community at the Gachibowli Police Station in Hyderabad on Saturday. | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL
‘To be the focal point for grievance redressal of transgender persons in Cyberabad’
In what is claimed to be the first-of-its-kind gender inclusive community policing initiative in the country, Cyberabad police on Saturday inaugurated a ‘Transgender Community Desk’ at Gachibowli police station.
Commissioner of Police V.C. Sajjanar said the desk will be managed by a police liaison officer and a transgender person who is designated as community coordinator. “It will be the focal point for all grievance redressal among transgender community in Cyberabad Commiss
Cyberabad Police to set up separate desk for trasngenders
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Cyberabad Police to set up separate desk for trasngenders. Image Source: IANS News
Hyderabad, Feb 20 : The Cyberabad Police on Friday decided to set up a separate desk at the Cyberabad Police Commissionerate to address the problems of transgenders.
The decision to launch the unique initiative was taken at an interaction Cyberabad Police Commissioner V.C. Sajjanar and other officials had with over 150 transgender people.
The commissioner announced the setting up of the transgender desk at the Cyberabad Commissionerate to address the grievances of transgenders in the Commissionerate s jurisdiction.
In a first-of-its-kind initiative, Cyberabad police have decided to set-up a ‘Transgender Desk’ at Cyberabad Commissionerate here. The issue to have a dedicated desk was raised by over 150 transgender