STOP NGO held two Capacity-Building Workshops on the Prevention of Human Trafficking in the Manali and Solan regions of Himachal Pradesh on 13th and 15th of March 2023, respectively. In both the regions, the sessions began with the introduction of our STOP NGO, its history and journey, and the basic objective of the workshop, followed by the detailed explanation of the laws related to trafficking, child marriage, juvenile justice, etc., and a group discussion, ending with the written and verbal feedbacks of the respondents. The report is available in the Reports Section of this website.
On March 17th, 2023, STOP organized a Community Awareness Programme in Aadarsh Senior Citizen Association, Tigri. An audience of about three hundred women, men and children were welcomed by our members of STOP. Dirk Sir, hailing from Holland and engaged in several social welfare activities, was invited as the special guest lecturer. The workshop commenced at three in the noon, with an introduction of both the topic, as well as panellists, by our Senior Project manager, Janki Gadhvi. Smritikana Ghosh Paul, our Senior Programme Manager, discussed about the various types, processes, ways and means of trafficking, and its spread in the global scenario being discussed in depth, with live interactions from the audience. The participants were as eager to gain knowledge about prevention against human trafficking, as were STOP’s members, to create awareness of this heinous crime, in them.
STOP had been invited to be a part of the Panel Discussions on Gender-Based Violence scheduled on Thursday, 16th of March, 2023. The panelists were namely Smriti Shah Gambhir (Psychologist), Inspector Saroj Singh from Delhi Police, Aparna Bhat (lawyer and policy-developer), Gayatri Sharma from Women Power Connect, and Janki Gadhvi from STOP, respectively. The session was held in two phases; in the initial phase, panelists were introduced and each talked for about five minutes each. The talks included the resources each could provide, from giving courage, medico-legal aid and counselling, to filing an FIR and fighting in the court, remotely as well as physically. They especially focused on foreign nationals as victims and the international and national laws pertaining to giving them justice in the Indian courts. The second phase included interesting questions revolving around the victim’s consent to conduct an invasive medical examination, as well as how to deal with each specific case, using an ideal mix of non-verbal gestures and friendly verbal communication, at psychological, physical, medical, legal levels, with constant assistance from civil bodies like STOP NGO. The session concluded with a vote of thanks from High Commission of Canada, and a promise to save and assist as many victims as possible, without discriminating on the basis of gender, region, economic status and nationality.
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