Prostitution a reality!• There is a large section of population – around 3 million

workers as per govt stats and 20 million as per Human Rights Watch– Every hour, four women and girls in India enter prostitution, three of them

against their will.

– 30% are children, i.e. < 18 yrs old (15% in metros are children)

– Number of children involved in prostitution is increasing at 8 to10% per annum.

– 111 million children of the 250 million child labour force are Indian…

• For Mumbai– 200,000 sex workers, the largest sex industry centre in Asia

– Doubled since 90s

Prerana: Objectives• To end second generation trafficking of children of redlight area-

based women Victims of Commercial Sexual Exploitation & Trafficking (VOCSET)Non-discriminatory Medical, Therapeutic, Educational interventions

• To protect and re-establish the rights and dignity of the women victims of CSE&T based on a very clear rights perspective

Prerana: Current status• Active on most dimensions of the anti CSE&T

work including – Protection - Prevention– Vigilance - Rescue– post rescue operation - victim care services– Prosecution - advocacy & lobbying– empowerment of victim women– policy level and administrative reforms, – rehabilitation & social reintegration, – generating social awareness, – Research & documentation, – sensitization & training of special functionaries,

networking

Prerana: Program overview• Night Care Centre (NCC):

– The NCC protects the children of the red-light areas against sexual assaults and the traumatizing exposure to the undesirable nightlife in the brothels.

– Vashi-Tubhe, Falkland Road, Kamathipura centres

• Educational Support Programme: – Prerana restores the right to education of these children and facilitates their

sustained formal education.– Vashi-Tubhe, Falkland Road, Kamathipura centres

• Institutional Placement Programme– In order to de-link the child from the red light area Prerana strives to help the mothers

consider the option of shifting the child away from the red light area into a place that can provide long term residential care and development.

• Other programs of Prerana – Naunihal (shelter facility for women) in Navi Mumbai– Pratishta (Training girls in vocational ed like Fashion Designing, Catering etc.)

Prerana: Asha’s involvement• First visited in 2006

• Started as ICPA project with UIUC to support Vashi-Turbhe and Falkland Road Center

• Since 2009 Asha SV focused on FR and UIUC on VT center

• 2009 funding was completely done by UIUC

• 2010 was able to raise grant from Yahoo

• 2010 was also able to get Star Foundation grant for legal and documentation, and new innovative work

• UIUC has stopped supporting the project from this year due to fund shortage

• Kamathipura center always had donors

• 2012 donor status:Vashi NCC and ESP is being funded by:MastekWestern UnionKP NCC and ESP is being funded by:AsskamFR NCC and ESP is being funded by:Wealth Fund

ADM foundation from Hong Kong introduced by Global Children foundationNaunihal is being funded by:MastekIPP is being funded by:Anna Lina foundation from Dasra

Project Director salary pending45,000 p.m. (Asha will look if they can fund)

Prerana: Asha SV Evaluation• Eval Matrix broken down

– Training• Not an issue, since founders are well-versed• Focus has not been on quality education, since the kids go to government school

and get educational support at center; but focus is to coach them and ensure that they stay away from unwanted elements

– Outreach• Social awareness has increased• Pravin Patkar, co-founder, is author of several laws in this area

– Methodology• Build a close relationship with mother and child

– Staff• Very difficult to retain staff since it is a sensitive area; • Plus women cannot work here much, esp after marriage

– Vocational Unit• In last few years emphasis has been on empowering the rescued woman• Provide options for the children to find vocations

Prerana: Asha SV Future Engagement• Original idea was ICPA and not be actively involved

– But the issue is so sensitive that we have been actively involved• Next plan was to get more grants

– Very good success, since we have mostly funded only alternate years • Current situation is:

– #of brothels going down in Falkland Road center with small industries and builders moving in

– Tracking where the people are moving• Find that most people are giving up the trade since there is no new area in Mumbai• Trying to help these woman move back to their villages, or find a vocation for life

• Based on the above situation, we can see a 3 year exit window– Even during this phase we can help them find grants– Increase local awareness