As you walk towards the gate for entering India, there are posts and signs of organizations that are responding to issues of Trafficking e.g USAID. It was the most simplest border I have ever seen but it meant alot for the team's application in response to the Trafficking concern...
Had a conversation with Arnest who is deeply concerned of the effects and problems that young Bangla women encounter when they are Trafficked to Arabian countries, he is still having personal conflicts on the root for the concern. He said...' The women need to be educated and aware, build confidence to know what they can do for themselves" He felt that there is alot of negligence, and lack of motivation even from the women themselves, hence allowing themselves to be vulnerable to Trafficking"
Rupa, Rimi and Sumi joined the conversation reflecting that; there are less women empowerment processes, and most of the women are under bondage to their husbands, and cannot make personal decisions, they say yes to trafficking, they say yes to early marriages and say yes to abuse...
Issue of early marriages are leading to "Trafficking" Taposh joined in; he said " I know of a girl who was married early, her husband run away and the parents re-married her again to a man who went away with her and sold her to prostitution, greed for money, and lack of morals are leading to the increase of this concern in the country"
Arnest thinks women have also to take the blame.....its a two sided foundation for this concern, and one part needs to make up their mind in order for this to stop.
that's why processes as this begin to stimulate thoughts for communities to realise their own strength for response. Even though it seems as an endless cycle, there are ways for change, and its possible; as communities build confidence and generate a vision for their own children.
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