Family and Child Welfare

Family and Child Welfare 3 (3+0)

Lesson 47 : Child Development Schemes

Scheme for Combating Trafficking of Women and Children

• Trafficking of women and children has been increasing in an alarming rate.
• This evil has to be inevitably tackled at local levels. It is the duty of the civilized society to prevent this and rehabilitate women and children who are being trafficked.
• In order to combat this organized menace, the department felt the need to create awareness at district, taluk and village level. The new scheme was sanctioned during 2006-07.
• Committees have been constituted at state, district, taluk and grama panchayat level. In order to see that these committees at the grass root level function in a proper manner it was felt that these members of the committees are to be sensitized.
• Accordingly training programmes were conducted to create awareness regarding the issue among these committee members at taluk and Grama Panchayat level and also one day awareness programme for the general public through Jathas, ralleys, street plays etc. were organized at taluk level.