Media Coverage of Impulse Model – Impulse NGO Network

Media Coverage of the Impulse Model

Over the years, the Impulse Model of the Impulse NGO Network has been featured in many articles and news reports, in India and across the world.

Featured below, are links to some of the articles mentioned above.

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Impulse NGO takes stock of rise in human trafficking
February 28, 2020: In an effort to address human trafficking in Garo hills, Meghalaya, Impulse NGO network held a district-level consultation and workshop on February 25-27. In collaboration with Meghalaya Administrative Training Institute (MATI), the Meghalaya government, supported by Church’s Auxilliary for Social Action, organised several programmes at the DC’s office in Tura.

To read the full post in EastMojo, please click here.
Anti-human trafficking awareness program held at Tura
February 28, 2020: In a bid to address the growing menace of human trafficking in Garo Hills, Impulse NGO Network in collaboration with Meghalaya Administrative Training Institute (MATI) and sponsored by Church’s Auxilliary for Social Action held awareness programs at Tura, West Garo Hills on Feb 25th and 26th.

To read the full post in Shillong Mail, please click here.

Defender –Path Maker
April 16, 2019 : Hasina Kharbhih has spent three decades protecting women from northeast India – lured from their homes with promises of jobs and better lives – from slavery and exploitation. Having fought 74,000 cases, within the country and along its borders, our latest Devi is on a mission to nurture change-makers in the region’s human trafficking hot-spots. Watch! Be Inspired! Spread the word! The Devi Project © is an original portrait film project by Cutting Chai Content.

To read the full article in Cutting Chai Content, please click here.
Defender –Path Maker
April 15, 2019 : NEW FILM OUT SOON _ DEFENDER. PATH-MAKER. _ Human trafficking. _ Just because it hasn’t happened to you or someone you know doesn’t mean it’s not real. _ Journey with us to northeast India to meet a woman whose organisation has tackled more than 70,000 cases of human trafficking over the past 30 years. _ Our film about her impact out soon. _ Devi Project ©️ is a portrait film project by Cutting Chai Content. _ #cuttingchaicontent #thedeviproject #jointheconversation #realworldrealpeoplerealstories #humanrights #humantrafficking #stophumantrafficking #stopslavery #modernslavery #saynotoslavery #unifem #empoweredwomenempowerwomen #streetphoto #magnumphotos #streetlife #streetportrait #photojournalism #lensculturestreets #urbanphotography #everydayasia #theglobewanderer #wearethestreet #dailylife #beststreets #exploringtheglobe #incredibleindia #photographers_of_india #indiagram #storiesofindia #canonphotos

To read the full article in Cutting Chai Content, please click here.
India’s new-age anti-trafficking tools: Big data, AR comics, mobile games
April 10, 2019 : Mindy went missing in the last week of July 2016 from Rynjah, a locality in Shillong in the
northeastern state of Meghalaya.

To read the full article in Factor Daily, please click here.
TanganTangan Kecil
April 2, 2019 : TanganTangan Kecil

To read the full article in Vimeo, please click here.
International Women’s Day-2019
March 4, 2019 : This International Women’s Day 2019, we at MADessentials decided to share inspirational stories and celebrate the achievements of women who are making a difference in the society.

To read the full article in MAD essentials, please click here.
Celebrating ChangemakHERS: How Women Social Entrepreneurs Lead and Innovate
March 2,2019 : Ashoka, with the support of the Citi Foundation, sought to understand how female social
entrepreneurs lead and innovate, and how these insights could help more women and girls drive
positive social change. Through a mapping of diverse women social entrepreneurs in Ashoka’s
network—the largest in the world—this research offers an analysis of the barriers and
opportunities related to women’s leadership in social innovation, and a roadmap for how the
social entrepreneur, business, and donor communities can create enabling environments for
women and girls to succeed as changemakers: people who take creative action to solve social
problems for the benefit of all.

To read the full article in Ashoka, please click here.
What’s it like being an Ashoka Fellow
February 12, 2019 :As the largest network of social entrepreneurs in the world, we went back to some of our Ashoka India Fellows to find out, what has the journey been like for them. ‘Crazy’ is a word that came up!

To read the full article in Ashoka India, please click here.
Farishtey
January 5, 2019 : Meet our Eighth #Farishtey… #HasinaKharbhih who has helped to save 72,442 people from human trafficking. Hasina has been working in eight north eastern states and three countries. She has been fighting for over two decades to end trafficking in the Northeast, through her Impulse NGO Network which got the World Innovation Awards and got replicated in three countries… #CoveringMilesSpreadingSmiles #FNPWorld #FNPFarishtey #HumanTrafficking #HumanRights #Trafficking

To read the full article in FNP World, please click here.
Women’s World
January 1, 2019 : Women’s World

To read the full article in Northeast Live, please click here.
Extraordinary Indians
January 1, 2019 : After class XII, Hasina Kharbhih had secured a scholarship to study at Cardiff University, UK.
Since she was the first student in her college in Shillong to get such an opportunity, her class
threw her a party. But as Kharbhih stood at the airport clutching her luggage, she couldn’t shake
off the guilt she experienced.

To read the full article in Readers Digest, please click here.

Every year 1.2 Millions Kids Are Trafficked In India
October 15, 2018 : Every year 1.2 Millions Kids Are Trafficked In India.

To read the full article in Youtube, please click here.
Meet Hasina Kharbhih who helped save more than 72,000 people from human trafficking
October 4,2018 : Human trafficking is a massive $32 billion industry in India, and minor girls comprise 40 percent of sex workers. There are many supporting and ensuring that these girls lead normal lives. Among
them is 47-year-old Hasina Kharbhih who is a Fellow from Ashoka University.

To read the full article in Your Story, please click here.
This Shillong-Based NGO Has Saved Over 72,000 Victims of Human Trafficking!
October 2, 2018 : If women have the power to choose, they can nip unsafe migration in the bud and
consequently human trafficking,” says Hasina Kharbhih, founder of Impulse NGO
Network.

To read the full article in The Better India, please click here.
Impulse Press Lab to combat human cross-border trafficking
January 30, 2018 : Impulse Press Lab to combat human cross-border trafficking.

SHILLONG (Meghalaya), Jan 29 : The Impulse NGO Network (INGON) here has launched a
project engaging the media to counter human trafficking in and between the borders of India,
Bangladesh, Myanmar and Nepal.

To read the full article in The Shillong Times, please click here.
Lured with a happily-ever-after dream, Rohingya girls sold in India
January 22, 2018 : Trapped: Many hurdles to repatriate foreign nationals sex
trafficked to India

NUH, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – At 15, Raheema left her home in Rakhine state in
Myanmar, crossed two international borders and was sold to be married to a man in India just a few
years younger than her father.

To read the full article in Reuters India, please click here.
Human Trafficking: 4 GH Girls Rescued from Bihar
January 8, 2018 : Human Trafficking: 4 GH Girls Rescued from Bihar

To read the full article in The Shillong Times, please click here.
Trafficking in Northeast India takes new form; girls trafficked in the name of ’employment’
In a world where technology has overcome many physical barriers and turning into a significant part
of life, a cursory look at the impact of technology in our day to day life is equally important so as to
enable us to know about the its challenges as well as benefits.

To read the full article in TheNorthEastToday, please click here.
Hasina Kharbhih: Her struggle for Impulse NGO Network.
Hasina Kharbhih : Her struggle for Impulse NGO Network.

From trafficking Trails to Empowered Self-Entrepreneurs: Hasina
Kharbhih continues her journey towards re-telling the lives of these women!

What could have been tales of tragedy for thousands of women and children is now positively set towards a new philosophy of life? The fate of women in the Northeast remains undecided as they find themselves on the cusp of displacement with separatist movements, insurgencies, natural calamities, decreasing employment avenues, adding up to their mass migration. Northeastern state Assam also records the highest number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDP)s. Now, these have been very disturbing trends and has been the reality of this region for long.

To read the full article in PlusMinus Magazine, please click here.

The Impulse to Bring Change
December 19, 2017 :In the last decade, a quiet movement at the grassroots has been changing things in some of India’s Northeast’s villages. A petite warrior has been at the forefront of an anti-trafficking movement in the
state in particular and the Northeast andNorth Bengal in generalscaling up to Myanamar,Nepal and
Bangladesh over the last six years.Hasina Kharbhih has been working relentlessly for the last two
decades to stop human trafficking and provide livelihood support in rural Northeast through her
NGO, ImpulseNGO Network.As a grassroots activist and social entrepreneur, Kharbhih has made
significant changes in the lives of the people of the Northeastand neighbouring countries. So, how did
it all begin?

To read the full article in NE Travel and Life, please click here.
Kharbih’s Impulse Model: A focus on empowerment
DECEMBER 16, 2017 : At a time when the entire North Eastern region is plagued with the problem of human-trafficking, mostly of people from the vulnerable sections in the society, an initiative by a Social-Entrepreneur from the region, Hasina Kharbhih promises to be a bankable model to curb this major menace. A recipient of the prestigious Ashoka Fellowship, Kharbhih’s initiative, titled the Impulse Model, operates under the six ‘P’s (Partnership, Prevention, Protection, Policing, Press and Prosecution) and five ‘R’s (Report, Rescue, Rehabilitation, Repatriation and Reintegration Re-compensation), and is being expanded across all the states in the region.
Heritage-The New Business Opportunity
December 16 2017 :Heritage-The New Business Opportunity

To read the full article in Facebook, please click here.
Trust Conference 2017: Actions - Jess Search and Hasina Kharbhih
November 15, 2017 :Trust Conference 2017: Actions – Jess Search and Hasina Kharbhih

To read the full article in Youtube, please click here.
From catering to coding, jobs help survivors of slavery to rebuild lives
November 13, 2017 :Heritage-The New Business Opportunity

To read the full article in Thomson Reuters Foundation News, please click here.
Trafficked on Myanmar passports, Indian housemaids struggle to return home
November 7, 2017 :AIZWAL, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The 17-year-old recalls being excited as she took the car journey and bus ride from her home in northeast India and across the border into Myanmar.
But a few weeks into her stay in Yangon, a phone call to her distraught mother suddenly made her
fearful.

To read the full article in Reuters India, please click here.
Freedom Warrior
October 8, 2017 :The fight for freedom has been carried out for 25 years to save innocent lives from human traffickers.

Fight against human trafficking can be complex and tedious but Hasina Kharbhih does not hesitate to
take the bull by the horns. At 17, Meghalaya-based Kharbhih walked away from an opportunity to
study in London and pursued her work to prevent trafficking, an initiative she had taken up as part of
extracurricular activity in school.

To read the full article in Business Today, please click here.
MYANMAR EMERGES AS TRANSIT HUB FOR TRAFFICKING NORTHEAST GIRL TO SOUTH EAST ASIA
October 05, 2017: For 17-year-old Kate Lam (name changed) the offer for a job in Singapore seemed the best chance to escape the poverty of her home at Churachandpur district in Manipur. The minor, however, had no idea that she would become a victim of an international trafficking racket and would be sent illegally to Myanmar to be flown later to Singapore to work as domestic worker.

To read the full article in Hindustan Times, please click here.
Traffickers Find New Ways To Smuggle Girls From India’s Remote Northeast
July 5 2017:MUMBAI — Young girls from India’s remote northeast are lured with promises of good jobs and
trafficked to Southeast Asia and the Middle East on Nepalese passports, campaigners say, amid fears
traffickers are finding new ways to escape checks.

To read the full article in HuffPost , please click here.
In Conversation with Hasina Kharbhih: Tackling Trafficking Systematically
June 1, 2017:Hasina Kharbhih is a nationally and internationally acclaimed human rights activist cum social
entrepreneur. Her works on human trafficking are commendable. She was the person who came up
with the Impulse Model for tracking human trafficking. She is the founder of Impulse NGO
Network

To read the full article in Feminism In India, please click here.
Assam: Prostitution, a booming business in the heart of Silchar- A TNT investigation!
21 April, 2017:Even as the government has taken various initiatives to prevent trafficking of women
in the country, the existence of an organised red-light area in the heart of Silchar town, the
headquarters of Cachar district, explicitly reveals how prostitution over the years has become a
booming business here. This not only exposes the lack of a plan in properly weeding out the
“unwanted pests” of the society, but also derides the district administration which has ostensibly been
in oblivion on the forever-clamant issue till date.

To read the full article in TheNorthEastToday, please click here.

WOMEN AND CHILDREN’S RIGHTS
10 Mar, 2016: Hasina Kharbhih created the internationally acknowledged Meghalaya Model, a comprehensive tracking system that successfully brings together the state government, security agencies, legal groups, media, and citizen groups to combat the cross-border trafficking of children in the porous Northeastern states of India.

To read the full article in Ashoka SV Innovation Exchanges, please click here.
NAGALAND POLICE RECEIVES SOFTWARE TO TRACK TRAFFICKING VICTIMS
29 Jan, 2016: Human trafficking is an alarming threat that the country is facing in the present context and Nagaland does not provide with a different picture with a rise in demand for domestic helpers and cheap labours in the state which shares its borders with so many states and a country.

To read the full article in Nagaland Page, please click here.
NEW TECH TO FIGHT HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN NAGALAND
29 Jan, 2016: Nagaland Police joined hands with Shillong based ‘Impulse NGO Network’ an anti-human trafficking non-profit organisation to combat human – trafficking through the use of new technology called the “Impulse Case Info Centre Software”.

To read the full article Eastern Mirror, please click here.

AND THE UNWILLING WHO GET TRAPPED
07 Jul, 2015: The Meghalaya Model in “combating child trafficking through networking in Northeast India” which evolved after Impulse NGO Network conducted a need assessment study to understand the basic issue that needs intervention needs to be replicated in the entire Northeast.

To read the full article in Tehelka, please click here.
PUNJAB ADOPTS MEGHALAYA MODEL TO CURB CHILD LABOUR
02 Jul, 2015: Punjab Government adopted the Meghalaya Model to curb child labour under which provisions will be of Rs 20,000 as fine and three months imprisonment to offenders. A meeting under the chairmanship of Sukesh Kalia, Chairman, Punjab State Commission for the Protection of Child Rights was held.

To read the full article in Business Standard, please click here.
Acting East, Trafficking West

June 11, 2015: Impulse NGO Network’s investigations suggest that cross-border trafficking mostly involves people being trafficked from Myanmar into India, for a variety of different ends: from Kachin children sent back and forth across the border as drug mules, to Chin women in the Mizo Hills forced into prostitution rings. Hasina Kharbhih, Chair of Board, Impulse NGO Network says that stronger cross-border connectivity “will lift trafficking, unless we take the right border security measures.”

Greater connectivity could result in more human trafficking from Myanmar into India. Are the two countries ready to face the challenge? To read the article by Foreign Policy, click here

THE HALF OF THE SKY – PROFILING WOMEN OF NORTHEAST
02 Dec, 2014: Hasina Kharbhih has created the Meghalaya Model, a collective initiative involving government, NGOs, judiciary, police etc which work in close collaboration to tackle human trafficking in northeast of India.

To read the full article inThe Assam Tribune, please click here.
HASINA KHARBHIH EMPOWERS WOMEN TO END HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN INDIA: AN EXCLUSIVE
20 Oct, 2014: Impulse Model which is earlier known as Meghalaya Model addressed trafficking of women and children and look after the 5 R’s and 5 P’s. Impulse Model won second place in the world to fight crime related to human trafficking.
It’s also replicated by Bangladesh, Myanmar and Nepal. More of the migrate people who were the victim of human trafficking, migration has happen because people are looking for the economic opportunities outside.

Migrate people having some traditional skills which is not as high as skill that anybody would be coming from good background and also not income generating. Impulse Model helps these people in channelizing the ongoing business and also feeling proud what they have. Impulse Model helped in preventing trafficking in this way.

To read the full article in Eastern Sky Media, please click here.
PRESERVING THE FABRIC: BY MAHITHI PILLAY
12 Sep, 2014: “The northeast need a strong identity to bind it and I believe art and craft could be the answer” –Hasina Kharbhih.
As part of the Impulse NGO Network, Kharbhih’s team came up with the UN certified Meghalaya model (now called Impulse model) for human trafficking intervention. The model helped direct efforts towards communities that needed aid the most, helping agencies such as the government or United Nations office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) chip in for every specific roles.

Started by Shillong resident Hasina Kharbhih in December 2010 with initial investment of 10 lakhs, ISE works to prevent unsafe migration and human trafficking by providing communities in northeast India a livelihood in their own neighbourhood. Kharbhih brought ISE to life, marketing handloom products made by artisans in all eight states under Empower brand.

“About 60% of Indian’s population is in rural areas and at these locations women are limited to their homes. If we can give these women the opportunity to work from the comfort of their homes, they don’t need to travel to cities to look and land up in exploitative situations. The northeast needs a strong identity to bind it and I believe art and craft could be the answer. It’s even better if its helps unsafe migration” Kharbhih said.

To read the full article in Outlook Business, please click here.
STAYING SAFE IN CONFLICT ZONES: ADVICE FROM FEMALE SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS.
18 Jun, 2014: As the founder of Impulse Social Enterprises and Impulse NGO Network, which provides livelihood opportunities for vulnerable communities affected by human trafficking in North-East India, she has faced several death threats and has been assaulted in front of a local court when fighting a case.

Hasina Kharbhih Founder Impulse NGO Network has developed the “Meghalaya Model” which has helped change the lives of more than 20,000 local women artisans.

To read the full article in The Guardian, please click here.
IDEX PHOTO OF THE WEEK
29 May, 2014: The Meghalaya Model, created by Impulse NGO Network, is a multi-sector approach involving government, law enforcement, judiciary and civil society organizations that creates a comprehensive framework for combating human trafficking of girls under the five “Ps”: Prevention, Protection, Policing, Press and Prosecution.

The model’s different initiatives aim to track and rescue trafficked children, facilitate rehabilitation, provide families with livelihood alternatives, prosecute offenders, and raise awareness on the issue.

To read the full article in IDEX, please click here.
INGON REHAB PROJECT – PHOTO OF THE WEEK ON IDEX
29 May, 2014: The Meghalaya Model (now known as the Impulse Model), created by Impulse NGO Network, is a multi-sector approach involving government, law enforcement, judiciary and civil society organizations that creates a comprehensive framework for combating human trafficking of girls under the five “Ps”: Prevention, Protection, Policing, Press and Prosecution.

The model’s different initiatives aim to track and rescue trafficked children, facilitate rehabilitation, provide families with livelihood alternatives, prosecute offenders, and raise awareness on the issue.

To read the full article in IDEX, please click here.
RAISING THE STAKES AGAINST CHILD TRAFFICKING: ARTICLE BY SRUTHI GOTTIPATI
17 Jan, 2014: The Meghalaya Model was approved by Indian Government and supported by United Nation Office on Drug and Crime and UN women. It is based on five P’s and three R’s.

In this Model many stakeholders work together such as law enforcement, Social Welfare, Education, Labor Department, Media, Civil Society, and Judiciary to combat human trafficking.

The Meghalaya Model has been enacted in eight northeastern states within the span of 10 years. The model focuses on the involvement and coordination of various government agencies to collectively respond with available resources.

To read the full article in The New York Times, please click here.

ANTI TRAFFICKING CONCLAVE ENDS: MEDIA & LAW ENFORCEMENT LAUDED
09 Dec, 2013,: The American Center, Kolkata in association with the Impulse NGO Network organized a three day anti trafficking in-persons conclave 3 titled moving forward.

Several participants from India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Hong Kong and New York attended the conclave.

During the conclave Impulse Model’s Token of Recognition and Arunachal times were awarded The Impulse Model’s Media Awards for change Maker for their reportage on human trafficking.

To read the full article in Assam Times, please click here.
IN CONVERSATION WITH HASINA KHARBHIH, CEO IMPULSE
03 Dec, 2013,: Hasina Kharbhih is the founder, president and presently the team leader of Impulse NGO network, a social organization working on issues of child trafficking, HIV/AIDS intervention and livelihood support initiatives for rural Northeast India.

Meghalaya Model addresses the issue of child trafficking and this system brings together the state government, police, legal support, the media, and NGO’s working together to bring about systemic change. This model is effective in combating child trafficking with the help of four P’s and the three R’s by law enforcement agencies and civil society.
This model is now implementing in eight states of north east.

To read the full article in Lokvani, please click here.
Opening the Bank to Civil Society
October 7, 2013: We come from different countries, but we have social issues that are so well connected to each other, and when we are sitting around one table we do make a difference because we have one voice, says Hasina Kharbhih, Chair of Board, Impulse NGO Network as she gave her views on the World Bank supporting the Global Partnership for Social Accountability and awarding its first grants to CSOs for initiatives promoting social accountability.

The Bank sponsored about 60 CSO representatives, youth leaders, and academics from over 50 countries to attend the Annual Meetings.

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FIGHTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING: GDN FUNDS INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
26 Jun, 2013,: To provide a long lasting, holistic solution to rampant human trafficking problem, Impulse has created the Meghalaya model which not only rescues, rehabilitates and reintegrates victims of human trafficking but also overseas prosecutions of the traffickers and raises awareness to prevent human trafficking.
What makes the model special is its ability to get various stakeholders involved. “We understand that the issue of human trafficking is too big to be handled only by a few NGOs. The government agencies and other stakeholders have to involved” says Hasina Kharbhih.

To read the full article in GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT NETWORK, please click here.
INSIDE THE MIND OF AN ASHOKA FELLOW: HOW HASINA KHARBHIH DEVELOPED A MODEL TO END HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN INDIA
06 May, 2013,: The Impulse NGO Network team developed the internationally recognised Impulse Model to comprehensively address the root causes and persistent challenges of human trafficking. The Impulse Model is now being adapted by many countries all over the world.
According to Hasina Kharbhih to address human trafficking problem holistically, she and her team decided to work with the legal process. There are five P’s- Prevention, Protection, Press, Policing, Prosecution and five Rs — Reporting, Rescue, Rehabilitation, Repatriation, and Reintegration.

After reporting a rescue done by police the next process of Rehabilitation, but it is short term. Next process is repatriate after that help the victim to Reintegrating in the society. Indian laws are not sensitive to human trafficking, it is not prostitution and need to sensitive than any other crime, that’s why five Ps came out which focuses on training and capacity building for law enforcement.

Human trafficking is a crime and prosecution will take place for it. Media helps in raising funds to encouraging prevention, protection after rescue. So training programs an important part of the model.

To read the full article in Asian Philanthropy Forum, please click here.

INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION FOR IMPULSE CASE INFORMATION CENTRE DATABASE
02 Apr, 2012: Impulse Case Information Centre database, Meghalaya has been declared as semi-finalist by Global Development Network (GDN), as the most innovative Development initiative an international recognition.
Impulse Meghalaya model is a comprehensive method to address the problems of human trafficking from different aspects, engaging stakeholders to work in a collaborative network.

The aim of the model is to track and rescue trafficked children to facilitate rehabilitation, provide families with livelihood alternatives, to prosecute offenders and raise awareness.

These activities translate to the pillars of Meghalaya model which are five “Ps” prevention, protection, policing, press and prosecution and five “Rs” reporting, rescue, rehabilitation, repatriation and re-compensation.

The model has also received further recognition as a good practice by UNDP in 2007, Ashoka in 2006 and government of India where it is in draft to become a national model.

To read the full article in Meghalaya times, please click here.

TULSA GLOBAL ALLIANCE: OUR STORIES
29 Oct, 2011: Ms. Hasina Kharbhih Founder Impulse NGO network was nominated as a Ashoka Fellow for her work in developing a holistic approach to combating inter –state and cross –border child and human trafficking called the Meghalaya Model.

This Model was chosen as one of the top three in the world at the 13th Annual Global Development Conference in 2011.

To read the full article on Tulsa Global Alliance, please click here.
ANTI HUMAN TRAFFICKING MANUAL HELPS POLICE DEPTS IN NORTHEAST
20 Feb, 2011: To combat human trafficking and rehabilitation of victims, Impulse NGO Network has simplified the law and compiled, into a handbook, which has been adopted by police training school across the northeast.
The handbook simplified laws. It’s also talk about how to prevent human trafficking and the investigation process and alternative strategies to combat menace.

Hasina Kharbhih of impulse has her focus clear – to combat human trafficking and rehabilitate victims “because without rehabilitation there is always the risk of victims being pushed back into the vicious cycle.”

To read the full article on Thaindian News, please click here.

MEGHALAYA MODEL – COMBATING HUMAN TRAFFICKING THROUGH A COMPREHENSIVE FRAMEWORK
02 Sep, 2010: The Meghalaya model is a multi sector approach involving government, law enforcement, judiciary and civil society organizations that creates a comprehensive framework for combating trafficking of girls under five “Ps” prevention, protection, policing, press and prosecution.
This idea addresses under utilization of resources by different stakeholders by creating a formal network of organizations situated in strategic locations to co-ordinate a response to human trafficking cases within North East region.

The models different initiatives aim to track and rescue children trafficked, facilitate rehabilitation, provide families with livelihood, alternatives, prosecute offenders and raise awareness on the issues.

To read the full post in Ashoka (Change Makers), please click here.

LOOK EAST POLICY MAY INCREASE HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN NE: CONFERENCE
31 Oct, 2009: According to Ms Hasina Kharbhih tehe leader of the Shillong based Impulse NGO network ‘with an estimated 30 million trafficked in South East Asia during the past ten years , the Centre’s Look East Policy will be more vulnerable to human trafficking in the north eastern region.
The programme was organised by Impulse NGO network in collaboration with Arunachal Times (media partner) , Athupopo Social Foundation (State Partner) and supported by UNIFEM (United Nations Development Fund for Women).

The objective of the programme was to encourage greater print media publication of human trafficking and building the capacity of journalists on the issue of human trafficking.

Inter trafficking in India is very high for labour 23 percent and for sexual exploitation 77 percent is being done in India.

Almost half of the child prostitutes were from the north east region and were sold to the brothels in Mumbai , Pune and Ahmedabad.

Editor of the Arunachal Times Audrey Apang emphasized for the need of sensitized media , police and NGO to address human trafficking. Lack of awareness is the main reasons for the exploitation and human trafficking.

To read the full post in The Arunachal Times, please click here.
GANGTOK WORKSHOP ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING AT PCS
09 Oct, 2009: A capacity building workshop for local journalists on their role in addressing issues related with human trafficking with Shillong Impulse NGO network and Sikkim Express in association with the Press Club of Sikkim (PCS).

The representatives of Human Rights Law Network (HRLN) Sikkim unit and HOPE NGO have been roped in as resource persons for the workshop supported by UNIFEM.
Impulse Team Leader Hasina Kharbhih spoke on the sensitiveness the reporters have to attach in doing reports
related with human trafficking and other allied social menaces.

She also highlighted the global issue of human trafficking which comes in various forms luring millions of women and children in forced slavery and sexual exploitation.

HRLN Sikkim chapter director Dr. Doma Bhutia also briefed the media in various legal and constitutional parameters related to human trafficking during the workshop.

PCS President Paramani Danga spoke on the media response to reporting on social issues with special reference to human trafficking.

To read the full post in Sikkim News, please click here.

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