Project Proposal

On

Advocacy and Social Mobilization for Prevention of

Trafficking of Women and Children for Commercial
Sexual Exploitation in Sagar District

Submitted to
Ministry of Women and Child Development,
Govt. of India, New Delhi

through
Dept. of Women and Child Development,
Sagar (Madhya Pradesh)

Submitted by :
Abhiyantosh Bal Mahila Vikas Samiti

About Us:
Abhinaytosh Mahila Bal Vikas Samiti Sagar is a Social Welfare Society registered under Society
Registration Act, 1973 formed in the year 1991 by some social activists with some social causes.
Since its beginning the society is working for social development aspects with special emphasis
on Health & Awareness specially SRH (Sexual and Reproductive Health) and Education.
In the year 1995 FPAI started its even largest project Parivar Pragati Pariyojana, Small Family by
Choice (SFC) project. Accordingly the Samiti engaged in SRH activities and worked on the
guideline of FPAI. To achieve the target conducted various developmental activities along with
SRH activities. To make people aware for health and connect with our programme various events
like - Healthy Baby Competition, Programme for Mother-in-laws and daughter-in-law, Running
Child Welfare Centre, Short term training programme for women and youth were organized.
Other events included various technical/ professional training programs, health and awareness
camps in urban and rural areas, school health programme, distribution of FP items and follow-up,
Dai Training programme, Male and Female Sterilization camp, Adolescent counseling sessions,
To AIDS awareness various age, group and categories of people gather, to organize various
vaccination programme.
At the time of winding up of FPAI project, our samiti sustained few of its activities in Sagar
District of Madhya Pradesh. As a part we are running two health centres one is ten bedded
hospital and another is clinic cum counseling centre. In the centre main emphasis is on women
and children. Services are as follows:
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OPD - This is open every day for outdoor patients.

MTP facility is available
Delivery facilities are available
Immunization facility is provided
DOT services for TB patients
Contraceptive items for FP Acceptors
Levemisation for children
IUI facility is available
Lab facilities
Services for infertility problems
Services for Permanent FP method acceptors.
Time to time outreach camps are organized.

Along with it Samiti is conducting various developmental and health activities collaboration with
other organizations working in same issues. Conducting health activities in collaboration with
FOGSI, District Health Department, Regional Publicity Office, Government of India and other
organizations. Some of the initiatives taken up by the committee are:
Physiotherapy Centre: Looking to the need and non-availability of services physiotherapy centre
is run in the name of Astha Physiotherapy Centre.
Skill Development Centre: Pooja Kiran Skill Development Centre is run for women where time
to time counseling and health camp is organized.

Child Welfare Centre: To provide Health Counseling and SRH services to Sex workers family
society selected children to contact older members of the family. Started Child Welfare Centre
for pre-schooling children of Bedia Community village where maximum women are engaged in
sex work.
40 Plus Clinic: Samiti started 40 Plus Clinic in collaboration with FOGSI where health services
are provided for above 40 years age women.
Disabled People: To avail services for disabled people we are in close contact with District
Disability Centre and organized various camps with them. In the year 2007-08 done survey work
for disabled women for Reproductive and Child Health.
AIDS Awareness: Except regular counseling sessions, special awareness programmes organized
on Highways, Dhabas for truck drivers. We have established Condom Container at various Petrol
Pumps and Dhabas, where regular refilling is done.
Formation and Training to SHG: We have formed 38 SHG they are trained and continuing their
banking activities.
Urban RCH Programme: Samiti has been selected by District Health Committee to implement
Urban RCH programme at Sagar and completed satisfactorily.
ASHA Training: Samiti conducted ASHA workers training in Damoh and Narsinghpur district of
Madhya Pradesh.
Networking Member: Samiti is member of Networking like ARC, State Save the Girl Child
Committee etc. Organising Workshop/Meeting in collaboration with following organisations like
ARC, UNFPA, FOGSI, FPAI Bhopal, Regional Publicity Office, Sagar (GOI) and other NGOs.
Participation in Workshop/Convention: Workshops organized by ARC at Bhopal, Advocacy
workshop by FPAI and IPPF South Asian Region at Bhopal, National Convention organized by
NCRI, Hyderabad at Allahabad, National Convention on Nai Taleem at Patna.
Key Achievements: Samiti member awarded for best health service provider of the district by the
Minister for Panchayat and Rural Development in kind recommendation of District Collector.

Background:
The trafficking of people, mostly of women and children is a burgeoning criminal activity that
generates unbelievably large profits every year, third only to illegal drugs and weapons trade.
Every year, thousands of women and children are reported missing from their homes in different
parts of the globe. Such victims of trafficking are usually lifted from deprived regions and
villages and exported to mainly urban areas within or across borders.
The 'Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and
Children', defines trafficking in persons to mean the use of threats, force, abduction, fraud,
deception, abuse of power or other forms of coercion for the recruitment, transportation, transfer,

harboring or receipt of persons for the purpose of exploitation. Exploitation includes prostitution,
other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labor, slavery, servitude or the removal of organs.
Today in our country there are many communities who have adopted prostitution as a source of
their livelihood. Bediya community in is Madhya Pradesh is known for the same. Only the
daughters and sisters of the community work. <History> Women born into this community stay
unmarried, they engage in prostitution in order to provide for the economic needs of their natal
family. Married women are not involved in any of the prostitution. And, men who do not work as
such have developed a strong resistance to any change in their mode of living. More than a
profession this is a multifaceted problem. A large women trafficking network is active in the
districts of Shajapur, Sagar, guna, Morena, Shivpuri, Sheopur and Vidisha.
Keeping the above things in the mind Abhiyantosh Bal Mahila Vikas Samiti is submitting a
Project Advocacy and Social Mobilization for Prevention of Trafficking of Women and
Children for Commercial Sexual Exploitation in Sagar District.

Field Research:
The Bedia Community of the society is living in few districts of the state, who are engaged in
commercial sex activities. The same activities are continued since their ancestors. The
communities got engaged in this profession due to their poor financial condition and social status
of untouchable. But in present days context urban society is too much developed and broken all
the social tradition like untouchability, but this community is also engaged in their traditional
profession. The same is only happens due to the lacking behind such community. Because the
people of the higher communities do not pay their attention to this backward community. They
try to come to front but the higher society does not want. So there is a need of special attention to
uplift this community. Now days they are not too financial poor but they are in need of moral
support, guidance and proper care as well as awareness. To do this work our society
Abhinaytosh Mahila Bal vikash Samiti has made a survey of this community and
propose to plan and implement its activities in constructive manner.
The Bedia community was initially involved in activities related to the traditional Rai dance.
This type of art form is famous in the entire region of Bundelkhand. Rai which was once a
symbol of art and culture now became one of the mere commercial means. It intended to make
money and profits and the respect of the art form degraded to enormous levels. Making the
artists involved synonymous with the professions like prostitution and flesh trade. The villages in
Sagar were Patharia, Habla Chauki, Lidhaura and Fatehpur. These villages had a considerable
population of the Bedia community. There were other villages also but the population had
apparently migrated to other areas due to several reasons.
The Demographic statistics appeared to be shocking as the kids as young as 10 years were
transformed into Bednis and were a part of prostitution
<Project area inspection>
<Project Area- Village survey and people to be covered and migrated families>

<Net number of people Village population>

<Health scenario of the target group>
<Age statistics>
<Per year statistics of women exposed to prostitution>

Goal:
Initiatives to Prevent Trafficking of Women and Children for Commercial Sexual Exploitation in
Sagar District.

Objectives of the Project:

1. To sensitize and educate People, Media, District administration, NGOs and other important
stake holders about the issues related to trafficking of Women and Children for Commercial
Sexual Exploitation.
2. To create a network of concerned legal, media, District administration and women activists
willing to address the issue of trafficking of women and children and sensitization of the
communities in the geographical areas of work and working towards prevention of trafficking.
3. To do Advocacy of the recommendations emerged from the grassroots / women groups for the
social protection of women and children.
4. To educate women about their rights and laws against the trafficking.
5. Development of appropriate educational material on the issue for the larger coverage.

Proposed Activities:
1. Formation and Functioning of 3 Community Vigilance Groups: There will be 3
Community Vigilance Groups formed in the Project Area. Each group will have 30 Members. It
is proposed that monthly meeting of every group will also be organized by the organization.
<Area to be focused upon>
2. Formation and Functioning of 3 Adolescent Boys & Girls Groups: There will be 3 groups
formed inviting Adolescent Boys and Girls from the project area. Each group has 30 members.
Monthly meeting of each group will also be organized by the organization.
3. One Sensitization workshop on Trafficking and related issues: A one day District level
workshop will be organized in Sagar inviting other NGOs, Media, Govt. Officials (Womens
welfare and health department, district panchayat)and other important stake holders. The purpose
of the workshop will be to orient participants about the issue and to ensure their roles and
responsibilities for the effective implementation of the project.

4. Mass Awareness Generation through Street Plays and Rallies: For mass awareness
generation it is proposed that 10 street plays will be organized in the project area within one year.
Purpose of these shows will to create awareness at large scale in the project area. Similarly 10
Awareness Rallies will also be organized.
5. Procurement and Production of Information, Education and Communication Material:
15000 Handouts on the issue will be published and distributed during the various activities.
Posters and hoardings in schools and aaganbandi kendras and other prominent places in villages

Partners and Stakeholders:

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Women and Children from the Bediya community in particular

Other NGOs
Volunteers
Members of the Village Panchayats
Members of the Village Committees
Media Representatives
Government Officials
Grassroot workers of ICDS and Health Department
Ordinary Citizens of Sagar District

Monitoring:

Monitoring of the project will start form the very first day of implementation of the
project.

The monitoring will be done at different level by the Chief Functionary of the
organization and the Programme Coordinator to see whether the time bond activities have
been performed or not.

Regular reporting of each activity and meeting with the partners and other stake holders
will be the part of monitoring process.

Receipt of feedback from the stakeholders on a regular basis will also be an important
indicator for monitoring.

Expected Outcome:

3 Community Groups will be formed and started working for the prevention of
Trafficking of Women and Children for Commercial Sexual Exploitation.

3 Groups of Adolescent boys and girls will be formed and oriented about the issue.

Local Authorities, Media, Civil Society and other important stakeholders will be
sensitized through the District level workshop about the importance of the issue.

Approx. 20000 people from different background in the district will be made aware to
understand the gravity of the problem through the special events and campaign.

<Overall Development related to education>

Budget Requested:
COMPONENT (PREVENTION)

Annual
Budget
(in Rs)

1.

Formation and functioning of Community Vigilance Group

(Minimum 3 Community Vigilance Group)

a. Formation

6000

b. Nurturing (monthly meeting, correspondence, transport etc.)

18000

1.

Formation and functioning of Balika (adolescent girls)/Balala (adolescent

children) Sanghas (Minimum 3 Sanghas)

a. Formation

6000

b. Nurturing (monthly meeting, correspondence, transport etc.)

18000

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Sensitization Workshops/Seminars (2 days)

3
a. Hiring of Venue

5000

b. Communication

1000

c. Resource Persons

2500
4500

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d. Lunch and Refreshment (at least 30 participants x Rs 75 x 2 days)

<Cost to be

e. Resource material

increased>
2000

f. TA/DA for participants

3000

Awareness generation through mass media including kalajathas, street plays,

pupettery or through any other art forms, preferably traditional
Formation of Group
Performance of play (includes travel, lodging/boarding, publicity @ Rs
2500 x 10 plays)

10000
25000

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Development and printing of awareness generation material such

as pamphlets, leaflets and posters hoardings, advertisements etc.

65500

(in local language)

TOTAL

1,66,500

Sustainability of the Project:

There are two ways of sustainability of the project activities first one is to keep the issue alive
and second one is to fulfill the financial resources to continue the efforts. If organization will
implement project according to the plan then there is no doubt that the issue will be alive for a
long time. From the beginning of the project the samiti will think about the sustainability as well
as replication of the project.

Given below are some probable & potential donors/supporters for the sustainability of the
Project :

Donations from the Private Companies/Industries under the Corporate Social

Responsibility.
Donations from the Elected Representatives, Social Workers etc will also help us to
continue the project.

Timeline for Events: