Flesh Trade is the trading of little girls to middlemen who force them into prostitution for their own gains. It’s a horrific act but sadly it’s taking place throughout India. These so called ‘middlemen’ have established a well connected network using which girls are bought and sold like a commodity. Mostly these girls are from poor family backgrounds and so most end up accepting their fate and learn to live with it. Of those who try to escape, only very few are able to make it all the way. Even then, society doesn’t let them live in peace and look at them as if they are the criminals.
Another problem is a very weak enforcement system. Even if the police manage to nab these culprits, most are able to bribe their way out and roam around free in hunt of their next prey. What the police do not understand is that the trauma a girl faces during all this is permanently damaging. So it’s far more beneficial to target the very roots of this flesh business and remove it completely. This would have a very positive impact on society. The number of childhoods saved and futures made can’t be matched.
As an individual, it’s very hard for us to do something significant to help them. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try. We can help the NGOs to open rehabilitation centres where the victims can go through therapy so that they can go back to living their normal lives. We can also volunteer to teach such girls because education has the power to liberate minds and make a person rise up in society. Last but not the least, ample awareness should be spread about such issues so that more and more people come forward to help.
By-
Pashmina Lakhanpal
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