We believe that trafficking in persons is a grave human rights violation, shattering the core of a person and shaking the foundations of the community. We strongly condemn it.

We stress the importance of collaboration for effective prevention. My Choices Foundation has partnered with over 100 NGOs across the country, building a collaborative network.

We call for a greater focus on prevention. Community radio, social media, and grassroots awareness campaigns should be used to identify and empower at-risk populations. During Covid, we built comprehensive e-learning modules and utilized 16 community radio stations to spread awareness.

We emphasize building sustainable communities through evidence-based programming. Insights from our behavioural research laid the foundation for our flagship Safe Village Programs. We reached over 5,200 villages, empowering over 2.3 million people. Our 4000 grassroots volunteers act as local influencers and sustain the impact we have created.

We strongly recommend leveraging technology to advance and sustain the anti-trafficking movement at all levels. Our big-data enabled ‘Vulnerability Mapping Tool’ helps us identify at-risk villages and facilitates targeted intervention. We are partnering with Traffik Analysis Hub to expand this tool globally.

We insist on the strengthening of national anti-trafficking helplines and building a unified platform for data collection.

We urge the governments and other agencies to multiply the efforts to address the root causes of trafficking namely poverty, unemployment and systematic and gender inequalities.

COVID-19 exposed the vulnerabilities faced by at-risk communities when a disaster or pandemic strikes. Traffickers have been utilizing modern technologies for trapping, grooming and exploiting the victims.