{"id":173,"date":"2016-11-18T11:04:54","date_gmt":"2016-11-18T11:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mychoicesfoundation.org\/redalert\/?p=173"},"modified":"2023-04-25T06:37:39","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T06:37:39","slug":"cvc-strengthening-makes-a-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mychoicesfoundation.org\/redalert\/cvc-strengthening-makes-a-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"CVC Strengthening Makes a Difference"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"173\" class=\"elementor elementor-173\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-311a7217 elementor-section-height-min-height redalert-homebanner elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"311a7217\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-37aa6f2c\" data-id=\"37aa6f2c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30205ec elementor-align-center elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"30205ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/mychoicesfoundation.org\/redalert\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor\/assets\/css\/widget-icon-list.min.css\">\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">CATEGORY: OPERATION RED ALERT<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3464c360 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3464c360\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.9.1 - 14-12-2022 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CVC Strengthening Makes a Difference<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34643bb3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"34643bb3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A core mission of our SVPs is to strengthen the local CVC so that it can play its part in preventing trafficking. This story shows how it\u2019s happening!<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-691829d3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"691829d3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5bb4b30a\" data-id=\"5bb4b30a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3e2d30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a3e2d30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CVC Strengthening Makes a Difference<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f68f45b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4f68f45b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A core mission of our SVPs is to strengthen the local CVC so that it can play its part in preventing trafficking. This story shows how it\u2019s happening!<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-381814a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"381814a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">*Radhika is just 14 years old, but she fell in love with 19 year old *Hamad from the neighboring village.  They would see each other occasionally when Hamad came to Radhika\u2019s village to visit his uncle. Assuming that their parents would never be for their marriage, the two decided to elope and ran away together.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-521ab4c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"521ab4c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Radhika\u2019s village is in the North 24 Parganas of West Bengal. Nearly a year before Radhika went missing, Operation Red Alert had conducted a Safe Village Program in her village. One of the core missions of each SVP is to establish a Community Vigilance Committee (CVC) or strengthen an existing CVC. CVCs exist in villages across the country, having been put together by government programs, but are rarely equipped with up to date training and resources that help them serve their village.  However, these Committees have great potential to promote awareness, monitor safety, monitor local police action, and engage NGO services for their communities.  Our training equips them with awareness of a range of issues, most importantly trafficking, and the mechanisms through which they can be redressed. In Radhika\u2019s village, Operation Red Alert Implementing Partner <em><a style=\"color:#c8232d;\"  href=\"http:\/\/ashango.in\/\" target=\"_blank\">ASHA<\/a><\/em> founded the CVC in the village. It is made up of government appointed people who are often over burdened with government schemes. If a village does not have a CVC, we establish a committee which consists socially-driven people who are passionate to help keep their village safe.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-332383fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"332383fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">When Radhika went missing, her parents were distraught. Her father is a wage laborer, and her family very poor. Daily survival is already a stress for them, and Radhika\u2019s disappearance was more than they could bear on their own.  They turned to the CVC for help.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ccc8f19 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7ccc8f19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The CVC informed Implementing Partner <em><a style=\"color:#c8232d;\" href=\"http:\/\/ashango.in\/\" target=\"_blank\">ASHA<\/a><\/em> about the case, and jointly worked towards compiling the facts of the case. Because both Radhika and Hamad are below the legal age of marriage according to the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006, they immediately took the case to the police to file an FIR (first information report). However, the police hesitated to take action, despite the legal requirements for an FIR to be filed, and that all efforts to find the youngsters had been unsuccessful. The police are over burdened with cases, and when they assume that a girl has run away with a known person rather than being taken, they do not file the FIR. The CVC insisted that this case be treated with urgency according to the law because it involves a minor, and the police finally filed the FIR.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42575efe elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"42575efe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Information of the filing of the FIR spread throughout the villages, and through word of mouth Hamad\u2019s parents found out. They knew that their son would be in trouble if Radhika wasn\u2019t returned safely home.  Hamad\u2019s family were able to inform him of the FIR and encourage him to bring Radhika home.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25879bb1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"25879bb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">On November 6th, withing 24 hours of going missing, Radhika and Hamad were returned to their homes, and appeared before the court of the Magistrate at on November 8th to give their testimonies. Radhika gave her statement that she left with Hamad of her own will, having not been coerced or hurt. On the basis of her statement, neither the parents or Hamad were accused of a crime. <\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9e1d44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a9e1d44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Radhika is now safely back home, and her local CVC is keeping an eye on her to make sure she stays in school. The CVC is also looking out for other girls like Radhika, who might be at risk of child marriage and trafficking.  While Radhika was returned home unhurt, the reality is usually a lot darker for girls who leave with men promising love and marriage.  It is the most common trick traffickers use to lure girls.  47% of all brides in India are minors. Girls who get married below 18 are at extreme risk of domestic abuse as well as health risks associated with child bearing. Every 10 minutes a girl is trafficked in sexual slavery.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d68f2f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d68f2f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The horrors of child marriage and sexual trafficking can be stopped by local CVCs who are by definition \u201cvigilant\u201d for their own communities safety. In Radhika\u2019s village, the CVC was able to hold the local police to the standard of the law because of the training of they received in the SVP program conducted by <em><a style=\"color:#c8232d;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ashango.in\/\" target=\"_blank\">ASHA<\/a><\/em>.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef4d189 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ef4d189\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">We could not be more proud of the work our Implementing Partner ASHA is doing in West Bengal, and of the CVC who helped rescue Radhika so that she can stay in school and get married when she is physically and legally ready.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f16dc1d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" 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class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">This post was authored by the Operation Red Alert communications team. 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