Human trafficking: A Sociological Study on Tribal Women of Jharkhand

Abstract

Trafficking of women and girls is a gross violation of human rights of human rights, which needs to be addressed. Trafficking assaults human dignity, flagrantly violates fundamental human rights, erodes consciences, thus fomenting corruption. It is also called modern-day slavery, whereby the victim him / herself “accepts” his / her situation due to the lack of substantial choices and ways out of poverty. Key social determinants that facilitate selling of the women’s and girls and their exploitation include poverty, female gender, lack of policy and enforcement, age, migration, displacement and ethnicity, culture, ignorance of trafficking methods, and caste status. Therefore the need of the hour is a serious reflection on the social, ethical, and religious implications of this inhuman issue. The State’s responsibilities to these challenges and how to make use of its various resources for combating trafficking is a serious concern of this research. Therefore this paper also investigates the proximate explanatory factors behind modern-day slavery and issue of the region and will serve as a tool in bridging the gap and shaping the future of the women and children of this reign. Since the issue of human trafficking in Jharkhand is a wide phenomenon, the research is exclusively focusing on cause of trafficking of the adivasi (tribal) women and girls of Sahibganj district, Jharkhand. This research is concentrated on two blocks of Sahibganj district of Jharkhand.