Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Oscar girl for sale

Britain’s biggest selling newspaper ‘News of the world’ news line “Oscar girl (Rubina) for sale” has attracted the attention of global media and mass.

The News of the world report says “Trafficking of poor Indian children to the Middle East, where they are forced to risk their lives as camel jockeys or subjected to sexual abuse, is common in the Mumbai slums.”

According to Women and Child Development Minister Renuka Chowdhury "Not only women are trafficked for prostitution or bonded labour. Young children are also forced into the sex trade.”

The 2003 United Nations report states, “India is a major country of origin, transit and destination for trafficking. Indian children are trafficked to United States, Australia, Malaysia and Gulf countries.”

5th March 2008, TOI report says Human trafficking is a booming illegal international trade, making an estimated $32 billion annually at the expense of millions of victims.

Today Rubina is safe but unfortunately numerous children do not hold fortune like Rubina.

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