How does awareness and knowledge fight child trafficking?
One of the best ways to protect children and their communities from child traffickers and other predators is to increase their awareness and knowledge about gender equity, childrens rights and critical issues such as child trafficking, sexual exploitation and child labor. The more knowledgeable children and their families are about their rights and about the dangers that predators such as child traffickers pose, the more skillfully they can avoid and resist dangerous situations. And the more effectively they can fight and prevent future situations. What do the children and women have to say? Now I can make jhalla (natural woven mats) for my income and family needs and become self-reliant. Such skills help girls like us to raise our confidence level, make income and stand on our own feet so that we will be out of risk of being exploited. Asha, adolescent, participant of jhalla/jute mat making course The Better Life Option Program class has helped me understand how girls are at risk in o
