MSWPG7211 - Social Work Research: Trafficking of Women in India

This annotated bibliography examines the issue of women trafficking in India through a selection of scholarly articles. Chatterjee (2008) discusses the potential negative consequences of anti-human-trafficking laws, arguing that making payment for sex illegal could drive the sex trade underground and increase the risk of sexually transmitted diseases. Chatterjee (2014) further explores the link between commercial surrogacy and trafficking, particularly among impoverished women. Deane (2010) focuses on cross-border trafficking between Nepal and India, highlighting the exploitation of women and children in various forms of forced labor. Mansberger (2011) identifies India as a hub for human trafficking, serving as a source, transit, and destination for victims, and suggests incorporating human trafficking education into the mainstream curriculum. Sarkar's articles (2014, 2015, 2016) delve into the scale of human trafficking, its connection to money laundering, and the trafficking of Nepalese women into India for sex work, emphasizing the role of poverty as a driving factor. The bibliography provides a comprehensive overview of the multifaceted nature of human trafficking in India and the surrounding regions.

Running head: TRAFFICKING OF WOMEN IN INDIA
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Chatterjee, P. (2008). Anti-human-trafficking law sparks debate in India. The
Lancet, 371(9617), 975-976.
In this article, Chatterjee (2008) argues that the anti-human-trafficking law that has
been introduced aim to render the practice of payment for having sex illegal. The author
argues that this might lead to the total business revolving round the sex trade to go
underground thereby leading to an increase in the risk of the spread of the sexually
transmitted diseases among both the sex workers and the concerned clients.
The author had surveyed the various organizations and the various members of the
society who conformed the fact that there had been a number of surveys that assert the fact
that there has been a huge number of people in the country who had been who have been
suffering from HIV.
This article has proved to be of help for the study since it deals with the legal
conditions that may arise as a result of the human trafficking that has been a huge issue in the
subcontinent.
Chatterjee, P. (2014). Human Trafficking and Commercialization of Surrogacy in
India. European researcher. Series A, (10-2), 1835-1842.
In this article Chatterjee (2014), points out the fact that the commercial surrogacy has
been legalized in the Indian subcontinent. This condition has arisen in the subcontinent due
the fact that the citizens of the country have been living below the poverty level which has
led to the increase of the trafficking of the female members who have been a part of the
illiterate and poorer sections of the society.
In order to complete this study, Chatterjee had taken into account the various cases of
human trafficking that were reported all over the country. There have been many reports that

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tend to depict the various conditions wherein the women from the various parts of the country
were trafficked to the foreign lands wherein they were forced to become surrogate mothers.
This article has been helpful in the course of the concerned study since this depicts yet
another reason for the trafficking of the female residents of the country.
Deane, T. (2010). Cross-border trafficking in Nepal and India—violating women’s
rights. Human rights review, 11(4), 491-513.
Deane (2010), in the concerned article has put forth the argument that the women and
the children are being trafficked internally as well as beyond the borders especially in the
countries of India and Nepal. The trafficked children are mostly forced into the roles of the
child soldiers, they are often forced to serve as the domestic helps, serve as entertainers in the
circuses or at the various factories. Deane, in this article tries to probe into the laws of both
the countries that pertain to the areas of the human trafficking and the forced prostitution
among the female members of the country.
In order to complete the study, the author took into account the comparison of the
various laws of the countries that deal with the issues pertaining to the issues related to the
human trafficking and forced prostitution that is prevalent in the crime scenes of the
countries.
This article might assist the studies by looking at the legal aspects of the subcontinent
that deal with the issues of human trafficking and forced labor of the trafficked children and
girls.

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Mansberger, M. (2011). Critical thoughts on human trafficking and how to include the
subject in a mainstream education system in India. Social Change, 41(4), 611-
625.
Mansberger (2011) in the paper elaborates on the concept of the human trafficking.
The author identifies India to be the country that serves as all the three sectors that are
involved in the various activities of human trafficking. The author opines that the
subcontinent is the most active area for the origination, the transit and the destination for the
victims as well as the criminals who have been involved in the activities pertaining to human
trafficking.
The article delves deeper into the ways and measures so as to include the matters that
pertain to the matters of human trafficking in the regular educational courses of the country.
The article sheds further light on the various types of human trafficking that is prevalent
within the country.
The above-mentioned article would assist the study by giving an insight into the
various ways in which the issue might be dealt with by the government and the residents of
both the countries, India and Nepal.
Sarkar, S. (2014). Rethinking human trafficking in India: Nature, extent and
identification of survivors. The Round Table, 103(5), 483-495.
In this article, Sarkar (2014) states that the extent and the scale of the notorious
criminal activity of human trafficking has been one of unexplored area. The article brings to
the forefront the issue that the major issues that have been highlighted as the fate of the
trafficked individuals are organ harvesting, forced prostitution, labor and begging, child
soldiering and other such heinous crimes.

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The article takes into consideration the various reports that have been published on
the incidents that have taken place in the country. The various reports that the concerned
article takes into consideration do provide an estimate about the huge number of women and
children who have been trafficked from the country in order to force them into the various
criminal and immoral activities.
This article is important for this case as this article provides valuable insight into the
various issues that are brought to the light are the issues of the illegal migration and the
human trafficking that are attached to the activities of the human trafficking.
Sarkar, S. (2015). Trade in Human Beings: Evidence of Money Laundering From Sex
Trafficking in India and the UK. Journal of Transnational Management, 20(2),
107-125.
In this article, Sarkar (2015), focusses on the fact that the human trafficking has
proved to be one of the fields where the money involved is under no tracker thereby leading
to the conditions of huge amounts of money being laundered in the process. The author
further opines that the most unobserved area of flesh trades is the area of the financial
transactions that are an important part of the process.
The composed article is based on the empirical data that is collected from the
interviews that were taken from one hundred and twenty-four respondents who had
participated in the survey. The article sheds light on the fact that the financial transactions
involved in the human trafficking are generally excluded from the national accounts. This
affect the economic situation of the country that is portrayed by the national accounts.

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This article might be helpful for the study as the article deals with the financial
aspects that are associated with the immoral as well as illegal activities of human trafficking
and forced participation in flesh trade and beggary or child labor.
Sarkar, S. (2016). Trafficking of Women and Girls for Sex Trade from Nepal to
India. Challenge, 59(5), 434-458.
In this study, Sarkar (2016) points out the fact that the key reason behind human
trafficking is the extreme poverty that the country has been facing. The author states that a
huge number of Nepalese women are reported to have been trafficked into India for the
various immoral activities like flesh trade and forced labor. The author attempts to suggest
ways and measures that might help to bring down the number of incidents related to human
trafficking.
The article takes into account the study of the ordeals of one hundred and fifty-eight
women of Nepalese nationality who had been trafficked into India in order to force them into
participating in the flesh trade.
The above article might prove to be essential for the concerned study due to the fact
that this article produces a statistical data on the number of female citizens of a country who
had been trafficked and eventually forced into participating in the flesh trade.

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Bibliography
Chatterjee, P. (2008). Anti-human-trafficking law sparks debate in India. The
Lancet, 371(9617), 975-976.
Chatterjee, P. (2014). Human Trafficking and Commercialization of Surrogacy in
India. European researcher. Series A, (10-2), 1835-1842.
Deane, T. (2010). Cross-border trafficking in Nepal and India—violating women’s
rights. Human rights review, 11(4), 491-513.
Mansberger, M. (2011). Critical thoughts on human trafficking and how to include the
subject in a mainstream education system in India. Social Change, 41(4), 611-625.
Sarkar, S. (2014). Rethinking human trafficking in India: Nature, extent and identification of
survivors. The Round Table, 103(5), 483-495.
Sarkar, S. (2015). Trade in Human Beings: Evidence of Money Laundering From Sex
Trafficking in India and the UK. Journal of Transnational Management, 20(2), 107-
125.
Sarkar, S. (2016). Trafficking of Women and Girls for Sex Trade from Nepal to
India. Challenge, 59(5), 434-458.