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Volume : III, Issue : X, November - 2013 Violence, Vulnerability And Women Trafficking: An Explorative Study G. Ravi Sankar Reddy DOI : 10.9780/22307850, Published By : Laxmi Book Publication Abstract : A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 84 rescued / returned trafficked victims spread over 11 mandals of Kadiri revenue division of Anantapuramu district of Andhra Pradesh. A pretested questionnaire was canvassed among the sample to study the socio economic conditions of the trafficked victims, reasons for trafficking, and problems faced by them like torture, physical and sexual abuse and violence. Poverty and social parameters like caste are found to be critical reasons behind trafficking of women for commercial sexual exploitation. Further, violence faced by trafficked victims was found to be severe at the entry point into brothel homeand gradually became less with passage of time. The study also tries to document thenature of violence faced by the victims from the offenders - traffickers, gharwali / brothel owner, clients and sometimes from the rescue team members. Keywords : Article : Cite This Article : G. Ravi Sankar Reddy, (2013). Violence, Vulnerability And Women Trafficking: An Explorative Study. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. III, Issue. X, DOI : 10.9780/22307850, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/3226.pdf References : - Agarwal Indrani (2004), Combating Child Trafficking, Adhyan Publishers, New Delhi.
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