Shafiq Ur Rahman Khan

T his Article tries to demystify certain concepts about trafficking which have often been misunderstood and distorted. The clarity of these concepts is essential for proper understanding of the trafficking situations and for taking appropriate response…………… Trafficking vs. Prostitution: Trafficking does not mean prostitution. They are not synonymous. In understanding trafficking, one should delink it from prostitution. As per the existing law, Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act 1956 (ITPA) prostitution becomes an offence when there is commercial exploitation of a person. If a woman or child is sexually exploited and any person gains out of the same, it amounts to commercial sexual exploitation (CSE), which is a legally punishable offence wherein the culpability lies against all exploiters. Trafficking is the process of recruiting, contracting, procuring or hiring a person for CSE. Therefore, trafficking is a process and CSE is the result. The ‘demand’ in CSE generates, promot

The concepts “sex” and “gender” may be defined as follows: “Sex” refers to the biological differences between women and men. They are generally permanent and universal. “Gender” refers to the socially constructed roles and responsibilities of women and men, in a given culture or location. These roles are influenced by perceptions and expectations arising from cultural, political, environmental, economic, social, and religious factors, as well as custom, law, class, ethnicity, and individual or institutional bias. Gender attitudes and behaviors are learned and can be changed. What are some of the situations in which we see gender differences? Social: Different perceptions of women’s and men’s social roles: the man seen as head of the household and chief bread-winner; the woman seen as nurturer and care-giver. Political: Differences in the ways in which women and men assume and share power and authority: men more involved in national- and higher-level politics; women more involved at t