The International Labour Organization estimates 12.3 million people are in forced labour, bonded labour, forced child labour and sexual servitude. In this global phenomenon, India is a source, transit and destination country.

“… I got a call from my friend saying that I should go and meet her immediately for the job. When I went to meet her, there were two women and a man waiting for me. They gave me some food, which was drugged and put me on a train. They forced me to call my brother and tell him that I had got a job. Since I was not fully conscious, I could not understand what was happening, where I was going, why I was on a train. All my protests were in vain. Two more men joined us on the way. They took away all my belongings – my mobile phone, my gold jewellery, my slippers… We finally reached Delhi and I stayed at someone’s house for that night. The next day, I was sold to a brothel.
Recounting her days at the brothel, Roshni continues, “I was trapped and helpless. I was beaten with a ladle when I refused to work as a prostitute. I told them that my father would kill me if I got into this profession. The lady there said that she had paid for me and so I can’t refuse. I would often think of my children and cry and would again get beaten up for that.”
Source: www.unodc.org