‘Tighten cyber safety to check trafficking at foster home’

KOLKATA: Government representatives urged NGOs, state actors and educators to collaborate to integrate cyber security and technology awareness to prevent digitally enabled trafficking from foster care homes and abortion centres.
Although foster care homes and child adoption centres were among the most vulnerable places targeted for child trafficking, cyber-security is minimally integrated to prevent such crimes, said Nilanjana Dasgupta, IAS, Director Child Rights and Trafficking. Dasgupta, who was speaking at a conference on the use and abuse of technology in human trafficking, said despite a growing network of prevention and rehabilitation by child protection committees in Bengal, there had been less integration of tech solutions.
She said, “One must apply holistic solutions as child trafficking is linked with child marriage, bonded labour and school dropout. We have created shelter homes for the rescued and help them with societal integration.”