CREDENTIALS OF SHAKTI VAHINI

Nominations in Various Committee of the Government of India

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Shakti Vahini has been appointed by the Honourable Supreme Court of India as Member
of Expert Panel to assist the court in the case related to rehabilitation of Sex workers and
Trafficked Victims vide order dated 24/08/2011 (Budhadev Karmaskar Vs. State of West
Bengal and Others); [(2011) 10 SCC 283] Page 287 Para 9.
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Shakti Vahini has been appointed as the Member of the Delhi Advisory Committee to
Combat Human Trafficking formed by the Ministry of Women and Child, Government of
NCT of Delhi vide Notification dated 20/12/2012.
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Shakti Vahini has been nominated as the Member of the Central Advisory Committee to
Combat Human Trafficking by the Ministry of Women and Child, Government of India vide
notification dated 23/09/2013. The mandate of the Committee is to consider all aspects
of trafficking related to women and children for the purpose of commercial sexual
exploitation.
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Shakti Vahini has been nominated as the Member of the Advisory Board of Social Worker
as specified in Section 13 3(b) of the Immoral Traffic Prevention Act 1956 by the
Government of NCT of Delhi.
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Shakti Vahini was nominated to be part of the Inter Ministerial Group formed by the
Ministry of Women and Child, Government of India vide notification dated 06/09/2012 to
give recommendations to the Amendment of Immoral Traffic Prevention Act 1956.
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Shakti Vahini has been nominated by National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) to be
part of the Expert Committee to develop a Model Protocol to Combat Human Trafficking
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Training and Sensitization of the Law Enforcement Agencies

Shakti Vahini has been nominated as Resource Agency for Training of Law Enforcement
Agency by the Bureau of Police Research and Development, Government of India and
also by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.
Involvement in Judicial Colloquiums on Human Trafficking
Shakti Vahini has been involved as a resource in Judicial Colloquium on Human
Trafficking at the Delhi Judicial Academy, Haryana Judicial Academy & Himachal
Pradesh Judicial Academy.
Research Reports Published
Shakti Vahini has undertaken a Research study on Honor Killings in India in collaboration
with the National Commission for Women, Government of India.
Shakti Vahini has also undertaken a National Level Research on Human Trafficking for
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) which was published as India
Country Assessment Report 2013.The report was released by the Ministry of Home
Affairs, Government of India.
International Awards/Recognitions
Shakti Vahini was awarded the Solidarity Award by the Vital Voices Washington in 2013.
The award was given to Shakti Vahini by Mr. Joe Biden, Vice President of the United
States of America.
Shakti Vahini has presented a Paper before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission,
United States Senate on Violence against Women and children in 2013.
Shakti Vahini report on Human Trafficking was nominated as International Best Practices
by the United States Trafficking in Person Report 2005.
Supporters/Partners of Shakti Vahini
Shakti Vahini works with the active support of the Ministry of Women and Child Government of India , Ministry of Health -GOI, National Mission for Empowerment of
Women, UNICEF,UNODC, UNWOMEN , UNAIDS European Commission , US
Department of State, Govt. of West Bengal, Government of NCT of Delhi.