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Arun Pandey is the co-founder of ARZ (Anyay Rahit Zindagi)[1], an Indian non-profit working on anti-trafficking, women & children and human rights from Vasco da Gama.
ARZ (Anyay Rahit Zindagi)
ARZ (Anyay Rahit Zindagi — 'life free of injustice') was established in 1997 by TISS-trained social workers in the Baina red-light area of Vasco, Goa. Its Mukti Model of rescue, rehabilitation and economic reintegration for trafficking survivors has shaped national practice, including a Supreme Court shift in terminology from 'sex worker' to 'trafficked victim/survivor'.
ARZ (Anyay Rahit Zindagi) reports the following, on its own site:
- In the last 25 years provided rehabilitation to around 1800 victims rescued from sex trafficking
- Reached out to around 1,05,000 children and 3,000 service providers on prevention
- Provided economic livelihood to around 2800 victims of sex trafficking
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References
- [1] “He is one of the founder members of Arz (anyay rahit zindagi) an NGO working in Goa since 1998 on trafficking related to commercial sexual exploitation and child sexual abuse.” — ARZ (Anyay Rahit Zindagi). Source
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