A State-level workshop was held on the topic of trafficking of women and girls at the New Circuit House here on Thursday.The workshop was organised by the State labour Department with co-operation of the International labour Organisation.
It was informed in the workshop that the programme ‘Work in Freedom’ has been launched to make women safe at the workplace and to put an end to bonded labour system. The programme was launched at Jashpur and Surguja districts also.
There was a detailed discussion in the workshop on the safety aspects of women workforce, how to stop trafficking of women and girls, exploitation of labour, safe migration of women, freedom to choose employment, and many other topics.
Shatabdi Pande, president, State Child Rights Protection Commission, Rajeev Srivastava, Additional Director General of Police, CID, Dr Jitan Kumar, Secretary, labour Department, Dilip Kumar Wasnikar, Director, Women and Child Development Department, PN Tiwari, OSD, Police, Bharti Birla from International labour Organisation spoke on the occasion.
Pande said women should be respected and market should be created for the products manufactured by women. She said that domestic workers, nursing staff and house maids should be actively involved in skill development schemes.
Additional Director General of Police, CID, Rajeev Srivastava said Chhattisgarh was the first to enact a law to protect private workers from exploitation. The officials from State Home Department, Women and Child Development Department, trade union leaders, voluntary organisations participated in the function.