Knowledge of signs indicative of trafficking in all the three groups and the community 

members also increased immensely. Compared with the baseline survey, where more 

than one third (36%) of the adolescents, more than half (56%) of the peers and one  third 

(33%) of the parents lacked knowledge of signs indicative of trafficking, in the endline 

survey, all (100%) the adolescents and almost all (99%) peers and parents (99%) had 

knowledge of signs indicative of trafficking. 

Compared with the baseline where the majority of the respondents (all three groups and 

community members) perceived signs indicative of trafficking as someone/stranger 

offering a job with an attractive salary in cities, in the endline survey the respondents 

cited several signs indicative of trafficking. The commonly cited responses in the endline 

survey by all the groups were: offering jewelry/gifts unnecessarily, someone persistently 

following, sympathising with a  problem and trying to solve it by proposing to marry, 

trying to become closer, offering a trip to the city, and influencing by flaunting 

possessions. 

Knowledge of signs indicative of trafficking while traveling also increased in the endline 

compared with  the baseline survey. In the baseline, nearly one third (30%) of the 

adolescents and more than one fourth (27%) of the peers lacked knowledge of this issue, 

whereas in the endline survey 100% of the adolescents and almost all (99%) the peers 

had gained know ledge of signs indicative of trafficking while traveling.  

In the endline survey, the commonly cited responses were: if a train journey begins, 

insisting that the girl wear 

sindur pote

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, persuading the girl to act like a sick person, 

continuously insisting that she change her dress, and maintaining distance while 

travelling. 

Unlike the baseline survey where very few respondents (one from the adolescent group 

and four from the peer group) had expressed the significance of an awareness program on 

traffickin g of girls, all the respondents (adolescents and peers) expressed its importance 

in the endline survey.  

Regarding the characteristics of traffickers, there was a remarkable increase in knowledge 

compared with the baseline among the three categories as well as among the community 

members. In the baseline survey, the majority of the respondents had limited knowledge 

of strangers as possible traffickers, whereas in the endline survey, their knowledge had 

broadened and they cited other responses for possible  traffickers. Relatives, neighbours 

and family members were the commonly cited responses by the respondents in the 

endline survey.      

Compared with the baseline survey, where not all the respondents among the three groups 

expressed that they could protect themselves from traffickers, in the endline survey all the 

adolescents and almost all (97%) the peers expressed that they could protect themselves 

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 For an explanation of sindur pote, refer to the Adolescent Group sub section within Section 3.5a: Signs 

Indicative of Trafficking While Traveling.

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