from traffickers. Similarly, all the parents in the endline survey expressed that they could 

protect their daughters from traffickers.  

Regarding the different measures to protect one from traffickers within the village, the 

increase in knowledge was higher among the peers than the adolescents, as the peers 

cited several protection measures in the endline survey. The adolescents stressed  not 

trusting strangers  as a means for protection from traffickers, whereas the peers 

commonly cited responses such as: not eating food given by strangers, inquiring about 

why a gift was given, not accepting gifts given by strangers, not following whatever a 

friend says and consult a senior figure before making any decision.  

In the endline survey, the level of knowledge increased among the parents also. A higher 

proportion of respondents were able to cite different measures to protect their daughters 

from traffickers. Some of the measures to protect their daughters from trafficking cited by 

parents were: maintaining a friendly relationship with the daughter, not getting influenced 

by incentives where the daughter is involved,  inquiring properly about the employment 

offered to daughters, and getting proper information on a stranger proposing marriage to 

a daughter. 

The knowledge of the adolescents and the peers also increased regarding the knowledge 

of different measures to pr otect themselves from traffickers while traveling. In the 

baseline survey the majority of the adolescents (63%) and peers (49%) had only stated  

`not to eat food given by strangers' as a measure for protection from traffickers while 

travelling. In the endline survey,  consulting with other fellow travellers ,  telling the truth 

about the destination and relationship ,  seeking the help of fellow passengers  and 

 informing the police  were also emphasised as measures for protection from traffickers 

while traveling. 

 Sharing the knowledge they had gained on trafficking issues  with the community and 

friends,  organizing meetings and creating awareness of trafficking of girls  and  advising 

friends not to trust anybody immediately  were some of the activities they could perform 

as their role in preventing trafficking of girls. 

Regarding the legal aspects of trafficking, though the majority in all the three groups 

(adolescent, peer and parent) expressed that they knew about the legal aspects of 

trafficking, the y still lacked knowledge of where to file the case, who they could report 

the case to, the location from where one could file the case and where to give a statement. 

However, there was an increase in knowledge regarding the time frame to file a report, 

frequency of reporting the statement, nature of statement and punishment for traffickers.  

Though in small proportion, among the adolescents there was an increase in knowledge 

(9% in the endline survey vs. 2% in the baseline survey) for citing  district cour t  as the 

place for filing the case. There was a decrease in knowledge among the peers (6% in the 

endline survey vs. 8% in the baseline survey) and among the parents (8% in endline 

survey vs. 11% in baseline survey). 

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