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Provinces of North and South India
India
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n India, one of the most densely populated countries in the world,
Mothers’ Union is affiliated to the Women’s Fellowship
for Christian Service (WFCS) in both the Church of
North India and the Church of South India.
Although poverty levels in India have against
decreased considerably over the last few trafficking.
decades (60% of the population were living The three-
under the poverty level in 1981 compared day event
to 42% in 2005), continuing population will bring
growth undermines the positive effects of together
the country’s economic progress and brings representatives
its own problems. from each diocese
from the Church of North India. WFCS in the
One of the major issues in India today is diocese says ‘women are trafficked believing
human trafficking. The National Human that they will be employed as shopkeepers,
Rights Commission and the United Nations maids, seamstresses, nannies and waitresses
Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) but are then often forced into
describe this as a process that prostitution… The aim [of the training] is to
‘violates all known unite women of all age groups… to
canons of human encourage them to raise awareness and
rights and dignity.’ respond with concrete action.’
The UN High
Commissioner for Another project that WFCS is running,
Refugees (UNHCR) supported by a grant from Mothers’ Union,
estimates that 20- is a residential respite care and training
65 million people centre for women with learning disabilities
in India are affected in Madhya Kerala. The project serves 30-40
by human women and provides life skills,
trafficking. development and vocational training with
the eventual aim to ensure self-sufficiency.
Mothers’ Union in Mumbai has WFCS in Madhya Kerala says ‘the project
responded to this problem by organising a recognises that the joy of life is to be
training event to empower women to fight equally shared by all’.
Fact File
Population:1,147,995,904
Mothers’ Union members:1,900,000
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