| Voice of Beed : Umesh
Kute

Lack of educational and technical facilities, spcially vocation
training means, there is no self employment. This is led to high
degree of unemployment in the district.
Women in this district are also not empowered to earn income.
People are not sensitised and educated in water management and it
finally leads to wastage of precious natural resource.
Health and medical facilities in the district are also insufficient.
Beed District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 10693.0 Km2
Population in Bid (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 2585962
Male : 1352468
Female : 1233494
Under 6 population
Total : 344122
Male : 191115
Female : 153007
Disabled
population
Total disabled population : 40242
In seeing : 12223
In speech : 2810
In hearing : 2416
In movement : 17913
Mental : 4880
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org
Analysis )
Backwardness : 206
Sex Ratio Rank : 273
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : A (HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 219 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 229 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD

Brief About Beed District
Beed has three distinct red light area namely Kaij,
Georai and Telgaon where young girls and minors are present. The
National Highway (211), from Ahmedabad to Hyderabad passes through
Beed. This has given rise to Dhabas making young girls from nearby
villages vulnerable to trafficking and sexual exploitation. Moreover,
raids conducted in Mumbai brothels have revealed that a number of
minor girls are from the district. Investigation into some villages
shockingly revealed an organized criminal racket in Beed luring
vulnerable and young girls into prostitution. There are instances
of young girls being sexually exploited in Tamasha centers under
the pretext of dance and entertainment. These girls belonging to
the Kolati community are traditionally inducted into this profession
despite their unwillingness. An NGO representative working in this
area revealed that these young girls were shockingly ignorant about
HIV/AIDS. Inter-familial sexual abuse is also very common in this
district. Instances of incest, rape, and molestation by close relatives,
fathers, brother-in-laws have been cited by NGO representatives.
There is a need felt to disseminate information about women's and
children's human rights to the community through awareness camps
and crisis cells. Most importantly, economic and social empowerment
of women and adolescent girls is the need of the hour. Another disturbing
issue is the addiction of tobacco, alcohol, drugs amongst youth
in this district. Small pan shops are suppliers of these harmful
substances. Connection between substance abuse and trafficking is
well documented and needs to be urgently addressed. Formation of
youth groups, relevant vocational skills, health education, awareness
of trafficking and HIV/AIDS is the need of the hour. HIV/AIDS is
looming large in the district and HIV related deaths are regularly
being reported. Large-scale migration of sugarcane harvesters on
account of unemployment is one of the primary reasons for the alarming
rise in the epidemic. As is true in all developing countries, women
and adolescent girls bear the burden of the disease.
Survey in Beed:
A survey covering forty-three villages with the
help of thirty network members was recently conducted in Beed from
June 21st 2002 to June 29th 2002. The aim of the survey was to gain
insight into the trafficking problem and to help devise preventive
programs on the same. One of the major concerns emerging from the
preliminary survey findings is to address the problem of trafficking,
migration and HIV/AIDS.
BEED is a local malawian agent for CEFE International.
It is Malawian owned and managed. We dispose of a network of about
30 competent CEFE trainers, which were trained in three Training-of-Trainers
Courses and qualified as the best out of 70 people trained in the
CEFE methodology. Our trainer network covers all three major Malawian
regions, the Southern, Central and Northern region, so that we are
able to provide our services throughout the whole country. The trainers
receive continuing Capacity Building support and will be re-accredited
regularly to assure our clients of quality results.
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