Insecurity, Unemployment, Women Trafficking, and Prostitution in Manipur by SB Luwang is a bold, uncompromising examination of one of Northeast India’s most urgent crises.
Manipur, a land known for its resilience and cultural pride, faces a hidden war within — the trafficking and exploitation of women. This book explores how poverty, unemployment, displacement, and drugs create fertile ground for trafficking networks, and how silence and stigma sustain the cycle.
Across nineteen chapters, the book unpacks:
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The roots of insecurity and unemployment that drive women into vulnerability.
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How trafficking and prostitution intersect with drugs, politics, and corruption.
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The use of women as bargaining tools in lobbying, elections, and power negotiations.
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Survivor testimonies that reveal both trauma and resilience.
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The role of civil society, especially the Meira Paibis, in resisting trafficking.
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Conspiracy theories of “controlled instability” and hidden hands that benefit from exploitation.
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Future scenarios if nothing changes, and pathways toward dignity, reform, and hope.
This work blends documented research, NGO reports, media coverage, survivor voices, and community perceptions. It does not shy away from controversy: conspiracy theories and hidden narratives are presented alongside facts, not as proven truths, but as reflections of how people in Manipur explain injustice and institutional silence.
Far more than a study of exploitation, this book is also about resistance. It tells of survivors who rebuild their lives, communities that refuse to be broken, and the hope of a Manipur where women are not treated as currency but as equal citizens.
A powerful call to action, this book asks a simple but profound question: will Manipur choose silence, or justice?
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