Despite many international conventions and seminars against trafficking for slave trade, millions of children and women are still being trapped by this heinous crime for forced labor, domestic servitude, forced beggary, illegal adoption, prostitution, forced marriage, criminal activities and for other labor exploitations. Everyday children and young women are lured or taken from their homes, with promises of good jobs, a good marriage and a good life. Once captive, they are forced into sex work or forced labor where they suffer unspeakable indignities and hardship. The economic dimensions are simply staggering. This illicit trade in humans world wide is valued at an estimated $ 32 billion. In Nepal, every year, 5,000 to 7,000 women and children are trafficked into India for forced prostitution and 20% of them are below 16 years of age. Besides, thousands of children are forced to work in carpet factories, circuses, potato farms, brick kilns and as domestic servants. This is a reality we cannot avoid.

 

With the objective of creating awareness on the issue of anti-human trafficking, a lot needs to be done if we are to be called a ‘human being’. We believe you can help us to solve this problem by lending your voice and most importantly your valuable suggestions and inputs to help fight against this evil – Human Trafficking. How can we collectively get involved in anti human trafficking? Why anti human trafficking awareness and campaigns in the past have not been effective? Where and what are we lacking? What do we need to do to identify the core areas that we need to look into and what new measures and approaches do you think we need to take up collectively to help curb this inhuman practice? Your suggestions would go a long way in helping all our readers take an initiative to at least begin somewhere. Let’s Talk About It!