Kathmandu: National Federation of Human Trafficking Victims against human trafficking has been established at the initiative of Shanti Foundation, which has been active in the field of human trafficking and HIV prevention for the last nine years. The Federation has been established with the objective of preventing human trafficking, protecting the victims of human trafficking, prosecuting traffickers and partnering in these activities.
The federation was announced on the occasion of the 15th day of the 16-day campaign against gender-based violence (November 25 to December 10), chairperson Sanjamaya Tamang told reporters. The Federation has been established by forming a network among 14 organizations working in the field of human trafficking. The Federation has been established to fight human trafficking, promote and protect human rights in a coordinated manner.
“We believe that only the leadership of the victims of human trafficking and victim-centric programmes can solve the problem of human trafficking,” said Federation Chair Tamang.
The Federation has been working to raise awareness, community engagement and transformative empowerment in coordination with the local committees and the three tiers of government to control human trafficking. In the program, people who have been trafficked also shared their experiences about how they were trafficked, what pain they suffered and how much they are still suffering.
Girls and women are the most affected by human trafficking. Among gender-based violence, human trafficking is one of the violence in which victims are subjected to lifelong social discrimination and stigma.
According to the World Labour Organization in 2021, 49.6 million people worldwide live in modern slavery. Of these, 27.6 million are in forced labour. Of these, 17.3 million have been exploited in the area. There have been forced marriages worth Rs 22 million. 7.3 million have been forced into commercial sexual exploitation.
According to the 2023 Global Slavery Index report, 97,000 people in Nepal are living in some form of modern slavery. According to the National Report on Human Trafficking 2079 BS, 1.914 million people in Nepal are at risk of human trafficking.
Although the report of the Human Trafficking Investigation Bureau of Nepal Police in the fiscal year 2079/080 shows that a total of 230 people were trafficked, the National Human Rights Commission’s National Report on Human Trafficking 2079 states that about 40,300 people were trafficked in the fiscal year 2076/77 and 2077/78.
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