Shocking
Trafficking
THAT around 12,000 girls and
women are trafficked to brothels abroad must have come as a shocking piece
of news to anyone in the country. The heinous practice of forcing the
unaware into prostitution must be condemned in the harshest of word. But
it still is a blot not only on human conscience but also in the way it is
conducted. It is the worst form of exploitation of human beings. It still
persists and is rather spreading despite the conventions that have been
ratified by many a countries against the trafficking of human beings for
sexual exploitation. There may be no two opinions on the fact that the
essence for the unscrupulous in resorting to this form of trade is greed.
It just goes to elaborate how people can stoop so low in selling their own
kind to be put to sexual exploitation of the worst kind. Though rhetoric
flows too easily, action to curb such activities have not been handy. It
may be true that despite the government efforts to control them such
illegal activities have flourished partly because of the rampant poverty
and ignorance that prevails among the Nepalese people in general. It is
not a single handed effort that can curb the menace but the commitment of
all including the government, political leaders, intellectuals, social
worker and the people in general. Awareness against the evil must be
generated among the people not only at the national level but also at the
grassroots level. Institutions like Maiti Nepal may be doing a good job
but had the evil intentions of the human traffickers been checked in the
beginning it would have been better. In this context, the idea of
establishing a regional court to deal with cases regarding the trafficking
of women and children for sexual exploitation needs special mention. This
would provide the concerned authorities to deal with such problems.
Herein, it may be worthwhile noting that trafficking of women and children
for sexual purpose is not a problem concerning Nepal only, it is a
phenomenon that has affected many countries. Nepal on this matter has to
deal very carefully as it is paying dearly in the form of its citizens
having to undergo sufferings and returning to their homeland stricken with
incurable disease like HIV/AIDS. Is not this enough reason why we must
take stringent and appropriate measures so that the Nepalese are not
trafficked for sexual exploitation any more.
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