Trafficking Of Nepali Woman

According to the U.S. State Department’s latest report on human trafficking, “An estimated twelve thousand Nepal woman and girls are trafficked every year into sexual exploitation in Indian brothels, and an unspecified number are victims of internal sex trafficking.”

American journalist Patricia McCormack has written a novel, entitled Sold, exposing the horrors of this brutal traffic of Nepal woman and girls. The book is based on years of research and numerous interviews with Nepal woman and girls who had been the victims. It tells the story of Lakshmi who is a Nepali woman in a fictional character sold into sexual slavery. An estimated eight-hundred-thousand Nepal woman and girls, men and children are trafficked across international borders each year. Most of the victims are Nepal woman and girls enslaved in the sex trade.

Nepali journalist Kamal Sarup says trafficking in Nepal woman and girls continues because of countries “weak laws” and lack a “political commitment” to bring traffickers to justice.

With each year, more and more governments are increasing public awareness of the crime, targeting and prosecuting the perpetrators, and helping Nepal woman and girls’ victims to rebuild their lives.”

A few years ago, only a handful of countries banned human trafficking, but in the last two years some eighty countries have passed anti-trafficking laws. “Protecting the non-negotiable demands of human dignity is the equal calling of every country,” says Ms. Rice, “and everyone must be held to the same high standards of moral conduct, including the United States.