CHILD TRAFFICKING

PRESENTED BY:Ekata karkiBSN 3rd year

Definition: Child trafficking is about taking children

out of their protective environment and preying on their vulnerability for the purpose of exploitation.

According to UNICEF A child has been trafficked if he or she has been moved within a country, or across borders, whether by force or not, with the purpose of exploiting the child

Modern day slavery: There are 27 million human in slavery

today .. In forms of Sex trafficking Domestic servitude Factory and farm slavery Child soldier slavery

Causes: Poverty Unemployment Absence of social safety Political instability The low risk high profit Status of violence in children Gender discrimination Conflict and displacement from natural

and manmade causes

What sector of trafficking

Effects: Drug and alcohal dependencies Depression & anxiety HIV & Other STDS PSTD Shame and humiliation Hyper sexualization Suicide attempt and self injury Improper socialization Disturbed physical growth

Prevention: Efforts to prevent child

trafficking have been concentrated in two main strategies:Prosecuting and punishing traffickers and their associates.

Giving information to children and their parents about trafficking.

Control: Political stability Tight boarder security Strict laws and rule formation Collaboration of NGOS & INGOS against it

DATA: The National Human Rights Commission

(NHRC) has roughly estimated that 5,210women and children were trafficked or attempted to be trafficked in the FY 2009/10.

Between 1,000 and 2,000 children are working in the circuses at any time. 90% of them are girls and 10% are boys.

The table below shows No. of cases children were the victims accused from 2067-20709                YEAR Children as victim Children accused

2069/2070 581 201

2068/2069 392 239

2067/2068 513 261

According to the Status of the rights of children (SOROC) prepared by CWIN 86.19 % trafficked children were under the age

of 18 & 76.99 % of under the age of 16. Youngest children being 5 Years old. In 141 cases, traffickers were employer leaders. Gangs in 82 cases, women in 5 cases, neighbor in 20 cases, in relative in 3 cases, others in 75 cases.

Of the 326 Total Cases of trafficking, 281 cases were of under 18 years of age and 251 cases were of under 16 years of age.

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