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Between 8,000 and 12,000 women and young girls disappear from Nepal every year, trafficked into sexual slavery in the brothels of India and private households in the Middle East. Although successive government ministers in Nepal and India have promised to stop this evil trade, no effective action has taken place.

The small percentage of girls who are rescued or escape face a bleak future. Disassociated and usually shunned by family and village communities, they find it difficult to reintegrate into society or find work. Many return sick or dying.

These women lose their childhood, their innocence, their virginity, their families, their homes, their community, their chance of marriage, and in many cases their health, their future and their hope.

Trafficking is not the only evil perpetrated in Nepal. There are women who are beaten or raped, children who are abandoned or abused. There is no welfare system to help them. They end up on the streets, in institutions, or in forced labour, denied their human and childhood rights.   

We are committed to fighting against trafficking and other forms of exploitation and oppression of women and children in Nepal. We wish to see women’s status in society raised, through education and training, to give them more independence and a voice.