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Sex trafficking in Nepal: context and process

Sex trafficking in Nepal: context and process
Sex trafficking in Nepal: context and process
This study has developed a conceptual framework to provide a clearer understanding of the process and context of sex trafficking from Nepal. Quantitative data were analysed from case records of 202 sex-trafficked women at rehabilitation centres in Nepal. In-depth interviews with 42 sex trafficked women, mostly residing at rehabilitation centres in Kathmandu, provide contextual information on the process and circumstances of sex trafficking. The results of this study provide a clearer understanding of the stages of movement through the sex trafficking process; in particular that sex trafficking does not always begin at the village level, it may also occur after voluntary migration or after trafficking to urban areas for other
purposes (ie: labour exploitation). Interventions therefore need to target each stage of movement through sex trafficking. Respondents were most commonly sex trafficked by familiar persons, including relatives (68%); and force and abduction are less common (6.8%).
Women exited from sex-trafficking through rescue, escape or release. One of the outcomes of sex trafficking is a return to sex work upon return to Nepal.
sex-trafficking, migration, Nepal, sex work, young people, stigma
No. 11
University of Southampton
Hennink, Monique
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Simkhada, Padam
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Hennink, Monique
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Simkhada, Padam
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Hennink, Monique and Simkhada, Padam (2004) Sex trafficking in Nepal: context and process (Discussion Papers in Opportunities and Choices, No. 11) Southampton. University of Southampton

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Abstract

This study has developed a conceptual framework to provide a clearer understanding of the process and context of sex trafficking from Nepal. Quantitative data were analysed from case records of 202 sex-trafficked women at rehabilitation centres in Nepal. In-depth interviews with 42 sex trafficked women, mostly residing at rehabilitation centres in Kathmandu, provide contextual information on the process and circumstances of sex trafficking. The results of this study provide a clearer understanding of the stages of movement through the sex trafficking process; in particular that sex trafficking does not always begin at the village level, it may also occur after voluntary migration or after trafficking to urban areas for other
purposes (ie: labour exploitation). Interventions therefore need to target each stage of movement through sex trafficking. Respondents were most commonly sex trafficked by familiar persons, including relatives (68%); and force and abduction are less common (6.8%).
Women exited from sex-trafficking through rescue, escape or release. One of the outcomes of sex trafficking is a return to sex work upon return to Nepal.

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Published date: April 2004
Keywords: sex-trafficking, migration, Nepal, sex work, young people, stigma

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Local EPrints ID: 34733
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/34733
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Date deposited: 18 May 2006
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 07:48

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Author: Monique Hennink
Author: Padam Simkhada

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