Child Sex Trafficking

THE PROBLEM

An estimated 3.8 million adults were victims of forced sexual exploitation and 1.0 million children were victims of commercial sexual exploitation in 2016. The vast majority of victims (99 percent) were women and girls. (7)

WHY DOES THIS HAPPEN?

The root causes of trafficking are lack of education, poverty, and disempowerment.
  • 70% of victims are illiterate and living at poverty​
  • In developing countries, 61% earn less than $2/day
  • Structurally violent and patriarchal society persist that put women & girls at a specific disadvantage in terms of finding economic opportunity and avoiding exploitation
  • Where economic alternatives and access to education do not exist, women and girls are more vulnerable to being tricked and coerced into sexual servitude
  • Traffickers use promise of an education or job to lure victims away​

Our Solutions

Education

Educated children and their families are much more aware, alert and mature, and they can comprehend the risks of child trafficking quite well.

Empowerment

Lack of awareness can create situations that traffickers can exploit. Educated communities are capable of understanding, and effectively responding to the various ways traffickers source children.

Economic Development

Where economic alternatives do not exist, women and girls are more vulnerable to being tricked and coerced into sexual servitude. If women experienced improved economic and social status, trafficking would in large part be eradicated.

WHEN YOU EDUCATE A GIRL, ​YOU EDUCATE A NATION

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IN-powerment Center for Girls

Location: Ghyangphedi, Nepal

Our dormitory and learning center is located in the remote access Nepali Himalayas.  Our center provides equal access to education and accommodation for girls who live over a 1-hour trek from school and are at-risk for child sex trafficking and orphan trafficking. A dormitory has been identified by communities in this District as a very clear way to ensure girls can attend school since 70%  of victims are illiterate, disempowered, and living in poverty. This project also supports the Nepal Government National Plan to eliminate child trafficking, outlined by the United Nations International Organization for Migration (IOM).

 

Programming includes: anti-trafficking awareness, leadership, socio-emotional wellness, and self-development.

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