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68 The percentage of females under 18 in the entertainment sector is stated as 33% by the Shakti Samuha 2008 study, and 16% by the NHRC 2006 study. 69 The percentage of children aged from 12 to 15 years is stated as 11% by the Shakti Samuha 2008 study and 4% by the ActionAid 2004 study. 70 The percentage of females who entered the entertainment industry before the age of 18 is stated as 47% by the NHRC 2006 study. Of those who enter all forms of prostitution in the Kathmandu Valley, the percentage who enter before the age of 18 is stated as 39% by a study conducted in 2002 by the Community Action Centre (Community Action Center Nepal, International Labour Organization. [2002]. Internal Trafficking among Children and Youth Engaged in Prostitution. Kathmandu: ILO/IPEC.) 71 Frederick, J., Terre des hommes. (2005). A Study of Trafficked Nepalese Girls and Women in Mumbai and Kolkata, India. 72 Among other references, see Blanchet, T. (1996). Lost Innocence, Stolen Childhoods. Dhaka: University Press Ltd.; Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child. (2006). Fading Light: A Study on Child Trafficking. Islambad: SPARC; Frederick, J., Terre des hommes. (2005). A Study of Trafficked Nepalese Girls and Women in Mumbai and Kolkata, India. 73 Interviews with counsellors working with Tdh’s Psychosocial Initiative. Organisations associated with this initiative include Change Nepal, SathSath and TPO-Nepal. 74 Blanchet, T. (1996). Lost Innocence, Stolen Childhoods. Dhaka: University Press Ltd. 75 When asked why they would not encourage others to join their profession, 44% identified the negative attitude of society as the reason in the NHRC 2006 study. In the ActionAid 2004 study, 30% said they were afraid to raise their voices against oppression for fear of public disgrace or embarassment. 76 The percentage of girls and women who do not inform their parents about their profession is stated as 58% in the Shakti Samuha 2008 study and 71% in the NHRC 2006 study. 77 58% of respondents in the Shakti Samuha 2008 study did not inform their parents of their work, of which two thirds said that they feared losing pride, being disowned, public hatred or parents disapproval. In the NHRC 2006 study, 71% of informants said they did not inform their parents, half of whom stated their parents’ negative attitudes or the negative impact on their parents as the reason. 78 The percentage of girls and women who would discourage others from joining the profession is stated as 90% in the Shakti Samuha 2008 study and 87% in the NHRC 2006 study. 79 Almost 60% of informants stated sexual harassment or humiliation as the reason they were dissatisfied with their jobs in the Shakti Samuha 2008 study. 80 Interviews with William Page, Jerry Hopkins, Fredl Aichinger and others in Thailand, Hong Kong and Europe. Interviews with sex 2010 Terre des hommes www.tdh.ch 126
workers in Karachi, Pakistan, who work in UAE and Malaysia. Blog sites for tourists to Nepal. 81 90% of informants in the Shakti Samuha 2008 study reported insults, verbal harassment and being treated like a sex object. In the ActionAid 2004 study, two thirds of those who identified specific difficulties in their work stated the difficulties to be torment, humiliation or verbal insults from the customer or owner. 82 The percentage of customers claimed by female workers to be respectful is stated as 5% in the Shakti Samuha 2008 study and 12% in the NHRC 2006 study. 83 30% of female workers in the Shakti Samuha 2008 study and 17% in the NHRC 2006 study stated that owners insulted and verbally abused them. 84 78% of respondents in the Shakti Samuha 2008 study and 81% of respondents in the NHRC 2006 study reported sexual harassment by customers. 85 Of those who claimed to be sexually harassed at work, owners were identified by 22.5% of respondents in the Shakti Samuha 2008 study and 6% in the NHRC 2006 study. 86 ActionAid 2004 study. 87 Shakti Samuha 2008 study. 88 New ERA 2006 study. 89 Interviews conducted for this document. 90 CREHPA 2002 study. 91 CREHPA 2002 study. 92 NHRC 2006 study. 93 Interviews conducted for this study. 94 NHRC 2006 study, ActionAid 2004 study, Shakti Samuha 2008 study, CREHPA 2002 study. 95 The international weekly, The Economist, distributed throughout Asia, published an article on Nepal’s entertainment industry with a full-face photograph of a young dancer. The Economist. (01/04/2008). ‘From Treks to Sex: Is a New Sort of Thrill-seeking Heading for Nepal’. In The Economist. 96 CREHPA 2002 study. 97 In the New ERA 2006 study, 10% of establishment-based sex workers reported being assaulted and 8% reported theft by the customers. 98 Interviews conducted for this study. 99 The percentage of entertainment workers who felt they did not have the right to protest was noted as 30% by the Shakti Samuha 2008 study. 2010 Terre des hommes www.tdh.ch 127
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