TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Experiences of the 2010 Haiti earthquake show that the mega earthquake can have far reaching
consequences on the adolescent sexual and reproductive health. It tends to increase the risk of
teenage pregnancy, HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, early marriage, miscarriage,
unsafe abortion situation (http://www.bmj.com/content/350/bmj.h3302/rr-0). Due to the damage
of the health facilities in the most affected districts, adolescents especially girls are less likely to have
access to sexual and reproductive health situation.
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is one of the major agencies providing sexual and
reproductive health services to all women including adolescent girls in Nepal. It also provides
services to combat gender based violence. It worked in all 14 most affected districts. With regard to
sexual and reproductive health services, it provided services through establishing temporary health
facilities, conducted of mobile camps, distribution of reproductive health kits, capacity building of
health workers, awareness raising among adolescent girls and Radio airing about sexual and
reproductive health and gender-based violence. A total of 93 RH camps conducted; more than
60,000 persons provided SRH services; more than 4,000 persons provided family planning services;
nearly 5,000 persons provided IEC materials; more than 20,000 persons provided SRH services; 1,455
youth (15-24 years) reached with awareness raising; and more than 5,000 episodes of Radio
programs broadcasted about SHR .
Regarding the services related to combat gender-based violence, 14 female-friendly space having
more than 9,000 women and adolescent girls have been established; more than 11,000 dignity kits
distributed; 47 post-rape treatment kit provided; 130 health workers provided capacity building
training.
Save the Children
Save the Children is one of the major international NGOs responding to the humanitarian needs of
the earthquake affected population and especially children of Nepal. As of 24 July, 2015, Save the
Children carried out the following (Save the Children, 24 July, 2015 Version):
• 280 number of temporary learning centers for school students built
• 2500 number of hygiene kits distributed
• 549 number of community toilet built
• 30 number of outpatient therapeutic provided
• 60,000 number of tarps and shelters kits distributed
• 61 number of child friendly space established
• 23,000 number of households in which cash-transfer for shelter provided
• 131,037 number of metric tons of rice distributed.
3.6 Emerging Challenges
As discussed the earthquake has greately increased the possibility of TIP, especially of women and
children as it worsened the vulnerability situation of large number of already marginalized and poor
people by creating new areas of vulnerability such as orphanhood, death of the breadwinner,
displacement, distruction of private and public properties, and on top of it, the psychological fear of
children across the country especially in the hard hit districts. Other key challenges in tackling the
issue of trafficking are the following:
• Produce the reliable information/data on the impact of the earthquake, especially focusing
on the vulnerability of trafficking, exploitation. This requires a scientific household survey.
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