TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS

1.4 Data and Methods
This Report is prepared through using both primary and secondary data. Secondary data were used
by reviewing annual progress Reports of Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare
(MoWCSW), Ministry of Labor and Employment (MoLE), Department of Foreign Employment (DoFE),
Foreign Employment Tribunal (FET), Foreign Employment Promotion Board (FEPB), Office of the
Attorney General (OAG), the Supreme Court, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)
including the Annual or progress Reports of several Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs).
Further, relevant websites were also visited extensively. Recent studies conducted by the
institutions/individuals were also studied.
In relation to the primary data collection, NHRC-OSRT designed a questionnaire format for collection
of data from the both Governmental and non-Governmental organizations. For each of the relevant
organizations, a special set of questionnaire was designed and sent via e-mail to the concerned
organizations for their response. The questionnaire format sent to the NGOs captured i) introduction
of the NGOs, ii) activities related to prevention and number of beneficiaries, iii) activities related to
protection and number of beneficiaries, iv) activities related to the prosecution and number of
beneficiaries and v) activities related to the networking, coordination and collaboration and research
studies conducted so far. Further, the organizations were asked about the activities carried out after
the deadly earthquake of April 25, 2015. Some of the NGOs provided their responses in the
prescribed format while others sent their Annual Reports for a review.
The Draft report was shared among the key stakeholders of anti-trafficking initiatives in December
15, 2015. The workshop was organized by NHRC aiming to share the major findings of the Report
and also obtain suggestions to improve the Report. The workshop was chaired by Honorable
Member of the NHRC, Mrs. Mohna Ansari. There were altogether 45 participants in the workshop.
The feedback from the workshop was incorporated in the Final Report. The Draft Report was also
shared with the Honorable Chairperson and Commissioners of NHRC and their feedback were
incorporated before finalization of this Report.
Ethical Issues – Throughout the Report, the name of the trafficked survivors has been changed and if
required the location and other identity of the survivors were also changed or not written for the
purpose of confidentiality.
1.5 Limitation of the Study
The key limitation of this Report is positioned to the extent of validity of the data produced by
different GOs and I/NGOs regarding the prevention, protection and prosecution status of TIP. This
limitation comes because Nepal does not have a centralized counter-trafficking database system.
While utilizing the data/information from different sources including of research/studies, the Report
attempts to scrutinize the validity of data/information by examining the methodology employed by
the research/studies/reports. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) Recommended
Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Human Trafficking urges the states to use the
internationally agreed definition of trafficking while collecting and maintaining data on trafficking
and ensure that data on trafficking survivors disaggregated in line with age, sex, ethnicity and other
relevant attributes.
Another limitation of this Report comes from the possibility overlapping information/data, especially
in case of protection and prosecution related services provided by the GOs and I/NGOs. A trafficked
survivor, for example, may be intercepted by more than one organizations and it is likely that each
organization would count his/her as a beneficiary. Further, caution must be borne in mind while
dealing with the data related to prevention, protection, prosecution related services that one person
may be counted in different services.
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