TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS

Table 2.3 Number of Trafficking survivors as reported by INSEC 2014
Districts
Number of
district
Number of
survivors per
district
Total number
of survivors
Kathmandu 1 17 17
Kapilbastu 1 15 15
Bardiya 1 14 14
Kaski 1 13 13
Morang 1 12 12
Nawalparasi and Sindhupalchok 2 7 14
Kanchanpur 1 6 6
Banke, Chitawan, Illam, Lalitapur, Mahottari,
11 2 22
Nuwakot, Panchathar, Parsa, Rautahat, Salyan and
Sunsari
Baglung, Bhaktapur, Darchula, Doti, Jhapa, Parbat,
9 1 9
Shankuwasava, Saptari and Siraha
Total 28 122
Source: INSEC, 2014.
2.3.2 Characterizing the Trafficked Survivors
Who are the victims of trafficking? Here, this is evaluated from three sources (Table 2.4). One, the
number of participants of a national conference organized by Shakti Samuha held June 4 and 5, 2014
in Lalitapur, Nepal. Altogether 350 participants including 191 women trafficked survivors
participated in the conference. Two, the number of cases of Human Trafficking disposed by the
Supreme Court of Nepal in between 2007 to 2012. A total of 120 cases were studied by the National
Judicial Academy (NJA). Three, the number of trafficking victims/survivors recorded in the Nepal
police in the FY 2013/14 and 2014/15.
The trafficked survivors originated across the country as indicated by the conference participants of
Shakti Samuha. Majority originated from central development region (59%), followed by midwestern
(18%) and eastern development region (17%). Nearly one-tenth of the conference’s
participants were children (< 18 years of age). Data from the Supreme Court judgment revealed that
only one-third of the survivors age was stated in the judgments (29% were under 20 years and 4
percent were 20 years and above).
Of the total 191 conference participants, 56 percent, 21 percent and 20 percent were Janajati, Dalit
and other caste/ethnic groups, respectively. From the Shakti Samuha data, it appears that two
disadvantaged social groups i.e. Janajati and Dalit - are overwhelmingly represented as the
trafficking survivors’ vis-à-vis their share of population in Nepal. According to Population Census
2011, Hill Janajati and Dalit constitute around 37 percent and 14 percent of the total population,
respectively. Data from the Supreme Court judgment do not match with Shakti Samuha’s data. Yet
majority of trafficked survivors comprised of Janajati (37%), followed by
Brahaman/Chhetri/Dasanami (32%) and Dalit (16%).
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