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Table 3.9 Number of children and women missing after the earthquake of April 25, 2015 Boys Girls Women Total % of total Kathmandu valley 77 58 210 345 28.0 Biratnagar 14 35 116 165 13.4 Hetauda 17 31 120 168 13.6 Pokhara 60 58 198 316 25.6 Surkhet 30 14 89 133 10.8 Dipayal 21 22 63 106 8.6 Total 219 218 796 1233 100.0 Row % 17.8 17.7 64.6 Source: Women and Children Service Directorate, Nepal Police (data obtained from a letter on request of NHRC), 2015. Nepal Police have rescued 161 children from different border points between Nepal and India in between earthuake of April 25, 2015 and end of September 2015. The proportion of victims who were rescued by the Nepal Police was relatively higher for girls (52%) against boys (48%). Among the regions, the highest proportion was rescued from Hetauda (32%), followed by Kathmandu valley (30%), Surkhet (17%) and Biratnagar (11%) and the least from Dipayal (1%) (Table 3.10). Table 3.10 Number of children at risk of trafficking rescued from different border points by Nepal Police after the earthquake of April 25, 2015 Region/Place Boys Girls Total % of total Biratnagar 6 12 18 11.2 Hetauda 28 23 51 31.7 Pokhara 0 2 2 1.2 Surkhet 16 11 27 16.8 Dipayal 10 5 15 9.3 Kathmandu valley 17 31 48 29.8 Total 77 84 161 100.0 Row % 47.8 52.2 100.0 Source: CCWB, 2015. Drawing on the information obtained from Nepal Police, it is revealed that TIP especially women and children is evident after the earthquake of April 25, 2015 (Box 3.2). It also appears that even the magnitude of TIP increased as more and more number of children turned to be orphans, or become without guardians and even if there were parents of children, the parents became vulnerable. Box 3.2 An overview of evidences of women and children vulnerability of trafficking after the April 25, 2015 earthquake as reported by Nepal Police Accused persons Description of the incidences Description of punishment 1 Budha, Takashera VDC of Rukum district and currently residing in Takeshowar-14 of Kathmandu district 2 Thami (22 years) including other four persons of Latilang VDC of Dolakha district, Murali Bhanjyang of Dhading and Dehradun- India 3 Magar (19 years) Bhadrakali VDC-3 of Sindhupalchok district 4 Lama (36 years) of Gumba VDCand Dawa Tamang (27 years) of Bhotang VDC Sindhupalchok district and Jiwan (40 years) of Pokhara On the request letter of DCWB, Rukum that Budha and Pun shall be investigated on the charge of HTTA 2007. They brought 22 children from Rukum district and these children were currently residing in a Child House of Dharmasthali, Kathmandu. Rescued 10 girls of Lapilang VDC of Dolakha district by Koteshowar Police from SOS Koteshowar Kathmandu on May 20, 2015. Children were told to be provided free education in a Children Village Society of Dehradun India Rescued 8 girls of Lapilang VDC of Dolakha district by Lalitapur Police from Meriwad school of Lubhu, Lalitapur on May 20, 2015. They were told to be provided free education in a Children Village Society of Dehradun India 8 persons were being brought to India via Jhapa on September 19, 2015. The complaints is received by the Gausala Police. The victims were rescued from Thankot checkpoint of Nepal Police. 39 Arrested Budha by Teku Police post and inquired him and handed over to the District Attorney Office, Kathmandu on June 2, 2015 for prosecution On request of the CCWB, the accused Thami and others were arrested and Baneshowar Police registered FIR on charge of HTTA 2007 Arrested the accused and registered a case against her on charge of HTTA 2007 by Lalitapur Police Two accused- persons were arrested while one was still to be arrested and the investigation was going on. Source: Nepal Police (data obtained from letter to the NHRC), 2015. The resurgence of trafficking is also reported by NGOs working against trafficking in earthquake hard hit district such as Makwanpur (Case 3.1).
Case 3.1 Surge of trafficking of girls after the earthquake from Makwanpur district Naamtar VDC, Makwanpur district is one of the hard-hit VDCs by the Earthquake of April 25 and aftershocks. The vulnerability of trafficking worsened after the earthquake in this poverty stricken village. Tika (name changed) used to visit Ms. Bimala Bomjan – a neighbor. One day, Bimala introduced Tika to a man – Mr. Mangal Tamang - a guest of Bomjan who used to visit her frequently. During Mr. Tamang's visit to Ms. Bomjan's house, he usually met Tika. As their meeting thickened he started luring Tika and also her friend Prema (name changed) that he can help them find better job in India. They – Mr. Tamang and two survivors– left the village on July 12, 2015. In Narayangad, Mr. Tamang gave them some medicine saying as medicine for gastric problem, which caused them feeling of dizziness and half consciousness. In such a state, they reached to Kanchanpur. After getting off the bus, Mr. Tamang made a call to someone and asked him to come there right away. Within few minutes a man appeared. He asked the survivors to ride on the man's motorbike to which they denied at first but later agreed. Fortunately, the border police stopped them and enquired. On July 19, 2015, the FIR was filed against the perpetrators Mr. Tamang and his friend and they were arrested. The case is registered in Makwanpur District Court in August 11, 2015. On August 12, 2015 the District Court ordered the alleged traffickers to be taken into judicial custody and in 23 September 2015, the District Court convicted both accused offering 10 years imprisonment and Rs.50,000 as fine for each. The Court also ordered that the survivors be provided Rs. 25,000 as compensation from the perpetrator's fined amount as per Human Trafficking and Transportation (Control) Act 2007. In this case, PPR Nepal – a NGO – support to the victims for the entire process of FIR, investigation, prosecution and court proceeding. Source: PPR Nepal, 2015. Maiti Nepal’s data on the number of women and children intercepted before and after threemonths of the earthquake in Nepal has been presented in Table 3.11. This dataset provides some indications that the risk of trafficking increased after the quake. It increased by nearly 15 percent. However, not all border points/locations of survillence centers experienced the same number of trafficked survivors, it is mostly Thori – a bordering area in Chitawan district, Jhapa, Illam and Mahendranagar have experienced a surge of intercepted women and children. Unfortunately, data is not available for Sindhupalchok district – one of the 14 hard earthquake hit districts of Nepal. Table 3.11 Number of women and children intercepted before and after three months of the April 25, 2015 Earthquake of Nepal, Maiti Nepal Location/area Three-months pre-earthquake (before April 25, 2015) Three-months post-earthquake (After April 25, 2015) Difference (Post-Pre) < 18 years > =18 years Total < 18 years >=18 years Total Morang 15 15 30 33 23 56 + 26 Dhangadi 12 17 29 17 11 28 - 1 Birgunj 30 21 51 21 21 42 -9 Mahendranagar 14 19 33 30 49 79 + 46 Sindhupalchok 3 6 9 NA NA 0 - Thori 5 2 7 10 13 23 + 16 Jhapa 54 48 102 59 72 131 + 29 Nepalgunj 110 94 204 97 78 175 -29 Illam 7 16 23 7 39 46 +23 Rupandehi 36 59 95 28 77 105 -10 Nagadhunga 22 30 52 29 11 40 -12 Total 308 327 635 331 394 725 +90 Source: data sent to NHRC for this TIP Report by Maiti Nepal. 40
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References Advocacy Forum Nepal (AF
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