Posted by: salamkrishne January 27, 2021
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Harkey, I was expecting your comment has specific preskriptions as you normally would write on other questions, I, instead found broader suggestions that can be relevant to any societal problem, including underage girl trafficking.
To answer the op's concern or question, I would say our government should take the required action instead of expecting India to be doing something. Everyone knows more Indians are in brothels than Nepali. Let us not expect a lot from India.
After watching few secretly filmed brothel videos few months ago, I was/am of the impression that number of young women/girls working in those places is not a lot. Perhaps there are places little far, and little hidden from the well-known places where most of the people gather to conduct trade. I think number of young girls has genuinely decreased compared with the situation few years ago, mainly due to girls being in school for longer years, increased awareness among parents, and decreased trafficking of underage girls due to fear of harsh penalty. (I recall reading few news pieces of some judges in district courts giving up to 40/50 years of prison sentences to child traffickers).
I think Nepal government's major focus should be to make it mandatory for everybody to attend schools up to grade 10, or until the age of 16, whichever comes first. Girls can be given monetary incentives or allowance for attending school beyond 8th grade and until 12th grade. There is/should be enough money with government to implement it. It will have immense positive impact not only by preparing a future workforce that is educated, but also adult women who can defend themself and have enough courage to say no to anything they do not wish to do. Equally important will be to warn and punish the parents who have stopped sending theirs children until they reach the age of 16. Elected local government officials can be the important part of mechanism to implement the above mentioned measures. Around the country many local elected officials have set expamples during the pandemics by keeping records of infected people and by strictly forbidding the spread of virus in their jurisfiction with the help of self-set up mechanism.
Personally I am of the view that government or anybody for that matter should not worry about the trade that takes place between adults. All the focus has to be on making sure girls are in the school until 16 years of age.
To answer the op's concern or question, I would say our government should take the required action instead of expecting India to be doing something. Everyone knows more Indians are in brothels than Nepali. Let us not expect a lot from India.
After watching few secretly filmed brothel videos few months ago, I was/am of the impression that number of young women/girls working in those places is not a lot. Perhaps there are places little far, and little hidden from the well-known places where most of the people gather to conduct trade. I think number of young girls has genuinely decreased compared with the situation few years ago, mainly due to girls being in school for longer years, increased awareness among parents, and decreased trafficking of underage girls due to fear of harsh penalty. (I recall reading few news pieces of some judges in district courts giving up to 40/50 years of prison sentences to child traffickers).
I think Nepal government's major focus should be to make it mandatory for everybody to attend schools up to grade 10, or until the age of 16, whichever comes first. Girls can be given monetary incentives or allowance for attending school beyond 8th grade and until 12th grade. There is/should be enough money with government to implement it. It will have immense positive impact not only by preparing a future workforce that is educated, but also adult women who can defend themself and have enough courage to say no to anything they do not wish to do. Equally important will be to warn and punish the parents who have stopped sending theirs children until they reach the age of 16. Elected local government officials can be the important part of mechanism to implement the above mentioned measures. Around the country many local elected officials have set expamples during the pandemics by keeping records of infected people and by strictly forbidding the spread of virus in their jurisfiction with the help of self-set up mechanism.
Personally I am of the view that government or anybody for that matter should not worry about the trade that takes place between adults. All the focus has to be on making sure girls are in the school until 16 years of age.