Human Trafficking

Human trafficking is the illegal trade of human beings for the purpose of reproductive slavery, commercial sexual exploitation, forced labor or a modern-day form of slavery. Women are exploited to such trafficking from a young age itself. They are raped continuously by the men of the village and are forced into the acts of prostitution. They are threatened, beaten and tortured and instructed how to live their lives. They have no right to freedom and are unable to live their lives independently. Several efforts have been made to reduce this human trafficking in India to save the women and children from being exploited in this manner but many of these efforts and initiatives taken by the more privileged people have gone in vain. However, one person who has made a positive change in the lives of such exploited women and children is Anuradha Koirala, founder of the organization Maiti Nepal, that works towards promoting the welfare of women by preventing them from being sold across the Indo-Nepalese border. Anuradha Koirala, the 2010 CNN here of the year, has been fighting to end this sex trafficking for nearly two decades. Since 1993, she and her organization Maiti Nepal have helped rescue and rehabilitate more than 12,000 women and girls by raiding brothels, patrolling the India-Nepal border and providing safe shelter and support services. Koirala’s own abusive history, led her into this crusade.