Trafficking of Women and Girls for Sex Trade from Nepal to India

Abstract

We know that extreme poverty is a major cause of human trafficking. This researcher suggests that a new approach be taken in reducing this odious abuse of the poor. The author bases his research on a study of one hundred and fifty-eight Nepalese women and girls who were trafficked for sexual exploitation from Nepal to India, and makes a persuasive claim that putting the protection of human rights at the center of attempts to mitigate this tragedy is badly needed.

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Siddhartha Sarkar

Siddhartha Sarkar is an Associate Professor at the A. C. College of Commerce, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India. He received his PhD in economics (2004) from the University of North Bengal, Darjeeling, India. He has been a postdoctoral fellow and visiting professor at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands; a senior postdoctoral and professorial fellow at Thammasat University and Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand; and senior postdoctoral fellow and visiting professor at Corvinus University and Central European University, Hungary. He was most recently a Commonwealth Academic Fellow at SOAS, University of London and Cambridge University, UK, and European Commission Erasmus Mundus Visiting Professor at the University of Warsaw, Poland.