By Anil
Parajuli, Hetauda, July 8: Women survivors of human trafficking have started to
conduct research on themselves.
As a part of
research, they have used photo voice as a tool to express their suffering in
course of being trafficked.
Many women survivors
expressed their tragic experiences at the two-day workshop related to
participatory research involving women survivors of human trafficking that
started here in Hetauda.
"By
means of photo voice, we reflect our experiences in course of being trafficked
and then as we express it, we feel relieved of the sorrows and sufferings. We
feel like weeping time and again remembering our past and wish no one should
have such kind of situation," shared a woman survivor.
She said
that she also faced lack of support from her family and society after she was
rescued, which doubled her plights.
Women
survivors of Hetauda and Manahari complained that there were obstacles in
selling goods produced by women survivors with HIV and that it was very
problematic to reintegrate in the society. They said they were treated as
someone of second class even at the hospital for they were infected with HIV.
Dr. Rita Dhungel,
assistant professor at the Fraser Valley University, Canada, who is one of the lead
researchers, said that most people were trafficked due to their poverty, and
that the research will come up with inputs for policy recommendation to the
government on proper policy for women survivors of human trafficking.
She said
that women in the age group of 7-35 were found suffering from human trafficking.
She expressed worry that cases human trafficking were still found in Nuwakot,
Sindhupalchowk and Makawanpur districts.
According to
Bagmati Province Police office, Hetauda, there 32 cases of human trafficking in
the last 3 years from 10 districts, except for Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur,
of the province.