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Articles tagged with: Nepal
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Survivors of child sexual exploitation reach for justice
Press Release: new research shows the impact of a victim–centred approach on reporting of child sexual exploitation in Nepal Image via iStock 2 September 2020 Child sexual exploitation remains widespread in Nepal, driven by discrimination, poverty, a lack of education, peer pressure and the necessity of finding employment. Efforts to… Keep reading »
Getting justice; finding freedom
Anti-Slavery International’s Sally Kilner on how girls in Nepal are accessing justice after being sexually exploited. Image by hadynyah via iStock 2 September 2020 Aged 16, Binsa* decided she needed to support her family financially. {Near to her home was a hotel needing staff} and she started to work cleaning… Keep reading »
Nepal: building resilience to trafficking
Kriti Vaidya from CWISH Nepal on their work supporting girls to become resilient to trafficking. Keep reading »
Call on Nepal to address bonded labour
Nepal’s United Nations review: Anti-Slavery International and partners call for action on bonded labour. Anti-Slavery International, Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC) and Backward Society Education (BASE) have called on Nepal to tackle bonded and forced labour of adults and children. Forced and bonded labour continues to persist in… Keep reading »
Report: Into the Unknown
New report: Widespread abuse of Nepalese migrant domestic workers in Lebanon a direct consequence of the systems in place in both countries. New research looking at the vulnerabilities to widespread abuse of Nepalese migrant domestic workers in Lebanon rooted directly in the systems in place in both home and… Keep reading »
Nepal backs UN attempts to make caste discrimination a human rights abuse
17 September 2009 The former Hindu kingdom of Nepal has backed a draft UN guideline to recognise caste discrimination as a human rights violation. The guideline also received backing from the EU presidency and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. State Minister for General Administration, Jeet Bahadur Gautam Darjee,… Keep reading »
Freedom for 20,000 people as Nepal abolishes bonded labour practice
9 September 2008 Anti-Slavery International, the world’s oldest human rights organisation, welcomes the decision by the government of Nepal to free 20,000 people in slavery by abolishing the local bonded labour practice of ‘haliya‘. The organisation also calls for official support to help the freed labourers find alternative livelihoods and… Keep reading »