Stakeholders have said that with the development of information technology and the use of social media, new challenges are emerging in the campaign against human trafficking.
They say that we have to proceed in a new way to overcome the challenges added with new technology. In the 'Sunita Danuwar Memorial Lecture Series-1' held in Kathmandu on Wednesday in memory of late Sunita Danuwar, the leader of the campaign against human trafficking, the speakers and participants discussed the new challenges faced in the campaign against human trafficking.
Sunita Danuwar, who is the founding president of Shakti Group, which was opened under the leadership of people affected by human trafficking, and the concerns of victims like her, are missing from the mainstream of the state, according to the participants. In the program, sociologist Meena Paudel explained about the crime of human trafficking, the victims of it, Sunita Danuwars and the movement led by them.
She alleged that although trafficking is a problem for the entire human society, the state sees it as a problem only for the women who suffer from it. 'There is still no situation for women who have been trafficked to find a place in society. Nothing more happened during Sunita's time. The family takes the blame. The society does not blame the traffickers, but the women who are the victims,' said Paudel, 'and the state also abuses the victims as if the name of the country is bad because of you, rather than stopping the trafficking. It is a big struggle for the victims to rise from this situation and find an environment to live with dignity. That is a big movement.'
She said that the development of technology and the increasing use of social media have led to more challenges in the anti-trafficking campaign. Former Deputy Mayor of Melamchi Municipality and social activist Bhagwati Nepal, speaking about the changing nature and challenges of human trafficking, said that trafficking has now gone beyond the traditional and limited structure and the new generation must face it in a new way.
Swastika Danuwar, the managing director of Sunita Foundation and Sunita Danuwar's daughter, remembered her mother Sunita Danuwar's continuous struggle and contribution. Chairperson Savita Pokharel informed that the lecture series started by Women's Rehabilitation Center 'Orek' will now be conducted quarterly.
