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Mohammad Khairul
Alam
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Shishu Kallyan Foundation
24/3 M.C. Roy Lane
Dhaka-122
Bangladesh
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Stop
Girls Trafficking to Prevent AIDS
Sexual trafficking of
children, women and girls through commercial exploitation, is a fundamental
violation of their rights. It is a universal and complex problem, which
defies both simplistic analysis and easy answers. It encompasses a range of
abusers, different forms of abuse, and differs in the type and degree of
impact on the victim. Every year, more than 1 million women and children
worldwide are reportedly trafficked and sold for a variety of different
purposes - many end up in the sex trade. This number comes to nearly 3,000
women and children per day.
Trafficking & HIV/AIDS
is an interrelated. Especially women and girls are trafficking for use of
sexual industry. Most of trafficking girls would face several physical &
sexual abuses. When a girl newly enrolls a sex industry, she tries to safe
herself heard & soul, but most of the time they couldn’t free her. Generally
the traffickers are not accompanying the women while crossing the border.
Therefore, it is difficult for the border police to arrest them. Lack of
knowledge of the legal system, no access to the Courts or corruption within
the law enforcement services are all cited as factors that severely
undermine prevention activities.
Trafficked victim
often suffer from a multitude of physical and psychological health problems.
Women and girls are particularly vulnerable to reproductive health problems
in trafficking situations as they have little or no access to reproductive
health care. These problems include lack of access to constant rapes, forced
abortions and contraceptive use, and other health issues. Women and girls in
domestic servitude are subject to rape and other physical abuse, while women
and girls in forced sex work suffer increased risk of sexually transmitted
infections, including HIV/AIDS.
Bangladesh is one of
the countries in the world in which the rate of trafficking is very high.
Because of the hidden nature of this crime of trafficking, reliable
statistics are hard to come out. A survey conducted by Rainbow Nari O Shishu
Kallyan Foundation that the girls forced (trafficking) into the brothels do
not want to return to their homes once they are into it for more than one
year. Such girls believe they would be victim of social stigma and face
discrimination from the society. They also believe, their family would
suffer several social taboo, self-respect, and social-dignity.
Traffickers use 20
main points in 16 western districts of
Bangladesh near the
Indian border. Kushtia district is very safety-point for traffickers; some
villages are used as stations for the traffickers. Rajshahi borders of
Bidirpur and Premtali are used because there are fewer check points. Jessore
border is very popular with traffickers. Some Deserted-house, hut and hotels
are used to keep the girls brought from different parts of the country. At
least 13 women are being trafficked every day. The Indian Social Welfare
Board estimates that there are 500,000 foreign prostitutes in India - 1
percent are from Bangladesh and 2.7% of prostitutes in Calcutta are from
Bangladesh. AIDS researcher Mr. Anirudha Alam said, Traffickers were
frequently from the country or India, and had links to brothels in India. In
some cases parents or relatives sold women and girls into sex industries or
trafficker.
A report from L.R.B.
Foundation that girls prostitutes is mounting, many men believe that having
sex with young girls will improve their virility or perhaps even cure a
sexually transmitted disease (STDs/HIV) or make them more successful in
business. Girls prostitutes as young as teen are thus in high demand. So
that, trafficking in
Bangladesh exists for
the purposes of forced prostitution. Although exact figures on the scope of
the problem vary widely, the consensus is that the trafficking problem is
growing rapidly.
In order to improve
the effectiveness of the HIV/AIDS prevention activities, it is essential to
protect human trafficking, as mostly trafficking victim are used commercial
sex industry in other geographical area, they stay in there, as like in
prison, they have no rights of speak out themselves. They are forced to
sexual conduct with multiple partners, but they have no ability to insist
upon condom use or safe sex and are vulnerable to HIV/STIs transmission.
References: CEDAW
Report, L.R.B. Report, Indian Social Welfare Report
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