Media’s role in checking human trafficking hailed in Nepal

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of Nepal organised a discussion programme prior to publishing a research-based report on ‘National Report on Trafficking of Person’ to garner feedback from media. The report aims at finding new trends in human trafficking and role of NGOs, and new challenges, said Padma Mathema of NHRC. The NHRC organised the interaction programme with media persons to find out what was missing in the media relation in controlling human trafficking. Acting Secretary at the NHRC Kedar Poudel said that media had been playing a vital role in controlling trafficking. He said that trafficking should be looked from two aspects – criminal and its social, economical and mental impacts. Media had also been making people aware about the violation of human rights and its negative impact in the society. Dr. Hari Bamsa Jha, who was involved in the research of the report, said that research depends on the primary and secondary data. “ now-a-days, media were trying to reach to the depth of traffickers and trying to find out facts from them. The study report would help to find out the challenges and ways to improve the issues,” he said. The report said that trafficking has become a concern of the media, especially of newspapers, that in the context of emerging trend of trafficking in persons and also of women and children as an issue on place of origin, at the transit point and to the destination nationally and internationally. The media has been able to give due focus on the issue of trafficked women and children and at the same time they have exposed the activities of the traffickers. “Many of the stories published in the media suggest that the trafficked girls and children are in poor physical and mental status once they return back their homes,” the report said. More

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