Though
prostitution in Nepal is illegal, thousands of
prostitutes work in Kathmandu
, the capital city of Nepal. There are a
number of
massage parlors in
Thamel, a tourist area of Kathmandu, where sex for
money is easily available. Girls can be easily picked up from dance
bars in Kathmandu. Another form of prostitution is in cabin
restaurant where clients go and drink with girls, afterwards
clients pick out a girl and leave.
Human trafficking
Nepal
is currently
the largest "sending country" for human trafficking in India
.
Nearly
half of all Mumbai's
sex workers working in brothels are from Nepal. It is estimated that
more than 150,000 rural women and children are trafficked to Indian
brothels and cities alone for commercial sex.
References
Further reading
- Gomare et al. (2002) Adopting strategic approach for
reaching out to inaccessible population viz Abstract
WePeF6707F abstract, The XIV International AIDS Conference.
External links
See also