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Lesson Social Problems: Prostitution and
4.4
Bullying and Their Solutions

FACTS In Nepal, among the 1.5 million vulnerable people,
to Understand 35,000 are “sold” every year for human trafficking
to engage in difficult and danger foreign employments,
adult entertainment and child labour activities.

Source: https://www.business-humanrights.org/

Social problems exist in every society in the world. In developed countries problems
in the society are less whereas in developing and underdeveloped countries there
are many social problems. These exist due to the ignorance, illiteracy, poverty,
unemployment, unstable government, social discrimination, etc. Many social problems
are unsolved which can be turned into evils and later on very difficult to eradicate. In
this lesson we are going to study about prostitution as a fatal problem and bullying
as an emerging problem.

Prostitution

Buying or selling of girls for the purpose of earning money or sexual entertainment
is called prostitution. Prostitution is mainly caused due to the girls trafficking. Girl
trafficking is a social crime in which innocent, ignorant, illiterate girls are sold or
bought within or outside the country for sex trade or forced labour. The agents visit
innocent, simple-minded but poor parents and assure them to provide good jobs with
handsome salary in towns. Sometimes they even pretend to marry their daughter
and give her a comfortable and luxurious life. In reality the case is different. They
sell the girls to the brothels. Once sold, the girls are compelled to obey their masters
and fulfill the desire of the customers or they can be taken to the circus or forced
labourers. Once to brothels they cannot go outside and are tortured, physically and
mentally. When they fall sick infected from HIV/AIDS, they are sent back home. They
are discarded not only by the society even the family does not accept them. They live
miserable life like a hell throughout their life.

Maya’s Story

Maya, a Nepalese teenage girl, life in her village was miserable. Living in utter
poverty with no job opportunities, she decided to go out. So Maya and some other girls
were taken by two men to Kathmandu where many carpet factories are located.

The work condition in many of these carpet factories were appalling. Poor and helpless
children were treated very badly. They were closely supervised and punished if they
took a break. The children were kept in cramped, dirty rooms and given watery meals
only twice a day in return for their labour. The contractors didn’t pay them anything
but simply pocket their rightful wage. Moreover, sexual harassment was common.

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