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Following our chosen method of intervention, in which we aim to help support young girls and women with projects involving textiles, we hope to re-introduce them into their society that may view them negatively by offering them a community in which they are surrounded by women/ girls who have all dealt with similar suffering and trauma. Tis allows them to feel comfortable and without judgement while also offering them a support system and a place that they can feel safe. If we offer these vulnerable women and young girls a place where they can be surrounded by others like them while allowing them to express themselves through art we hope that it will not only lead to them feeling that they are a part of a society again but also help toward their mental health.

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We hope to reintroduce the girls back into society as for them it becomes difficult to become members of society again after going through such abuse and trauma. An assumption people have is the belief that these victims of human trafficking wish to return home, however in actuality “most have no interest in going back to their native countries, as they saw no future for themselves or their children, and/or feared for their safety and potential retaliation from the traffickers” (Timoshkina, 2014). Therefore, we want to ensure that the girls feel safe with us and show them that together we can all create a community and regain a position in society, becoming stronger.

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Gaining access to the Nepali girls may prove difficult due to the intense isolation and fear the women face. Many may feel hesitant to come forward due to fear of backlash of the rest of Nepal and fear of attackers. The Nepali society is noticeably old fashioned in its views and has significant gender disadvantages for women; social norms condone control of female sexuality and sexist household roles (Plan International UK, 2019). Therefore, we would need to need to create a support network that provides the women with someone to turn to when needed and gain their trust.

In order to first access the girls, we could engage with and recruit a Nepalese outreach worker so that they can engage the women personally and introduce us if and when they felt comfortable. The process would be kept private and confidential so that the girls could be ensured of the upmost safety, as they may fear that they could lose their jobs or be abused. The process would be timely as girls would be slow and hesitant to come forward so we would need to be extremely patient with the process and empathetic to the girls and women.
Also, the issue of us choosing textiles as our chosen art project may be seen as offensive to victims whom have been in forced labour in the textile industry. We would need to ensure that the girls see that it is a choice and all up to their own creative ideas, plus ensure them that we would not be confiscating the money from them they we choose to sell them, but instead they would keep it all. If we do this, we hope to liberate the girls and make them feel independent, as due to their gender they are not used to being in control of their decisions or feeling as if they have a choice in matters.

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In order to go through with our plans we would need financial support for materials/ travel and to ensure the girls are given the best experience and are ensured safety. We would hope to rely that a lot of our staff volunteer unpaid so that a significant amount of money can be prioritised on the project and for the textiles materials and for funding of a space where this project can take place, one that is ideally safe for the girls.

In terms of gaining the money we would need to set up a funding page in which we would hope to get donations from the public once they have learnt of our cause and what we hope to achieve for these girls whom are less fortunate and in need of help. Therefore, we would make a website to promote our project and need to gain media attention widely. To add to this, charity events would also be a good source of income that could help to support our project. Overall donations will be important to help keep the project going, as we are hopeful for the girls to possibly be able to sell their textiles/ art in which they would keep all of the money made. It would be positive for the girls to profit from the work as Nepal is extremely poverty stricken, being ranked “149 out of 189 countries on the Human Development Index” and has a significant problem in gender inequality (Plan International UK, 2019).

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-      Women wanting change for their future daughters

-      Gaining money from it

-      Human trafficking being a global issue that people worldwide want to deter/ decrease so can gain wide support

-      Meeting other survivors

-      Textiles being unoffensive to Nepalese culture

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This is an major issue that the government is trying to tackle via various means. One approach is employing border monitors, some of whom were victims themselves. This is because they are thought to be better at spotting potential victims due to their own experiences and intimate knowledge of the trafficking process .

The aim of this project is in sync with that of the Nepali government, as rehabilitation is a form of prevention. This value is clearly shared, as seen in the governments use of ex-victims as border monitors: the rehabilitated victims being used directly in preventative measures.

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-      Cultural views in Nepal can be biased towards men and therefore it may not be accepted by the Nepali society that we are helping these survivors or letting them earn money

-      Backlash of male population

-      Women feeling hesitant of attack

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Our project aims to aid trafficked individuals in Nepal, by giving young girls and women the skills to reintroduce themselves into societies that cannot differentiate between those who enter the sex industry voluntarily and those who have been sexually exploited.

We aim to support victims of sexual exploitation, debt bondage, rape, abuse, enslavement, intimidation, and all deplorable work. In supporting these disadvantaged communities, we are advocating for the well being of trafficked individuals who have returned home to be segregated by their communities due to the stigma around sex work.

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Nations, such as, India and countries making up the Arabian Peninsula are where most victims end up. Because of this they are major stake holders in this issue.

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The intervention method in this case is an arts based project, for this we propose a textile and embroidery project because clothes in both main cultures in Nepal ( Hinduism and Islam) has a deep meaning of pride and spirituailiy. As such, to take into account their cultural beliefs the girls and women would be divided in different groups depending on their castes, religion, etc. This kind of project won't only allow them to reclaim their narratives through textiles art, it also provides them with an employable skill and as such a way to start reintegrating in society.

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Textiles is both a creative outlet/ pursuit and a skill with job opportunities.

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Indigenous ethnic groups are more vulnerable due to their disadvantaged communities. Our project focuses on this by using rehabilitation as also a way of prevention. This is particularly effective in underprivileged communities as not only does this help those who have been through traumatic experiences but also gives them a way to make an earning so that they do not fall victim to trafficking again.

Due to the fact that indigenous women and girls are then highest target for trafficking, our project solely focuses on them. Despite traffickers not intentionally target one particular group, indigenous girls are more vulnerable to trafficking due to being from places of with high poverty. (Voice, 2020)

For example TAMANG- North central hilly region of Nepal, was known for having victims of internal trafficking. This shared many common elements with internal displacement. The guiding principle on internal displacements convey IDP’s as persons or group of persons who have been forced to leave or flee their homes or places of habitual residence. These reasons of flight vary from armed conflict, violation of human rights, and natural or human-made calamities

Why are they more vulnerable?

Victims of trafficking also resemble IDP’s demographically. Whilst there are no stereotypes, most victims are believed to be under 25 years of age. With many in their mid to late teens. (Martin, 2020)

Published reports confirm that ethnic conflict and ethnic fragmentation exacerbate the internal displacement of individuals from networks of family and community as well as their access to economic and social safety nets. These individuals then become victims as they hope for better economic prospects elsewhere.

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There also seems to be a geographic hierarchy of stigma where the society perceives women returning from Delhi or Kolkata as “damaged goods” since the prevailing assumption is that they worked in the sex industry. Upon return to Nepal, many of these women are forced to migrate internally to preserve their anonymity. Women coming back from Lebanon or Kuwait enjoy a better welcome since labour migration to the Middle East is seen as more prestigious and is not associated with sex work..

A study by Richardson et al. (2016) focuses on 46 Nepali women who left trafficking situations and returned home. The key finding of this study highlight the effects of stigma, skills training, access to livelihood, marriage prospects and citizenships. The research conveys that bias and social rejection very much depend on whether the identity of the returning women is protected or disclosed. Narratives of the women who have been handed over by the police to NGO’s once returned are spread, thus destroying the women’s ‘izzat’ (family honour). Therefore. with our project the aim will be to allow returning women to be able to make a living on their own and prevent them from turning into victims of social stigma.

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https://www.hindujagruti.org/hinduism/hindu-lifestyle/hindu-attire/why-do-we-wear-clothes

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https://www.unodc.org/documents/human-trafficking/2011/Responses_to_Human_Trafficking_in_Bangladesh_India_Nepal_and_Sri_Lanka.pdf

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Trafficking survivors return home: Nepal Case study (2019)

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Due to the aftereffects of the earthquakes in Nepal in April and May 2015, many were affected harshly. There were major impacts on labour, health, rental and properties etc.. Due to this Humanitarian crisis for certain groups, orphaned children, young women, widows, and persons who lost their livelihoods became particularly vulnerable when it came to trafficking. This is still evident today as Nepal remains the source, transit and destination country for men, women and children who are subjected to forced labour and sex trafficking. (Trafficking in Persons Report, 2015) Many children are brought in from rural areas to the city on the promise that they will get a better life. They are offered education, work with better pay and a better quality of life. This according to anti-trafficking activists and child advocates lead to these children becoming victims of trafficking- both internal and cross border for domestic servitude of sexual exploitation.

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The first short term outcome and objective we hope to achieve through our method of intervention is, that we can provide a safe space for the girls’ and women, where they are able to feel a sense of control over their life. This would be done by them making their own decisions over creative choices. This is particularly important as their free will would have been stripped once they were trafficked. 

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The first short term outcome and objective we hope to achieve through our method of intervention is, that we can provide a safe space for the girls’ and women, where they are able to feel a sense of control over their life. This would be done by them making their own decisions over creative choices. This is particularly important as their free will would have been stripped once they were trafficked. 

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The first medium-term outcome and objective our project hopes to achieve is the chance of it being a tool for prevention. Not only would the textile and embroidery project provide the girls and women with money, which may in itself stop them from pursuing other means of getting money and getting money.  

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The first medium-term outcome and objective our project hopes to achieve is the chance of it being a tool for prevention. Not only would the textile and embroidery project provide the girls and women with money, which may in itself stop them from pursuing other means of getting money and getting money.  

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In addition, we hope to create a safe sense of a shared community and sisterhood, for those who choose to get involved. This will have many positive outcomes in itself, such as; working on rebuilding and solidifying the young girls and women’s self-esteem and confidence back up.

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In addition, we hope to create a safe sense of a shared community and sisterhood, for those who choose to get involved. This will have many positive outcomes in itself, such as; working on rebuilding and solidifying the young girls and women’s self-esteem and confidence back up.

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Overtime, we hope that the girls and women are able to heal from trauma, and feel comfortable talking about what they’ve gone through, as a way to warn others of how one might get tricked into tricking, whilst knowing they will not be judged or outcasted because others have gone through that.

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Overtime, we hope that the girls and women are able to heal from trauma, and feel comfortable talking about what they’ve gone through, as a way to warn others of how one might get tricked into tricking, whilst knowing they will not be judged or outcasted because others have gone through that.

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For many victims of trafficking, hope and aspirations can be damaging as that is what lead many of them to be trafficked. Our project aims to help victims of trafficking reintegrate into society by giving them the skills to depend on themselves. Returning women are often faced with non-existent support systems, detachment from familial ties, being outcasted by society and an unclear livelihood, which lead to reintegration into society being difficult (Dahal, Joshi and Swahnberg, 2015). By creating a project that groups these returning women it creates a sisterhood for those that feel alone and exiled.

Some of these returning women have many aspiration that they feel as though they cannot fulfil, For example the prospect of marriage, appropriate housing, equality, ownership of property and land, non-discriminatory laws on travel and migration and having a sense of community is no longer something that returning trafficked victims think they are able to achieve. Thus, by creating a sisterhood whilst providing work skills for these individuals it increases the chances of these women fulfilling their goals as they reintegrate into society on their own accord.

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Dahal, P., Joshi, S. and Swahnberg, K., 2015. ‘We are looked down upon and rejected socially’: a qualitative study on the experiences of trafficking survivors in Nepal. Global Health Action, 8(1), p.29267.

Martin, S., 2020. Internal Trafficking | Forced Migration Review. [online] Fmreview.org. Available at:  [Accessed 17 November 2020].

2009-2017.state.gov. 2020. Trafficking In Persons Report 2015. [online] Available at:  [Accessed 12 November 2020].

Richardson, D., N. Laurie, M. Poudel, and J. Towsend. 2016. “Women and Citizenship PostTrafficking.” The Sociological Review 64: 329-348.

Voice, I., 2020. 7, Out Of Every 10 Victims Of Trafficking In Person Are Indigenous Women And Girls In Nepal--Indigenousvoice. [online] Indigenousvoice.com. Available at:  [Accessed 17 November 2020].