Abstract
The objective of this project paper is to gauge various factors underlying the internal and transnational trafficking of girls, women and children in Pakistan and to review the gravity and blueprint of the menace. Besides, this study endeavors to identify the most vulnerable section of the population in Pakistan in particular. This research work is primarily based on a review of secondary literature and interviews with the trafficking victims and the officials of the agencies engaged in prevention of human trafficking and the officials from certain NGOs working towards rehabilitation of the victims. Primary data was collected through interviews with the trafficking victims to get first hand information about their ordeals in order to secure an outlook into the dynamics of menace of domestic trafficking in Pakistan. For that purpose, 65 abused women were interviewed, majority of them lodged in the shelter houses in Karachi. Besides, this study also used periodic reports produced and published by various independent international bodies. Study concludes that poverty is the main underlying factor for this menace that leads to their economic and sexual abuse. Besides, gender disparity, abysmal literacy rate among the women in rural areas, and unawareness about legal privileges, lack of political and administrative will behind enforcement of anti-trafficking laws are also the contributing factors. Study found that these factors act in combination to bring about plight of the women in this region. Outcomes of this study have wide ranging practical implications including recommendations on identifying the factors that cause such trafficking and, accordingly, discovering the sections of society more vulnerable to internal and transnational trafficking. The study found that internally displaced people are usually more exposed to this menace. The study also highlighted internecine role of the law enforcement agencies especially the police.
Farooq-e-Azam Cheema, Tayyaba Zarif, Aziz –un– Nisa. (2014) Women Trafficking In Pakistan: Gravity Of The Menace And Causes, Pakistan Journal of Gender Studies, Vol. 9, Issue 1.
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