Women trafficking
Women and child trafficking is a perennial problem in our country. It is not only a problem for Bangladesh but rather it is a global problem. Poverty, overpopulation, gender-based discrimination, lack of consciousness are the reasons among others behind women and child trafficking in Bangladesh. Uneducated and vulnerable woman and children deprived of financial, legal, social support and opportunities become victims of internal and cross border trafficking.
It has been found that over 1 million women and children have been trafficked out of the country in the last 30 years. A UNICEF report says that approximately 400 women and children in Bangladesh become victims of trafficking each month. Another study reports that approximately 300,000 Bangladeshi children and women between the age of 12 and 30 have been trafficked to India alone in the last 10 years.
Moreover, a non-government source reports that about 200,000 women and children have been trafficked to the Middle East in the last 20 years.
Obviously, it is a matter of grave concern.
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