Disasters seldom restrain to administrative and political boundaries and derecognizes international borders. These borders become the most vulnerable areas where laws are practically inapplicable uniformly across the international borders. Women moving out in search of livelihood options become easy prey to trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation and are also devoid of any knowledge on safe migration policies. India, Bangladesh and Nepal in South Asia have been identified as the major sources from where men, women and children get trafficked for the purposes of involuntary domestic servitude, bondage of debt, camel jockey, commercial sexual exploitation and so on. Human trafficking among the women and girls has been one of the largest in terms of magnitude and poses the greatest challenge more so when a disaster strikes!
Natural Disaster and Vulnerability to Trafficking of Women and Girls in India