Dhrubatara-Nepal

Background:

Nepal is among the poorest and least developed countries in the world with more than half of its population living below the poverty line. In spite of the huge potentiality for the use of its human and natural resources, Nepal has not yet been able to capitalize them effectively for various reasons and thus, is lagging far behind in its socio-economic development.

As a result of massive poverty, political instability and a couple of other reasons, majority of Nepalese children are living in a pathetic life situation and are deprived of their rights including the right to life, right to protection, and right to education and capacity building.

PROFESSIONAL REALIZATION AMONG FEMALE SEX WORKERS

A Case Study of Street Based Sex Workers of Kathmandu

I have come to post the summery, conclusion and recommendation of my dissertation, Professional REALIZATION AMONG FEMALE SEX WORKERS: A CASE STUDY OF STREET BASED SEX WORKER OF KATHMANDU”, that I submitted to Tribhuvan University for the Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Master Degree of Arts Degree in April, 2003. Though we have passed almost 6 years since then, as a community development worker, I see no positive change in the situation of the women at-most-risk. So I think the document is still relevant and hope that concerned agencies and people can find important issue related with the sex workers from it.

1. Summary

The urban centers are emerging as the hub of the sex trade, where women are installed into a machinery process to mould them to fit in the sex racket. One very recent study states “… there are about 6,000 sex worker in Pokhara” (THT, 2003). Several studies previously have proved

Map of Nepal

Naturally Nepal

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Geography

Nepal is a landlocked country of the South Asia, 400 km long and 200 km wide. It is situated between two giant countries- China in the north and India in the South -covering a total area of 147,181 sq km. Geographically, it is divided into 3 regions- Mountain, Hilly and Terai (Plains) with respectively 15%, 68% and 17% area of land from the North to the South. Kathmandu is the capital city of Nepal. I live in Kirtipur, a historically and culturally important town of Kathmandu.

Landscape of Nepal

Population

The total population of Nepal is 29.52 million- (Men 49.05% and Women 50.05%) in 2008 and