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02KATHMANDU247
2002-02-01 12:05:00
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Embassy Kathmandu
Cable title:
NEPAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) PROJECT PROPOSALS FY2002-04
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 KATHMANDU 000247
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS:
SUBJECT: NEPAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
PROJECT PROPOSALS FY2002-04
REF: A) 01 STATE 219965, B) KATHMANDU 220
To improve the capacity of the Government of Nepal and
civil society organizations to fight trafficking in
persons, Post's new program proposals include
activities in the areas of prevention, rehabilitation
and prosecution. Prevention activities focus on
increased literacy and enhanced employment
opportunities for at-risk populations, rehabilitation
activities focus on assisting rescued victims obtain
alternative means of support, and prosecution
activities focus on support for the judicial and law
enforcement agencies who enforce Nepal's anti-
trafficking laws.
===========================
Prevention Through Literacy
===========================
A. Project Title: Preventing Trafficking of Women and
Girls Through Literacy
B. Name of Organization: World Education, Center for
Development and Population Activities (CEDPA) and/or
Nepali NGOs
C. Life of project: 2 years
D. Objectives:
--Provide out of school and at-risk adolescent girls
the basic literacy skills they need in order to expand
their opportunities in life;
--Raise individual and community awareness about girl
trafficking, child labor, and discriminatory practices
leading to various forms of exploitation;
--Raise girls' legal awareness regarding existing
relevant laws.
E. Justification: Lack of education and awareness are
major contributors to girl/child trafficking. Social,
cultural and economic discrimination against girls in
Nepal is reflected by the low literacy rate of females
in comparison to that of males: 25 percent versus 50
percent. Many donors have concluded that getting and
keeping girls in school is the best preventive measure
against trafficking. The proposed program aims at
increasing the literacy rate of out-of-school girls by
enrolling them in non-formal education classes to
provide basic reading and writing skills as well as
information on health and social issues including
trafficking. The program will also work with families
to enroll daughters into the formal education system to
enhance their opportunities in life. It expands on an
ongoing program (Girl's Access to Education - GATE)
conducted by CEDPA and World Education. The positive
impact to date of the GATE program merits extension to
other trafficking-prone districts identified by Nepal's
Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare.
Existing materials will be reviewed and other
appropriate sections (e.g. legal provisions) added to
make the GATE curriculum more relevant.
F. Performance Measurements:
--Number of adolescent girls achieving literacy;
--Number of girls who graduate from the program and
make the transition to formal schooling;
--Increased awareness of trafficking;
--Better life options explored due to raised
educational level.
G. Budget breakdown:
--Review of existing materials and development of new
curricula: $10,000
--Expansion of program in the targeted areas: $240,000
--Total: $250,000
H. Host government contribution: Provide space for
running non-formal education classes
I. Contributions from Other Donors: Twenty-five
percent matching funds from private donors.
J. Proposed Funding Mechanism: DOL or USAID
K. Embassy point of contact: Donna Stauffer, USAID,
Telephone: (977)(1)270-144; Fax: (977)(1)272-357.
==========================================
Employment Alternatives for Prevention and
Rehabilitation
==========================================
A. Project Title: Improving Gainf
ul Employment
Opportunities for Girls at Risk of Trafficking and
Rescued Trafficking Victims
B. Name of Organization: Nepali NGOs to be identified
C. Life of project: 2003-2005
D. Objective: Enable girls at risk to obtain
meaningful employment for self-reliance and
sustainability; provide better life options for girls.
E. Justification: Poverty and lack of economic
alternatives are major factors behind the supply of
trafficked women and children from Nepal. In addition,
the Maoist insurgency has caused an increase in poverty
rates, particularly in the poorest rural areas, and
forced many families to flee their homes. Under
situations of armed conflict women and children are the
most vulnerable groups for many forms of exploitation.
Without alternate sources of income, girls at risk
either migrate, join the insurgency or are
lured/trafficked into prostitution under the guise of
securing other types of employment (e.g., at carpet or
textile factories). An estimated one-third of Maoist
cadres are women and one-third more are children. The
low social status of girls and the lack of educational
and other opportunities push women and children to take
risks. This program will complement the literacy
training program, proposed above, in identifying high
risk target groups and providing relevant job skills to
enable them to pursue meaningful employment
opportunities. Organizations providing vocational and
other employment training skills will help the target
group obtain information as well as job placement and
micro-enterprise funding support. A USAID-funded study
of best practices on gainful employment opportunities
will inform the implementation of this program.
F. Performance measurements:
--Numbers of girls identified through the GATE program
and through rehabilitation centers receiving skills to
find gainful employment;
--Enhanced job training and placement skills by Nepali
NGOs working with at-risk groups;
--Percent of the target audience obtaining employment.
G. Budget breakdown:
One year training course (including food, lodging and
fees),at a rate of USD 700 per person for 500 girls;
Total cost for training: USD 350,000
H. Host government contribution: Include high-risk
groups in government training programs and provide job
opportunities
I. Contributions from Other Donors: None
J. Proposed funding mechanism: DOS
K. Embassy point of contact: Donna Stauffer, USAID,
Telephone: (977)(1)270-144; Fax: (977)(1)272-357.
==============================
Prevention Through Enforcement
==============================
A. Project Title: Better Application and Enforcement of
Anti-Trafficking Laws in Nepal
B. Name of Organization: To be determined
C. Life of Project: 18 months
D. Objectives:
--To increase understanding of Nepal's anti-trafficking
legislation among law enforcement agencies;
--To strengthen the police capacity to handle
trafficking cases sensitively and efficiently;
--To improve the functioning of district courts to
better handle trafficking cases.
E. Justification: The government of Nepal is expected
to pass new tougher anti-trafficking legislation in the
upcoming session of Parliament. Yet, the mere
existence of laws is not adequate to provide justice to
the victims of trafficking. In Nepal, traffickers are
rarely prosecuted and even more rarely convicted. A
special court in Kathmandu established last year to
accelerate handling of trafficking cases has not had
the intended effect, as police and victims often lack
the resources to travel to the capital to pursue their
cases. Women and children's cells have been
established within the national police and some staff
trained to handle trafficking cases sensitively, but
many staff have not yet been trained and the units lack
equipment to carry out their reporting and case
management responsibilities. Proper law enforcement
and application can happen only in the pre
sence of
clear understanding of the law and workable procedures
for implementing it, when police have the skills and
equipment for carrying out their functions, and when
the court system functions properly.
F. Performance Measurements:
--Number of trafficking cases reported, prosecuted, and
convictions obtained;
--The development and adoption of streamlined
procedures for courts;
--Police database maintained in target districts;
--Leaflet and media program to publicize the key
provisions of the new Anti-Trafficking Law developed
and disseminated;
--Training materials utilized by law enforcement
agencies.
G. Budget Breakdown:
i. Police training for handling rescued/repatriated
victims: USD 70,000
ii. Improved enforcement of legislation: development of
materials and training of law enforcement agency
personnel in 26 districts; provision of computers to
five regional police centers: USD 75,000
iii. Improvement of court procedures to protect
victims: technical assistance, training, equipment: USD
75,000
Total: USD 220,000
H. Host government contribution:
Provide facilities for conducting training and
assistance for Nepal government trainers. Government
staff also work with technical advisors on streamlining
procedures for courts handling trafficking cases.
I Contributions from Other Donors:
British government has helped with building police
capacity. Exact amount not available.
J. Proposed funding mechanism: STATE/INL (REF B)
K. Embassy point of contact: Donna Stauffer, USAID,
Telephone: (977)(1)270-144; Fax: (977)(1)272-357.
MALINOWSKI
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS:
SUBJECT: NEPAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
PROJECT PROPOSALS FY2002-04
REF: A) 01 STATE 219965, B) KATHMANDU 220
To improve the capacity of the Government of Nepal and
civil society organizations to fight trafficking in
persons, Post's new program proposals include
activities in the areas of prevention, rehabilitation
and prosecution. Prevention activities focus on
increased literacy and enhanced employment
opportunities for at-risk populations, rehabilitation
activities focus on assisting rescued victims obtain
alternative means of support, and prosecution
activities focus on support for the judicial and law
enforcement agencies who enforce Nepal's anti-
trafficking laws.
===========================
Prevention Through Literacy
===========================
A. Project Title: Preventing Trafficking of Women and
Girls Through Literacy
B. Name of Organization: World Education, Center for
Development and Population Activities (CEDPA) and/or
Nepali NGOs
C. Life of project: 2 years
D. Objectives:
--Provide out of school and at-risk adolescent girls
the basic literacy skills they need in order to expand
their opportunities in life;
--Raise individual and community awareness about girl
trafficking, child labor, and discriminatory practices
leading to various forms of exploitation;
--Raise girls' legal awareness regarding existing
relevant laws.
E. Justification: Lack of education and awareness are
major contributors to girl/child trafficking. Social,
cultural and economic discrimination against girls in
Nepal is reflected by the low literacy rate of females
in comparison to that of males: 25 percent versus 50
percent. Many donors have concluded that getting and
keeping girls in school is the best preventive measure
against trafficking. The proposed program aims at
increasing the literacy rate of out-of-school girls by
enrolling them in non-formal education classes to
provide basic reading and writing skills as well as
information on health and social issues including
trafficking. The program will also work with families
to enroll daughters into the formal education system to
enhance their opportunities in life. It expands on an
ongoing program (Girl's Access to Education - GATE)
conducted by CEDPA and World Education. The positive
impact to date of the GATE program merits extension to
other trafficking-prone districts identified by Nepal's
Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare.
Existing materials will be reviewed and other
appropriate sections (e.g. legal provisions) added to
make the GATE curriculum more relevant.
F. Performance Measurements:
--Number of adolescent girls achieving literacy;
--Number of girls who graduate from the program and
make the transition to formal schooling;
--Increased awareness of trafficking;
--Better life options explored due to raised
educational level.
G. Budget breakdown:
--Review of existing materials and development of new
curricula: $10,000
--Expansion of program in the targeted areas: $240,000
--Total: $250,000
H. Host government contribution: Provide space for
running non-formal education classes
I. Contributions from Other Donors: Twenty-five
percent matching funds from private donors.
J. Proposed Funding Mechanism: DOL or USAID
K. Embassy point of contact: Donna Stauffer, USAID,
Telephone: (977)(1)270-144; Fax: (977)(1)272-357.
==========================================
Employment Alternatives for Prevention and
Rehabilitation
==========================================
A. Project Title: Improving Gainf
ul Employment
Opportunities for Girls at Risk of Trafficking and
Rescued Trafficking Victims
B. Name of Organization: Nepali NGOs to be identified
C. Life of project: 2003-2005
D. Objective: Enable girls at risk to obtain
meaningful employment for self-reliance and
sustainability; provide better life options for girls.
E. Justification: Poverty and lack of economic
alternatives are major factors behind the supply of
trafficked women and children from Nepal. In addition,
the Maoist insurgency has caused an increase in poverty
rates, particularly in the poorest rural areas, and
forced many families to flee their homes. Under
situations of armed conflict women and children are the
most vulnerable groups for many forms of exploitation.
Without alternate sources of income, girls at risk
either migrate, join the insurgency or are
lured/trafficked into prostitution under the guise of
securing other types of employment (e.g., at carpet or
textile factories). An estimated one-third of Maoist
cadres are women and one-third more are children. The
low social status of girls and the lack of educational
and other opportunities push women and children to take
risks. This program will complement the literacy
training program, proposed above, in identifying high
risk target groups and providing relevant job skills to
enable them to pursue meaningful employment
opportunities. Organizations providing vocational and
other employment training skills will help the target
group obtain information as well as job placement and
micro-enterprise funding support. A USAID-funded study
of best practices on gainful employment opportunities
will inform the implementation of this program.
F. Performance measurements:
--Numbers of girls identified through the GATE program
and through rehabilitation centers receiving skills to
find gainful employment;
--Enhanced job training and placement skills by Nepali
NGOs working with at-risk groups;
--Percent of the target audience obtaining employment.
G. Budget breakdown:
One year training course (including food, lodging and
fees),at a rate of USD 700 per person for 500 girls;
Total cost for training: USD 350,000
H. Host government contribution: Include high-risk
groups in government training programs and provide job
opportunities
I. Contributions from Other Donors: None
J. Proposed funding mechanism: DOS
K. Embassy point of contact: Donna Stauffer, USAID,
Telephone: (977)(1)270-144; Fax: (977)(1)272-357.
==============================
Prevention Through Enforcement
==============================
A. Project Title: Better Application and Enforcement of
Anti-Trafficking Laws in Nepal
B. Name of Organization: To be determined
C. Life of Project: 18 months
D. Objectives:
--To increase understanding of Nepal's anti-trafficking
legislation among law enforcement agencies;
--To strengthen the police capacity to handle
trafficking cases sensitively and efficiently;
--To improve the functioning of district courts to
better handle trafficking cases.
E. Justification: The government of Nepal is expected
to pass new tougher anti-trafficking legislation in the
upcoming session of Parliament. Yet, the mere
existence of laws is not adequate to provide justice to
the victims of trafficking. In Nepal, traffickers are
rarely prosecuted and even more rarely convicted. A
special court in Kathmandu established last year to
accelerate handling of trafficking cases has not had
the intended effect, as police and victims often lack
the resources to travel to the capital to pursue their
cases. Women and children's cells have been
established within the national police and some staff
trained to handle trafficking cases sensitively, but
many staff have not yet been trained and the units lack
equipment to carry out their reporting and case
management responsibilities. Proper law enforcement
and application can happen only in the pre
sence of
clear understanding of the law and workable procedures
for implementing it, when police have the skills and
equipment for carrying out their functions, and when
the court system functions properly.
F. Performance Measurements:
--Number of trafficking cases reported, prosecuted, and
convictions obtained;
--The development and adoption of streamlined
procedures for courts;
--Police database maintained in target districts;
--Leaflet and media program to publicize the key
provisions of the new Anti-Trafficking Law developed
and disseminated;
--Training materials utilized by law enforcement
agencies.
G. Budget Breakdown:
i. Police training for handling rescued/repatriated
victims: USD 70,000
ii. Improved enforcement of legislation: development of
materials and training of law enforcement agency
personnel in 26 districts; provision of computers to
five regional police centers: USD 75,000
iii. Improvement of court procedures to protect
victims: technical assistance, training, equipment: USD
75,000
Total: USD 220,000
H. Host government contribution:
Provide facilities for conducting training and
assistance for Nepal government trainers. Government
staff also work with technical advisors on streamlining
procedures for courts handling trafficking cases.
I Contributions from Other Donors:
British government has helped with building police
capacity. Exact amount not available.
J. Proposed funding mechanism: STATE/INL (REF B)
K. Embassy point of contact: Donna Stauffer, USAID,
Telephone: (977)(1)270-144; Fax: (977)(1)272-357.
MALINOWSKI