Governments, organisations and activists involved in the global campaign against human trafficking require information that is reliable and current to
develop and adjust their programming. The new digital library www.childtrafficking.com is a Nepal-based internet platform that provides, on one dedicated website, the tools and resources needed to tackle such a complex phenomenon. The website is based in a developing country, one of the poorest in the world, from which as many as 14,000 children are trafficked to India and other states. The website presents studies and reports founded on hard research, and informed by the experiences of people working on the front lines. All forms of trafficking are addressed, including trafficking for labour purposes. The website focuses on children, and includes the latest information on strategies for trafficking prevention, as well as the rehabilitation and reintegration of victims of trafficking.

The website includes more than 232 country studies on human trafficking. The studies and research reports cover Asia and beyond, including Africa, Europe, the Americas, and Oceania. In all, more than 105 countries are listed. The oldest report is from 1886, and deals with Canadian girls and young women who were brought to the United States for the purpose of prostitution.

- Around 150 conventions, laws, policies, proposals and commentaries are found under the section entitled "Laws", the oldest legislation dating from 1833.
- More than 50 documents deal with country papers on sex work, children of sex workers, sex tourism and pornography.
- HIV/AIDS is carefully documented, and covers aspects relating to research,protection of children, and medical ethics.
- Approximately 100 links to the world's leading anti-trafficking websites are found, as well as an indexed list of resources, including a photo gallery of
the trafficking nexus between Nepal and India.

The website has taken all necessary precautions to ensure the confidentiality of information relating to victims of trafficking, and to ensure that sources
are authentic and verifiable. All images have been carefully screened.

The library will be regularly updated and invites contributions, comments and criticism from those who make use of the service. [Source: CRIN]

For more information please contact:
Reinhard Fichtl
Terre des Hommes in Nepal
Chakupath, Patan, P.O.Box 2430, Kathmandu
Tel: + 977 1 5529061; Fax: + 977 1 5532558
Websites: www.tdhnepal.org, www.childtrafficking.com