Anti Human Trafficking in Bangladesh: Options and Strategies

Bangladesh has a colonial historical background and achieved her independence in 1971. In recent years، the trafficking of women and children has acquired a global dimension by the UN; but for South Asian countries، the issue is already considered a serious regional problem، which demands a concerted response to this issue. However، the problems of trafficking women and children seem to have increased tremendously in the last two decades، especially in Bangladesh. The huge profit reaped by the perpetrators، increasingly linked to organized crime has turned this trade into a rapidly growing menace. It should be mentioned that poor women and children are the targets of traffickers، because of the magnetization of extreme poverty and limited access to economic resources. Trafficking is a violation of human rights، which has various consequences at the individual، family، community، and country levels، so it is a form of exploitation of the weaker members of the society. Hopefully، this study will be helpful to policymakers and bodies concerned with how to reduce human trafficking and identifying pitfalls in this regard in Bangladesh.