No 

77.3 

74.4 

Don t know 

14.2 

  9.1 

Total 

          100.0 

          100.0  

N 

176 

176 

Peer Group 

Similar to the adolescent group, there was an increase in knowledge of girls trafficked or 

disappearing from the village in the endline survey compared with the baseline survey 

(4% in baseline survey vs. 12% in endline survey) (Table 3.3.2). 

Table 3.3.2  

Percentage Distribution of Peer Respondents Regarding Knowledge of Incidence of 

Girls Being Trafficked or Disappearing from a Village

Heard about any incidence of girls trafficked or 

Baseline 

Endline 

disappearing from a village 

Yes 

4.5 

11.9 

No 

80.1 

80.1 

Don t know 

15.3 

  8.0 

Total 

          100.0  

          100.0  

N 

176 

176 

Parent Group 

Compared with the baseline survey, a higher proportion of the respondents (5% in 

baseline survey vs. 18% in endline survey) had heard about girls being trafficked or 

disappearing from their village (Table 3.3.3). 

Table 3.3.3   Percentage Distribution of Parent Respondents Regarding Knowledge of Girls Being 

Trafficked or Disappearing From a Village 

Heard about any girls trafficked 

Male 

Female 

Total  

or disappearing from a village 

Baseline 

Endline 

Baseline 

Endline 

Baseline 

Endline 

Yes 

  7.3 

14.3 

  3.2 

20.0 

  5.1 

18.2 

No 

92.7 

85.7 

96.8 

80.0 

94.9 

81.8 

Total 

  100.0 

  100.0 

  100.0 

  100.0 

  100.0 

   100.0 

N 

82 

56 

94 

120 

176 

176 

Community Member Group* 

Among the four community member groups (CMG), only two groups (Kalika and 

Bhakunde VDCs) had heard about girls being trafficked or disappearing from their 

villages. It is interesting to note that, in the two VDCs that knew of girls being trafficked, 

the groups related real incidents. In Kalika a girl named Sita K.C. (17 years), daughter of 

Mr. Gopal K.C., had disappeared from the village two years back. At that time, she was 

supposedly married to a man who worked for a daily wage in Baglung bazaar. It was said 

that the man s house was in Pokhara. But since then, no one has been able to contact Sita 

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