others. While communicating with others, compared with the baseline survey where the 

adolescents only shared prevention measures for trafficking, in the endline survey, they 

covered more issues, including signs indicative of trafficking, preventive measures, legal 

aspects, and possible traffickers. Furthermore, the parents and the peers discovered 

positive changes and increases in knowledge of trafficking of girls issues among the 

adolescents after the training.   

Generally, knowledge of rights related to  trafficking increased in the endline survey 

compared with the baseline survey. However, all three categories of respondents 

(adolescent, peer and parent) and the community members lacked knowledge of a few 

issues such as `person who can report the case,' `location from where the case can be 

filed' and `the place to give a statement.' It was encouraging to find that the majority of 

them were able to cite the durations of punishment for the traffickers. 

The community members suggested expanding the project to cover additional adolescents 

besides those involved in the AMK s adolescent groups. The peers of the adolescent girls 

also expressed their desire to become involved in the project and participate in the 

trainings on  Trafficking of Girls  and  Interpersonal Communication.  

The study findings support the expansion of the project to benefit adolescents and 

communities in other areas. Future projects should give greater attention to increased 

communication between adolescents and parents. Similar programs of longer duration for 

adolescents can be implemented in other trafficking prone districts to protect the 

community from trafficking and trafficking attempts. As exposure to media such as 

radio/TV is high among the target groups, awareness programs related to trafficking aired 

through radio/TV by the government and nongovernmental sector can also serve as an 

effective means for the prevention of trafficking.                                     

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