Kathmandu - South Asian nations are expected to sign an agreement next month to fight a growing trade in women and children for prostitution, a Nepalese minister said yesterday.
"A regional convention on preventing and combating trafficking of women and children for prostitution is ready for signature at the upcoming summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation," the Finance Minister, Mr Ram Sharan Mahat, said. An estimated 200,000 Nepali women are working in brothels in India.