Forced Prostitution: Prostitution is the most documented and visible form of trafficking. In the case of children, it is always forced prostitution and therefore must not be used interchangeably with 'sex-work', which may be undertaken voluntarily also.
Religious Prostitution: Religious prostitution is practiced in various parts of India and Nepal. Pre-pubertal girls, aged between five and six years, from poor, low caste homes go through an initiation rite at the local temple during full moon where they are dedicated to the deity. After a girl is married to the deity by the tolerate, she is branded with a hot iron on both shoulders and her breast. The temple priest then employs her. Sometimes, even before menarche, she is auctioned for her virginity; the deflowering ceremony known as udi tumbuvadu becomes the privilege of the highest bidder. The market value of a girl falls after she attains puberty.
Sex-tourism: Any child without a physical handicap, irrespective of caste or class can be pushed into satisfying the sexual needs of the tourists. Conversations with groups working on sex tourism reveal that the tourists lure children with small toys, trinkets and fancy gifts.
Pornography: It representation of sexual act in the form of literature or films. Street children or children from poor families and middle class families fall prey to foreigners who attract them through the riches of the world and lure them into such exploitation.
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