This is from Global Prayer Digest here.
The diminutive 62-year-old Anuradha Koirala recounted tales of horror to a transfixed audience of socialites in Kolkata, India. Koirala was awarded the CNN Hero of the year in 2010 for her work in rescuing sex trafficking victims. As the chairperson of Maiti Nepal, a non-governmental organization (NGO) that has rescued over 18,000 women from sexual slavery and exploitation, she recounted the plight of many of Nepal’s women and children. Of the 600,000 to 800,000 people trafficked every year globally, 70 percent are women and children. It is estimated that 150,000 of these cases are in South Asia, and Nepal accounts for most of them. Koirala estimates there are currently 150,000-400,000 Nepali girls and women in Indian brothels.
One short-lived Nepal government after another has been either unwilling or unable to address this abuse. It has been up to NGOs to intervene.
Charimaya Tamang was the recipient of the U.S. government’s 2011 “Hero Acting to End Modern-Day Slavery Award.” She is herself a survivor of repeated rape and torture, but she was rescued in a raid on a Mumbai brothel. In 2000 Charimaya and 14 other survivors founded Shakti Samuke, an anti-trafficking NGO. Today they run safe houses for rescued sex trafficking victims and conduct awareness and intervention programs in 10 of Nepal’s most vulnerable districts.
One short-lived Nepal government after another has been either unwilling or unable to address this abuse. It has been up to NGOs to intervene.
Charimaya Tamang was the recipient of the U.S. government’s 2011 “Hero Acting to End Modern-Day Slavery Award.” She is herself a survivor of repeated rape and torture, but she was rescued in a raid on a Mumbai brothel. In 2000 Charimaya and 14 other survivors founded Shakti Samuke, an anti-trafficking NGO. Today they run safe houses for rescued sex trafficking victims and conduct awareness and intervention programs in 10 of Nepal’s most vulnerable districts.
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