Image by Anup Kaphle. Nepal, 2010.
From Pulitzer Center
For decades, Nepali girls have been victims of sex trafficking, with thousands of them sold each year to brothels in neighboring India. Acute poverty and illiteracy in rural Nepal deliver a steady stream of girls, some as young as 10 years old, into the hands of the traffickers. According to the U.S. State Department, about 10,000 to 15,000 Nepali girls are trafficked to India every year.
Some Nepali girls spend their lives working in the brothels, a few even starting their own business after years of experience. But many of these girls resist their fate and constantly fight to find their way back home. A few hundred are rescued from the brothels every year, some during police raids, some with the help of men who come for sex, and some with the help of outside organizations.
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