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Former Nepalese Sex Slave Named International Anti-trafficking Hero

18/12/11

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The American government has named this years international ‘heroes’ for their efforts to End Modern-Day Slavery. Almost all of the ten people who received the award are renowned lawyers and bureaucrats. Only Charimaya Tamang from Nepal knows what it’s like to be trafficked. Rajan Parajuli has her story from the brothels of South Asia to an Award ceremony in Washington.

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Panoscope - Panos Radio South Asia

17/12/08

15:00 minutes (34.35 MB) | 737 reads | 110 downloads | download this file

In this edition of Panoscope, we listen to Nepali migrant workers and a family member share their experience of working overseas. This Panoscope is also part of Radio 1812, as Panos Radio South Asia joins hands with radio stations worldwide and celebrates International Migrants Day on the 18th of December.

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Danger money

21/12/06

14:54 minutes (3.41 MB) | 416 reads | 103 downloads | download this file

In this episode, we hear the testimony of Ganesh Bhandari a former Maoist student activist who is presently working in Qatar in the Gulf. We also hear some workers in Doha, the capital of Qatar, where an estimated 150,000 Nepalis work, many who are unskilled and are often compelled to take on dirty, difficult and dangerous jobs to fulfill their dreams. This is the the fifth in a six-part series on the Nepal conflict.

Far from home

21/12/06

14:36 minutes (3.34 MB) | 373 reads | 119 downloads | download this file

Every year thousands of Asian migrant women workers leave their countries to join the international labour market. In the last decade, Nepali women, intent on strengthening their household economies, have joined this huge group of migrant workers. They brave discriminatory laws and a ban imposed on women workers in the informal sector in Gulf countries.

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