Every January, 83-year-old Olga Murray of northern California goes to southwestern Nepal for the annual Maghe Sankranti winter festival. That's where she can find impoverished Tharu farmers selling their daughters to higher caste families to work as domestic slaves.
Meet Nepali Kamlaris
Published April 14, 2009
In this video you will meet former indentured servants from Nepal.
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The Pulitzer Center partnered with CUNY on "The World Through Women's Eyes," a film festival highlighting work by and about women around the world.
Join us for a screening of short films by Pulitzer Center journalists followed by a panel discussion and Q&A.
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Nathalie joined the Pulitzer Center in 2006, shortly after its founding, and has played a key role in the development of the Center's model and...