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Story Publication logo June 28, 2011

Nepal: Escaped from the Sex Trade, Unable to Go Home

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Image by Anup Kaphle. Nepal, 2010.
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After being sold in the brothels of India for as little as $300, many Nepali girls who have been...

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Image by Anup Kaphle. Nepal, 2011.

Sold by her uncle into prostitution at age 15, Laxmi Bishwokarma escaped the brothels, but cannot go home. She rebuilds her life with the help of a NGO.

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