Kamalari

[Howard Wallace]

Here's an article on child labor in Nepal. It gives a bit of perspective on what it means to be very poor.

 

[Steve Tall]

Thanks, Howard. I'm glad this issue is getting more attention. A particularly heartbreaking aspect is that many of these Nepalese girls are taken to the brothels of India. Is there anything worse than child sexual slavery?

"Each year between 7,000 and 10,000 Nepalese children between the ages of 8 and 16 are tricked, bought, or kidnapped from their families to work as sex slaves in brothels in India. Thousands more are trafficked into domestic servitude, factory work, and other forced labor..."
-- from the organization "Free a Child"

A related abc news story by Dan Harris:

82-Year-Old American Woman Frees Child Slaves In Nepal --
An Unlikely Warrior With a Remarkably Simple, Successful Solution

http://abcnews.go.com/WN/story?id=5312009&page=1

 

[Cpl Punishment]

Good articles, thanks.

This sort of thing is also common in Eastern Europe, and anywhere else that is very poor.