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The Sad Voices of Young Girls Sold By Their Parents
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Unable to make ends meet, many families in western Nepal have been forced to sell their daughters, some as young as six, to work far from home as servants in private homes. With living conditions entirely at the discretion of their employers, these girls seldom attend school and are sometimes forced into prostitution. This is part of NOW’s continuing series on innovative and sustainable solutions to world problems, what they call “Enterprising Ideas.”

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