Maiti Nepal-fighting sex slavery and trafficking in Nepal and India
You Can Help Stop and Repair The Damage From Child Sex Trafficking. Australian charity supporting the work of Maiti Nepal. All charity donations are tax deductible through Rotary club of Freshwater Bay in Perth and 100% of your donation will go to Nepal under a supervised RAWCS project.
Anuradha Koirala is a social activist and the founder and director of Maiti Nepal – a non-profit organization in Nepal dedicated to helping victims of sex trafficking. She won the CNN Hero of the Year award in 2010.
Koirala and her group, Maiti Nepal, ( pronounced “Mighty Nepal”) have been fighting for more than 16 years to rescue and rehabilitate thousands of Nepal’s sex trafficking victims. More than 12,000 Nepali women and girls have been rescued and rehabilitated since 1993. For the official Maiti Nepal website click here.
Channel 10 The Circle : Anuradah Koirala
ABC Radio LifeMatters : Anuradah Koirala: combatting sex trafficking
For 62-year-old Anuradha Koirala it was her own experience of violence that led her to help some of the estimated 15,000 women and children kidnapped and lured from Nepal.
They and their families are tricked by promises of work in India. Anuradha is the founder and executive director of Maiti Nepal, a home where girls rescued from sex trafficking come to be rehabilitated.
She’s a former English teacher and minister for women and children in the Nepalese government, and is in Australia to campaign for more awareness of the problem of young women and girls being trafficked for sex out of Nepal into India.
RTR Radio: CNN Hero of the Year 2010 on RTR
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The UN estimates that annually up to 15,000 women and girls from Nepal – some as young as 6 – are kidnapped – sold by destitute family members or tricked by the promise of employment and transported to the infamous brothel ‘Cages’ of Mumbai and brothels across India, Asia and the Middle East.
Anuradha Koirala is the Founder and Executive Director of the organisation, Maiti Nepal. A former English teacher and Minister for Women and Children in the Nepalese government, she resigned her Ministerial post in protest over the lack of action on child trafficking and opened the doors of her own home to survivors.
Working with Nepalese police, Maiti Nepal assists in intercepting……….. Read more
WA TODAY.com.au
May 23 2011 – 7.57am
One woman is leading the fight against the scourge of child sexual slavery, writes Courtney Trenwith.
Every day some 50 girls are pulled off buses at the Nepal-India border and saved – at the last minute – from a life of the worst kind of slavery.
At least twice as many more are not.
Taken over the border, they become trapped as victims in the heinous sex trafficking industry.
Read more: http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/the-appalling-side-of-nepal-sparks-a-womans-crusade-20110523-1ezgj.html#ixzz1N9itZqKX
The West Australian: Putting a stop to trade in women
Anuradha Koirala cuts a diminutive figure on the grounds of Perth’s Sikh Temple but the petite woman in the sari has had a big impact on the lives of thousands of the world’s most vulnerable women.
As the founder and chairwoman of Maiti Nepal, an organisation dedicated to stopping human trafficking and the illegal sex trade, Ms Koirala has prevented an estimated 12,000 people from being sold into slavery.
“The three largest crimes in the world are drugs, arms and women trafficking. Globally it’s a big crime and in Nepal it’s the biggest social crime,” Ms Koirala said.
Read more: The West Australian
In My Community:Western Suburbs Weekly:Human rights hero to visit Australia
A CHANCE encounter on a flight in Nepal led Nepalese activist and 2010 CNN Hero of the Year Anuradha Koirala to visit Australia to raise awareness of human trafficking in Nepal, in Perth, Melbourne and Sydney.
Crusader stands tall
24/May/2011
By Jessica Nico, Melville Times
Small in stature but huge in spirit, Anuradha Koirala has been saluted as a hero for her anti-sex slave crusade
Although small in stature, the Nepali woman has a big voice and a message to be heard, crusading for the past 18 years to stop human trafficking and free more than 2400 girls from the sex trade, which earned her the 2010 CNN Hero of the Year Award. Read More….
http://www.inmycommunity.com.au/news-and-views/local-heroes/Crusader-stands-tall/7592080/
Forbes: Sex Trafficking In Nepal: It’s A Global Problem
I was privileged to sit in on an intimate lunch with Anuradha Koirala, the founder of Maiti Nepal. The foundation has rescued 12,000 Nepali girls and young women from sex trafficking, many who were sold across the border to brothels in India. Koirala was also the CNN Hero for 2010.
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