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Forced into sexual servitude at 14: Sunita Danuwar's mission to stop child trafficking in Nepal.

Nepali activist Sunita Danuwar (center) receiving Trafficking in Persons Hero 2018 award from US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (left) and Ivanka Trump, adviser to US President (right)

Nepali activist Sunita Danuwar (center) receiving Trafficking in Persons Hero 2018 award from US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (left) and Ivanka Trump(right) Source: US State Department

When Sunita Danuwar was just 14, she was sold to a brothel in the city of Mumbai in neighboring India. 22 years later, Danuwar is now fighting to help stop trafficking of Nepali girls and was recently awarded with "Trafficking In Person Hero 2018 by the US State Department. She spoke to SBS Nepali about how she was forced into sexual servitude and her work against child trafficking.


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When Sunita Danuwar was just 14, she was sold to a brothel in the city of Mumbai in neighboring India. 22 years later, Danuwar is now fighting to help stop trafficking of Nepali girls and was recently awarded with "Trafficking In Person Hero 2018 by the US State Department. She spoke to SBS Nepali about how she was forced into sexual servitude and her work against child trafficking.



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