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Nepal’s child slaves fight back

By Wed, Mar 30, 2011 9:07PM UTC View Comments Pic:AP

Nepalese girls and women are reintegrating back into society in the thousands after years of servitude, according to Plan Nepal, an organisation dedicated to the cause. Western Nepal has seen thousands of Tharu girls, who form part of an indigenous ethnic group in the region, working as servants for as little as two meals a day. They are known locally as...

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Former sex slaves express sympathy for Japan earthquake victims

By Wed, Mar 16, 2011 8:41AM UTC View Comments Korean "comfort women" under the protection of American army at a U.S. war prisoners' camp in the border area between Berma and China. (photo provided by the Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan)

The Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan* has been protesting outside Japan’s embassy in Seoul since 1992. The protests have evolved into a weekly event, with former Korean “comfort women” (the Japanese euphemism for the sex slaves) and their supporters chanting slogans and demanding that Tokyo formally apologize and provide compensation...

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