The Melamchi river flows placidly through Sindhupalchowk district north of Kathmandu (above). Many girls from areas like this in Nepal are sex workers in Bombay, 2500 km away.
Sindhupalchowk district,
Nepal
Nepal was the original maker of the myth of trafficking in the regional and international community. Gita and her drugged Frooti established the precedent in South Asia for heart-
Her Gold and Her Body
by Jamila Verghese
Vikas Publishing House, New Delhi,
Second (Revised) Edition 1997
Male perception of women and female sexuality as the property of men is one reason for violence against women. The law is mute. 'Shame' keeps many women from
When the United Nations Decade for Women ended in 1985, there was unspoken relief among many people that the "women in development thing" was finally over and life
