by Free the Slaves | Jul 3, 2012 | Nepal
About 50,000 women and girls work in restaurants, dance bars and massage parlors in Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu. Many of them endure brutal sexual abuse. One tool to ending the exploitation is to educate the country’s community police force to recognize sex slavery and...
by Terry FitzPatrick | Oct 17, 2011 | FTS Updates, Nepal, Take Action
Thousands of Nepalis have petitioned their government to adopt the world’s primary anti-trafficking treaty. Nepali anti-slavery groups supported by Free the Slaves have mobilized impressive grassroots support for the “Palermo Protocol.” The...
by Free the Slaves | May 18, 2011 | India, Slavery in the News
Free the Slaves partner in Nepal, WOSCC (The Women Skill Creation Centre) works to rehabilitate women returned from slavery. Many of the women who come to WOSCC are survivors of circus slavery in India. Life in the circus can be horrifying for these enslaved young...
by Free the Slaves | Mar 16, 2011 | Nepal, Slavery in the News
This video, produced by Free the Slaves, takes a big picture look at slavery in Nepal, and how FTS works to end it. We’ve told you about Human Goods, a magazine-style website that publishes feature-length articles on modern-day slavery around the world. Christa...
by Free the Slaves | Feb 14, 2011 | FTS Updates, Nepal
UPDATE 2: We did it! Thanks to your support, we hit our mark. $50,000 will go to Free the Slaves Nepal projects. UPDATE: We are just $7,000 away from reaching our goal of $50,000! Every penny counts—today is the last day to have your donation matched! Give the gift of...
