Four Years in Hell
- Document number
- 1572
- Date
- Undated
- Title
- Four Years in Hell
- Author/publisher
- Frode Hoje Pedersen
- Availability
- LSI library
- Document type(s)
- Multimedia,
- Keywords
- Women, Human trafficking, Sexual exploitation, Nepal, HIV/AIDS, Sex tourism, Pornography, Domestic violence, Prostitution, Rape, Sexual harassment, Women's rights; Women; Control and regulation of prostitution, Protection, Punishable forms of prostitution,
- Summary
- Trafficking in women is big business in Nepal. Young girls are often sold by their own families, kidnapped to other countries and lose both their freedom and innocence. This is the tragic story about one such girl, Chakkali Bal. She had been living a hard life in the hills of Nepal when at the age of eleven she received an offer of marriage. This was a subterfuge; her "husband" and aunt had sold her to a brother in India. In India, Chakkali was forced to work as a prostitute until freed by the Indian police four years later. She returned to her family in Nepal only to discover she was HIV positive. The courageous young woman is now employed by an organization that works to stop the traffic in women and to educate young people about HIV/AIDS. Chakkali has married and has found some happiness. She says "I will die soon, but I hope I will save a few lives before that." Contact: info@filmakers.com
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