The plight of Badi women in Nepal Part 2

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Tuesday 19 June 2012

The plight of Badi women in Nepal Part 2

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A woman carrying her daughter walks in the streets of the ancient city of Bhaktapur, Nepal

Reuters/Navesh Chitrakar

By Bijoyeta Das

In the second of a five-part series that will run over the week, RFI takes a look at aspects of life in Nepal which don't normally make the headlines. Badi women are born into a life of prostitution. Abject poverty and discrimination because of their low caste forces young girls to work as sex workers, aided and abetted by their own mothers.