Women from Nepal who have survived trafficking and gender-based violence are often discriminated against and have no where to turn. Doctors of the World-USA & partner SAATHI provide psychosocial services and medical care to these women through shelters, and empower them to take control of their lives and sustain themselves independently. A 7:03 min DOWUS (Doctors of the World US) production. April 2008.
Nepal is still seeing child bride marriages that hold girls in subservient positions caught in the cycle of early motherhood, domestic violence, poverty and suffering that comes from being female in Nepal. Film/video 8:19 min.