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Charimaya Tamang

चरिमाया तामाङ

Nepalese activist

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Charimaya ("Anu") Tamang is a recipient of the Hero Acting to End Modern-Day Slavery Award 2011, founder of Shakti Samuha which has been awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award 2013. She was born into a poor family and sold to India when she was 16 years to work in a brothel as a sex worker. She spent 22 months in a brothel before the Indian government rescued her along with over 200 other Nepali women in 1996. Upon her return to Nepal, Tamang was ostracised by her community.

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Later in 2000, Tamang and 15 other survivors established Shakti Samuha, an anti-trafficking NGO.

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  1. Wikipedia (English): Charimaya Tamang · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikipedia (Nepali): चरिमाया तामाङ · CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. Wikidata item Q17027782 · CC0 1.0

Last updated · facts checked 6 November 2026

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"Charimaya Tamang". DigiNepal. Last updated 4 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/charimaya-tamang. Retrieved 6 November 2026.

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