# Charimaya Tamang

_Nepalese activist_

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Last updated: 2026-11-04

> 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.

## Quick facts

- **Citizenship:** Nepal ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17027782#P27))
- **Occupation:** social activist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17027782#P106))

## About

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

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Charimaya Tamang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charimaya_Tamang) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): चरिमाया तामाङ](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%99) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q17027782](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17027782) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

## Licence and attribution

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## Cite this page

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