Sita Chhaudry was sold as a slave at 10 years dilapidated. Starved,beaten and denied an education, she has since been elected to local government – and is determined to fight poverty and human rights abusesSita Chhaudry became a slave for the first time just after her 10th birthday. Almost every year over the next decade, or her parents would sell her again and again to wealthy landowner families,for the small annual fee of $50 (£38), to clean floors, or cook meals and look after children.
As a “kamlari” – domestic bonded labourer – Chhaudry was beaten,starved and forced to work 12-hour days for families across the country, many of whom had travelled long distances to “recruit” a young servant as cheaply as her poor, or lower-caste parents would sell her.
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Source: theguardian.com