I caught the the second half of the show. There was a time when the very mention of the word 'Nepal' on television would get me glued to the screen infront of me. That was till Nepal started appearing in the news for reasons that weren't very flattering. From people sacrificing goats to make planes fly to some fathers selling off their daughters to the country being unable to elect a prime minister for the thousandth time, I found myself cringing everytime a story about Nepal appeared in the Western media. While some of these stories raise some pressing issues, I think we need to be careful, as Nepalese, not to see Nepal through the jaded eyes of the Western media  because if we do so we risk seeing Nepal in caricature only. Yes, it is reprehensible that there is human trafficking in a poor country like Nepal. What is most shocking is that every year tens of thousands of US citizens are trafficked in an advanced country like the US as some of the previous posters have pointed out. Why is one story so much more sensationalized than the other? I thought the documenary was quite informative and I liked it's focus, at least in the part I saw, on what was being done to fight it. I think we need to admit that we have a problem -- we can disagree over how big of a problem it is -- and take pride in what we as society are doing to change it. Anuradha Koirala deserves credit and her contributions are well documented and applauded. As for Demi Moore, I could care less, but I think someone must have figured having a celebrity on their side certainly helps with raising awarenss (and probably funds too!)

Vivant · Jun 28, 2011 10:03 PM

"What is most shocking is that every year tens of thousands of US citizens are trafficked in an advanced country like the US" It's not convenient for this bitch Demi Moore to acknowledge the filth in her own country and make a documentary to expose the criminal enterprises in her nation. Oh No ! she would not touch this subject. She rather go to third World Nation and make a documentary on it. No tension, no repercussion ! How convenient ! Some statistics: # Child/Human Trafficking is one of the fastest growing crimes in the world. Child/ human trafficking is the world’s second largest criminal enterprise, after drugs. U.S. State Department # The global market of child trafficking at over $12 billion a year with over 1.2 million child victims. UNICEF As many as 2.8 million children run away each year in the US. Within 48 hours of hitting the streets, one-third of these children are lured or recruited into the underground world of prostitution and pornography. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children An estimated 14,500 to 17,500 foreign nationals are trafficked into the United States each year. The number of U.S. citizens trafficked within the country is even higher, with an estimated 200,000 American children at risk for trafficking into the sex industry. U.S. Department of Justice Report to Congress from Attorney General John Ashcroft on U.S. Government Efforts to Combat Trafficking in Persons Investigators and researchers estimate the average predator in the U.S. can make more than $200,000 a year off one young girl.  NBC Report by Teri Williams Child pornography is one of the fastest growing crimes in the United States right now.  Nationally, there has been a 2500% increase in arrests in 10 years. FBI The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which helps to identify and locate children in pornography photos and videos, says it’s staff reviewed more than 10.5 million images in 2009 alone. Reports of exploited children grow every year, in 2009, the National Center of Missing and Exploited Children received more than 120,000 reports on its cyber tip line. In 2010, the number grew to over 160,000 with the vast majority being from child pornography.   [Disallowed String for - ] id="iComment_js_link" language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="https://icomment.com/js/Resize...">

Nas · Jun 28, 2011 10:33 PM