Why 500 ‘Kung Fu Nuns’ Are Cycling Across the Himalayas - Women in the World in Association With the New York Times - WITW
Since the devastating earthquake that struck Nepal in April of last year, killing thousands and tipping the country into chaos, the porous border between Nepal and India has become a hotbed for human trafficking. In the span of just three months following the disaster, 725 people were smuggled into India, where they were sold into forced labor and prostitution. Women and girls are especially vulnerable to sexual exploitation, and the strained Nepalese government has, for the most part, been unable to protect them.
Enter 500 bicycle-riding, kung-fu-fighting nuns.