Nasreen Sheikh was born into a rural village in Nepal to a family struggling to survive. The desperation of her upbringing drove her to work in a sweatshop as a young child where she lived and worked in a 10x10 foot room alongside 5 other people. After escaping child labor, she founded Women’s Local Handicraft to disrupt the manufacturing supply chain and create meaningful work and living wages for Nepali women. Despite beating the odds, Nasreen still wasn't free. As a young adult she found herself being forced into an arranged marriage which she managed to escape only by hiding on the day of the ceremony and petitioning village elders to dissolve the marriage. Nasreen joins us to reflect on the obstacles that she’s faced as a young girl born into extreme poverty, and why she feels compelled to shed a light on the lives of more than 250 million individuals still trapped in modern slavery.
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