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Unexpected death of a Nepalese domestic worker

Name of domestic worker: 
Lila Acharya
Nationality: 
Nepal
Date of death: 
Monday, January 30, 2012
Cause of death: 
Suicide
Location's classification: 
Home/Private location

Lila Aacharya left Nepal hoping to make a better life for her two young daughters. Two months later her body was flown home. Lila's case exposes the toll of human trafficking - from her attempt to escape the poverty of her village in the Himalayan foothills to her exploitation and death as a domestic worker in an upmarket apartment in Beirut

Link to the document: 
The Guardian