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How Do We Keep A Distance From Our Subjects, While Creating In-Depth Stories?, Heather Kay Ericson
How Do We Keep A Distance From Our Subjects, While Creating In-Depth Stories?, Heather Kay Ericson
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Goma Rai was sold into prostitution in Bombay when she was thirteen years old. She was raped and brutalized and endured situations many of us only see in our nightmares. She escaped this life, but not without repercussions. Rai has AIDS, was shunned from her country and society, and now has to cope with these struggles. She formed an organization, Shakti Milan Samaj, to empower HIV/AIDS affected women by involving themselves in society through training and to change the negative attitude against HIV. The organization also pays for medications and medical treatment. I went to Nepal this summer for six …