The first time Muklesha was sold, she was just 12 years old. Her buyer was a man in his 70s.
Marriage and a baby quickly followed. But, three years later, the man died and Muklesha was again put up for sale.
This time, her buyer was a horrific abuser.
“He didn’t feed me. He’d take me to the fields and stuff my mouth with mud and then beat me,” she says.
