8th Laureate of the Carmignac Photojournalism Award
Lizzie Sadin: The Trap — Trafficking of Women in Nepal

20 October – 12 November, 2017

Fondation Carmignac has announced the 8th edition of the Carmignac Photojournalism Award has been awarded to French photojournalist Lizzie Sadin.

  After three months of reporting in Nepal, between February and May 2017, the photojournalist Lizzie Sadin has brought back, for the Carmignac Photojournalism Award, a deeply moving testimony on gender based human trafficking, which is deeply rooted it is in Nepalese society.

From 20 October 2017, an exhibition at the Hôtel de l’Industrie in Paris will showcase her works. It will be accompanied by the publication of a monograph.

Lizzie Sadin
The Trap — Trafficking of Women in Nepal

Following a call for applications in July 2016, the jury, presided by Monique Villa, CEO of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, has chosen to give a voice to Nepalese women by selecting Lizzie Sadin’s project.

In 2015, an earthquake of 7.8 on the Richter scale shook Nepal, killing 9,000 and causing 6,500 people to be displaced. Nepal’s political instability, the extreme precariousness of its population – one quarter of whom lives below the poverty line – and the failings of its education system mean that the country is struggling to recover from this disaster and must now confront a emerging new phenomenon: human trafficking.

This trafficking principally affects women. The influence of cultural traditions which maintain women’s status as inferior beings, or even as possessions, is still strong. 20,000 young girls are exploited in the sex industry of Kathmandu and more than 300,000 of them emigrate in order to take up “employment” as domestic workers.

Lizzie Sadin has released a poignant account of the women and young girls tricked by their agents, "friends" or even family members who exploits their hope of a better life, or who are simply handed over by their loved ones for money.

Thanks to this investigation, the unique images of Lizzie Sadin bring this gender-based human trafficking out of the shadows, and highlight how this trade is – now more than ever – part of the fabric of Nepalese society.

Carmignac Photojournalism Award

In 2009, the Fondation Carmignac established the Carmignac Photojournalism Award to fund the production and investigative photo reportage on human rights violations in the world. Selected by an international jury, the laureate receives 50,000 euros, enabling them to carry out an in-depth reportage in the field with the support of Fondation Carmignac, which, funds a travelling exhibition and the publication of a monograph.

Contacts

Emeric Glayse, Director of the Carmignac photojournalism Award : prix@carmignac.com
Valentine Dolla, Communication Manager : valentine.dolla@carmignac.com
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