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Mariko Hasegawa

はせがわ まりこ

Hasegawa Mariko

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1965-05-31 （Gifu Prefecture, Japan）
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Non-fiction writer, Journalist, Research/production director, Volunteer activist
Active Years
1994-

Awards

Shincho Documentary Prize
2008
Work: Girl Trafficking: Nepali Girls Sold to India
Organization: Shinchosha
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Girl Trafficking: Nepali Girls Sold to India

2007 Non-fiction

An investigative reportage documenting cross-border human trafficking and the experiences of Nepali girls sold into India, and efforts to support victims.

Human traffickingChildren's rightsProtection of womenInternational aid

Let's Go to India

1996 Travel writing

A travel memoir/essays recounting backpacking experiences in India.

TravelAdventureSelf-discovery

240 Days Alone on the Margins of Asia

1999 Travel writing

A long-term overland travelogue through China, Tibet, Nepal, and India.

TravelCultural encountersAdventure

Sex of Cancer Patients

2010 Non-fiction

Non-fiction reporting on issues of sexuality among cancer patients based on field interviews.

HealthcareSexualityPatient life

I Am 13 Today, I Will Be Sold

2024 Non-fiction

A journalistic account exposing realities of child selling and sexual victimization.

Child traffickingSexual victimizationHuman rights

Bibliography

  • Let's Go to India
  • Go for It Asia: Overland Travels in China, Tibet, Nepal, India
  • 240 Days Alone on the Margins of Asia
  • A Journey Getting Off Along the Malayan Railway
  • Backstreet Journeys of Asia
  • South Pacific: Solo Walks in Fiji, Samoa, Tonga
  • Try It! International Volunteering
  • Girl Trafficking: Nepali Girls Sold to India
  • Sex of Cancer Patients
  • I Am 13 Today, I Will Be Sold
  • Child Trafficking and Sexual Victimization: Nepali and Indian Girls Forced into Prostitution — Their Pain and Attempts at Recovery

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Reportage based on field researchFact-focused narrativeAccessible non-fiction prose
Recurring Motifs
Borders and movementWomen's and children's perspectivesGiving voice to people on the ground

Legacy

A non-fiction writer who has contributed to exposing human trafficking and sexual victimization and supporting victims through reporting and NGO activities; recognized for combining journalism and activism.

Trivia

  • Became involved with the Nepali victims' support group Laligurans Japan and later served as its representative.
  • Reportedly located Prachanda's hiding place during Nepal's 2006 democratization movement and succeeded in what is claimed to be the world's first television interview with him.
  • Started working as a freelance writer from 1994 and authored several travel books.