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Skagnes was born and grew up in India. As the third, and unwanted, girl she was exchanged for a male cousin and instead grew up as a servant girl for another famiy.
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Sarita Skagnes
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When the father returned to India Skagnes" grandmother pleaded with him to take Sarita to Norway as well. Sarita came to the country at the age of sixteen, and has since broken all contact with her birth family. Skagnes has for many years worked with charity organisations that works with helping girls in India.
Her book Bare en datter (Only one daughter) has been published and translated into Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish and English.
All the royalties goes directly to the Help-fund. Skagnes was on 9 July 2013 the presenter for Sommar i P1 at Sveriges Radio where she talked about the struggle to find her identity and women"s rights.
