Over the two decades following the Uprising, the Chinese authorities systematically demolished more than 6,000 Tibetan monasteries, nunneries, temples, and sacred sites, resulting in the suppression of extensive traces of Tibetan culture. A comprehensive survey conducted in 1984 by the Tibetan Government-in-Exile revealed that, directly due to the Chinese occupation, an estimated 1.2 million Tibetans had lost their lives due to the ravages of war, famine, forced labor, executions, torture, and suicide. Following a series of pro-independence demonstrations by Tibetans in 1987, the People's Republic of China (PRC) implemented a harsh policy of ruthless repression against the dissenters. In 1989, martial law was declared in the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR). Tibetans have consistently expressed their opposition to the Chinese occupation of their homeland, periodically staging protests to garner international support for their cause. Numerous Western travelers who bore witness to the oppressive conditions faced by Tibetans within Tibet played a pivotal role in mobilizing an international movement aimed at aiding their non-violent struggle.

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Keywords: Tibetan Women, TAR, PRC, Violence, Sexual Exploitation.