An update to Stop Sex Trafficking! Two good news stories about helping the survivors of child and youth sex trafficking.
Firstly, the story of Srey Neth who spoke at the campaign launch of Stop Sex Trafficking of Children & Young People in Melbourne.
The video is courtesy of Transitions Global. Their organisation was founded in Cambodia and works with survivors of sex trafficking.
Transitions Global Survivor Shares Her Story from Transitions Global on Vimeo.
The second story comes from ABC Radio National's AM program:
Sex trafficking and prostitution are amongst the biggest problems in Cambodia where its estimated 60,000 women, some of them just children, are used by locals and foreigners.
Hundreds of millions of dollars of foreign aid is being spent to give women training and then provide them with alternative work. One non government organisation is producing results running a cafe where trained chefs and waitresses help women break the cycle and give them some hope for the future.
Cambodian cafe serves up hope for sex slaves
Please drop in at Cafe Yejj either in person in Phnom Penh or online to learn about their great work.
Hi Kevin,
This post reminded me of Half the Sky, a book by Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times. It tackled prostition in India and Cambodia.
You can’t really blame the parents, can you? And yet, it’s hard not to be angry with them.
Unfortunately not enough people are angry enough or we could stop this. We rarely achieve anything by blaming victims and in many ways the parents are victims too.
you raised an important issue that I didn’t find a lot in this year’s competition.. thx