Kimaya: “At the age of 14, I was forcefully pushed into sex work”
The arrival of a new baby is something that’s celebrated by families all over the world. It’s an occasion that gathers family and friends from all walks of life. Words cannot describe how precious it is when a new life is brought into the world. In some...
A special video message for World Day Against Trafficking
Today is World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. All around the world, young women and girls are being exploited in the sex industry — particularly in Thailand and India. These girls are not “choosing” to sell their bodies. In their culture, women are expected to...
Finding freedom: How Kan and her daughter escaped the sex industry
Kan never planned on becoming a sex worker. She used to work in construction, but her small wages were never enough to provide for her and her teenage daughter. Eventually, she became so desperate that she entered the sex industry. We’ve changed both her and her...
Families force their daughters into the sex industry
What do you think of when you hear the word “trafficking”? Before I started visiting India and Thailand, I just pictured the horror stories you hear in the news, the ones where girls are abducted from their hometowns and sold into another country. But now my...
This 12-year-old is being groomed for the sex industry
Brinda doesn’t squirm as her mother runs a comb through her long, dark hair. She doesn’t object to the makeup, the jewelry, or the fresh change of clothes. Because Brinda knew this day would eventually come. “I knew what was in store for me when I was 5 years old,”...
Every day, I try to live my life in such a way that I accomplish at least one thing that will outlive me and last for eternity.