Urgent Need: Thailand
“ When are you going to open? I want out!” This desperate plea came from a girl living in Pattaya, Thailand, looking for a way out of the sex industry. She is waiting . . . literally waiting . . . for our new initiative to open its doors. It is her only hope....From the Field | Ending Bondage in Bangkok
Bangkok, Thailand is the last stop in my journey—and it’s here where the horrors of the international sex industry seem to culminate. There’s an estimated 15,000 sex workers in one area of the city alone, and thousands of individuals from around the world come to...From the Field | Reaching the Streets of Pattaya
I’m continuing my journey on to Pattaya, Thailand—a beautiful coastal city . . . and home to an estimated 30-50,000 sex workers. It’s hard to imagine that this relatively small city is one of the sex capitals of the world. In fact, this is where Thailand’s sex tourism...Human Trafficking Awareness Day 2015
Today is Human Trafficking Awareness Day, a call to attention to the 20-30 million men, women, and children forced into slavery. Of these millions, 80 percent are women and girls being trafficked as sex slaves. The global commercial sex trade is the fastest growing...
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