Of human bondage: a coalition against human trafficking worked well until a prostitution litmus test was imposed. Now, groups are losing funding--and the women aren't necessarily better off.
American Prospect, The, November, 2004 by McKelvey, Tara
ON AUGUST 6, CHRISTINA ARNOLD FOUND HERSELF IN SVAY Pak, Cambodia, an area full of wooden shacks, bars, and brothels 11 kilometers from the capital city of Phnom Penh. Arnold, the 29 year-old director of Project Hope International, a nonprofit organization committed to assisting survivors of human trafficking, had traveled there to visit with social workers, health-care workers, and others who help prostitutes.
It's exhausting and grim work; many of the prostitutes are children (as young as 6) servicing Western tourists who hang out at the Home Away from Home cafe and prowl the ...
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