Mar 30, 2020 | Advocacy, Anti-trafficking, Get Involved, Issues Affecting Women, Myanmar
Like the contrast between dark and light, life in Myanmar for little girls looks starkly different than for boys: Girls are at high risk of being taken or sold as child brides to neighboring China. Some families boast about how much they receive for the sale of their...
Mar 1, 2020 | Advocacy, Anti-trafficking, Get Involved, Issues Affecting Women
A New Story for Dara The following is a true story shared by our She Is Safe staff: Dara* sat behind a window in the busy Indonesian brothel. Men on the other side decided which girl they wanted. The loudspeaker blared Dara’s name. She had been selected for sex by one...
Jan 31, 2020 | Advocacy, Anti-trafficking, Get Involved, Issues Affecting Women
A baby was born in a brothel. But because of love, she didn’t stay there. Amara’s* mother worked in a bustling brothel of northern India. In that place, baby Amara would likely be used for sex by “clients.” She would be exposed to disease, all forms of abuse and,...
Jan 1, 2020 | Advocacy, Anti-trafficking, Get Involved, Issues Affecting Women
“I didn’t want to go, but I knew I couldn’t refuse them. There was no future here. Only pain. And hunger. My friend’s older sister had a job for me in the city. So, I decided to go. It couldn’t be worse than this. Or so I thought. I woke up in a dark, damp,...
Dec 12, 2019 | Advocacy, Anti-trafficking, Christmas, Get Involved, Issues Affecting Women
Right now, thousands of mothers, daughters, and sisters in dangerous regions around the world are at high risk for being trafficked and forced into slavery. At Christmas, vulnerable girls in these volatile places and situations don’t hope for toys or fine fashions....
Oct 31, 2019 | Advocacy, Anti-trafficking, Get Involved, Issues Affecting Women
Kashmita doesn’t celebrate Thanksgiving in Nepal, where she lives. But she has so much to be thankful for including a — Hopeful Future — “My abusive husband once tried to sell me into the brothels of India, but I got away,” she shared. “Over the years I...
