Monday, July 14, 2014

Human trafficking: Why aboriginal women are targeted - Aboriginal - CBC

Source:  CBC:

Alia Parisien counts herself lucky that she found Honouring Gifts.

The program, at Ka Ni Kanichihk in Winnipeg, gives aboriginal women a second chance and teaches them jobs skills. Most of these women are overcoming challenges such as addictions, brushes with the law, and sexual exploitation.

“I was getting money as a kid, and it was so easy to get money from this guy just to do whatever he wanted to do to me,” said Parisien, now a 25-year-old mother.

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http://www.cbc.ca/news/aboriginal/human-trafficking-why-aboriginal-women-are-targeted-1.2589265

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