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Showing posts with label Cambodia. Show all posts
Saturday, August 6, 2016
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Tuesday, July 5, 2016
Monday, June 13, 2016
Monday, February 29, 2016
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Sunday, October 18, 2015
Film Shows How Poverty, Vulnerability Create Modern-Day Slaves
“The Storm Makers” documentary illustrates how young women in rural Cambodia are lured into slavery. At a recent screening in Washington, human trafficking experts explained how poverty is the driving force for people to fall into slavery."
Film Shows How Poverty, Vulnerability Create Modern-Day Slaves:
Film Shows How Poverty, Vulnerability Create Modern-Day Slaves:
Friday, September 18, 2015
Trafficking Victims Suffer Mentally, Physically
"The study published in The Lancet Global Health medical journal is the largest ever done on the mental and physical health of trafficking victims. It’s a joint effort by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the International Organization for Migration."
Trafficking Victims Suffer Mentally, Physically:
Trafficking Victims Suffer Mentally, Physically:
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Cable Shows US Embassy Knew of Anti-Trafficking Advocate’s Flaws
Cable Shows US Embassy Knew of Anti-Trafficking Advocate’ Flaws:
NB: The advocate In question is Somaly Mam.
NB: The advocate In question is Somaly Mam.
Friday, May 22, 2015
The fight against child sex trafficking in Cambodia is far from over - The Washington Post
"Holly Burkhalter [“A safer home for Cambodia’s little girls”] ... contended that several factors, including international embarrassment from media coverage and U.S. diplomacy, have ended the “big business” of child sexual exploitation."
"I write to you from Svay Pak, a village outside Phnom Penh where our rescue team has worked with the Cambodian police for the past year and found a very different story ... "
Read HERE
The fight against child sex trafficking in Cambodia is far from over - The Washington Post:
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Trafficking study urges governments to facilitate safe migration in Mekong Sub-Region | Society | Thanh Nien Daily
“This is the first time we can confirm, with empirical evidence, that prevention work that relies on raising awareness is not enough. Young people will continue to migrate. It’s time trafficking prevention agencies shift the focus of prevention work to safe migration,” said John Whan Yoon, World Vision’s End Trafficking in Persons Regional Program Manager.
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Trafficking study urges governments to facilitate safe migration in Mekong Sub-Region | Society | Thanh Nien Daily:
Sunday, November 16, 2014
Report shines light on trafficking, National, Phnom Penh Post
Elite police units simultaneously descended on two guesthouses across the river from Phnom Penh yesterday. Thirteen victims, mostly teenagers, were pulled from the houses where they had been forced to provide sexual services, according to police. The raids coincide with a recent NGO report that calls into question the government’s enforcement efforts regarding human trafficking.
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Tuesday, October 28, 2014
How to Spot a Sex Trafficking Victim at a Hotel | TIME
The hotel industry's battle against sex trafficking. Check out this article.
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Cambodia Won’t Let Somaly Mam Start New NGO
Somaly Mam may want to forget all about Newsweek’s cover story on her in May and start over in her anti-sex-trafficking activism, but Cambodia won’t let her, according to The Cambodia Daily.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014
Cambodia Urges China Visa Restrictions
Source: VOA
PHNOM PENH—
Cambodia says it has asked China to restrict the number of visas it issues to single Cambodian women, to prevent the brokering of marriages to Chinese men.
The appeal comes as an increasing number of Cambodian women are finding their way into Chinese marriages and becoming victims of human trafficking.
August 04, 2014 4:42 PM
Cambodia says it has asked China to restrict the number of visas it issues to single Cambodian women, to prevent the brokering of marriages to Chinese men.
The appeal comes as an increasing number of Cambodian women are finding their way into Chinese marriages and becoming victims of human trafficking.
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http://www.voanews.com/content/cambodia-urges-china-visa-restrictions/1971535.html
Thursday, July 17, 2014
Trafficking Victims Told to Find Own Compensation | The Cambodia Daily
Source: The Cambodia Daily:
Matt Blomberg reported that officials of the Cambodian Ministry of Justice stated men who were forced to work under slave-like conditions on fishing vessels will not receive court-ordered compensations unless their lawyers can locate in Cambodia assets belonging to their traffickers.
Read Matt Blomberg's story here:
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/trafficking-victims-told-to-find-own-compensation-64163/
Matt Blomberg reported that officials of the Cambodian Ministry of Justice stated men who were forced to work under slave-like conditions on fishing vessels will not receive court-ordered compensations unless their lawyers can locate in Cambodia assets belonging to their traffickers.
Read Matt Blomberg's story here:
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/trafficking-victims-told-to-find-own-compensation-64163/
Monday, July 14, 2014
Nepal's bogus orphan trade fuelled by rise in 'voluntourism' | Global development | The Guardian
Source: Global development | The Guardian
Like an increasing number of tourists visiting Nepal's mountain peaks, colourful markets and lush national parks, Marina Argeisa wanted to experience the latest must-do activity on the tourist trail: a volunteering stint at an orphanage.
Like an increasing number of tourists visiting Nepal's mountain peaks, colourful markets and lush national parks, Marina Argeisa wanted to experience the latest must-do activity on the tourist trail: a volunteering stint at an orphanage.
Continue reading this article by Pete Pattisson here
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Cambodia Remains on US ‘Watch List’ for Human Trafficking
Source: VOA
“Endemic corruption at all levels of the Cambodian government continues to severely limit the ability of individual officials to make progress in holding traffickers accountable,” the report says.
Read the story:
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodia-remains-on-us-watch-list-for-human-trafficking/1943046.html
“Endemic corruption at all levels of the Cambodian government continues to severely limit the ability of individual officials to make progress in holding traffickers accountable,” the report says.
Read the story:
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodia-remains-on-us-watch-list-for-human-trafficking/1943046.html
Saturday, June 21, 2014
Scandal Detracts from True Trafficking Problem, Rights Workers Say
Source: VOA
PHNOM PENH — Cambodia remains a country mired in the problem of sex trafficking, where inequality and poor educations leave entire communities susceptible to the crime.
Cambodian sex trafficking was thrust into the limelight earlier this month, when a Newsweek expose uncovered a series of lies and exaggerations made by Somaly Mam, a Cambodian woman whose anti-trafficking efforts made her an international celebrity.
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http://www.voacambodia.com/content/scandal-detracts-from-true-cambodia-trafficking-problem-rights-workers-say/1938881.html
PHNOM PENH — Cambodia remains a country mired in the problem of sex trafficking, where inequality and poor educations leave entire communities susceptible to the crime.
Cambodian sex trafficking was thrust into the limelight earlier this month, when a Newsweek expose uncovered a series of lies and exaggerations made by Somaly Mam, a Cambodian woman whose anti-trafficking efforts made her an international celebrity.
Continue:
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/scandal-detracts-from-true-cambodia-trafficking-problem-rights-workers-say/1938881.html
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