By: Barry Rodriguez One of the most difficult aspects of sex trafficking is that it runs so deep into many other issues. Poverty, corruption, lack of education, hunger… All have ties to the terrible crisis of sexual slavery that is happening all over the world. There are a few fantastic organizations like the International Justice Mission that are dedicated to rescuing trafficked girls. [...]
MTV EXIT is a campaign about freedom — about our rights as human beings to choose where we live, where we work, who our friends are, and who we love. Most of us take these freedoms for granted, but hundreds of thousands of people throughout the world have had these basic human rights taken away. They are victims of trafficking [...]
Looking at the Sak Saum table covered with bags and purses the focus isn’t just the beautiful handmade bags, but the stories from girls in Cambodia that make the bags. Thoughts, talents and love had been put into each one and the outcome is stunning. Every women walking by the Sak Saum booth at The Justice Conference couldn’t resist stopping, touching and complementing. The volunteers [...]
A team of Australian women are not being afraid to get their hands dirty. These women are dedicated to serve other women and to make a difference during their 12 trip to Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Get an insight from their trip: What cultural experiences have you gain from your trips? We visit the poorest of the poor villages in Phnom [...]
In Cambodia, Not For Sale works with a social enterprise garment factory to provide jobs to trafficking survivors, and poor and vulnerable women. The factory is an inspiring and holistic work environment, offering a competitive salary, free child care, health care, a living stipend, an attendance bonus, Khmer and English classes, overtime pay, and more. We are also helping to [...]
30 Youths Graduate from SISHA’s 3rd Youth Legal Rights Course By: Josianne LaMothe our Program Development Assistant. July 01, 2011 The class youngest student writing this exam PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA – On June 26th, 30 smiling young boys and girls graduated from SISHA’s third Youth Legal Rights Class (YLR). For the last eight weeks, the youths had been learning about important [...]
PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA- SISHA recently rescued Kunthy*, a 12-year-old girl, before she could be sent to Malaysia where she would suffer from child labor. By: Josianne Lamothe SISHA Program Development Assistant Photo: Ben Gleason Despite her young age, Kunthy and her family were approached by a broker from one of the many recruitment agencies who promised money in exchange for [...]
Where Your Closet, Your Pocketbook and the Sweatshop Meet By: Stephanie Love (Eye See Media’s Columnist) I have recently returned from almost three months travelling and working in Asia. Despite being taken away from all the comforts and necessities I have in Australia, I have never felt so alive. The things that I once valued as necessities in my life [...]
THE ROAD from Road of Resistance on Vimeo. This film may not be what you want to see. It may not be what you want to hear, but it is something we must move to change. From Road to Resistance: In the summer of 2006, four friends from San Diego, California set out on a mission to [...]
How the Practices of Business Life Can Save Someone Else’s By Benjamin Gleason Two business men sit beside each other in a cafe. These two men have several similarities. Their work involves lots of numbers and formulas, their suits both come from their dry cleaner, and they both like their coffee black. These two men have a strikingly similar [...]
