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New York Times: A Heroine From the Brothels

September 27, 2008

A new op-ed in the New York Times by Nicholas D. Kristoff discusses Somaly Mam’s fight against human trafficking, her new book, and recounts her inspiring story:

“World leaders are parading through New York this week for a United Nations General Assembly reviewing their (lack of) progress in fighting global poverty. That’s urgent and necessary, but what they aren’t talking enough about is one of the grimmest of all manifestations of poverty — sex trafficking.

This is widely acknowledged to be the 21st-century version of slavery, but governments accept it partly because it seems to defy solution. Prostitution is said to be the oldest profession. It exists in all countries, and if some teenage girls are imprisoned in brothels until they die of AIDS, that is seen as tragic but inevitable. “

Read the full article here.

Filed under: New York Times, Media, News — greg @ 11:47 am

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