the women who sold their daughters into sex slavery

I saw this article while in a local cafe. Even though I sat in a public place I could not stop the tears. Mga luha. Panginoon maawa Ka.

The girl, Kieu, was taken to a hospital and examined by a doctor, who issued her a "certificate of virginity." She was then delivered to a hotel, where a man raped her for two days.

Read the story of her slavery and the story of the distraught mother who sold her...
http://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2013/12/world/cambodia-child-sex-trade/index.html

Girl Rescued from sex slavery in Thailand

Breaking News: GIRL RESCUED
The Thrive team assisted in the rescue of a minor girl who had been trafficked for sex over the last few years. It was discovered that she was lured from her village by a trafficker at the promise of a great job (at around 12 or 13 yrs old) only to be forced to sell her body by a pimp. The trafficker has now been arrested and the girl safe! Visit the Thrive facebook page for more information...

Testifying before Congress on trafficking

Testifying before a Congressional committee on Wed. April 22nd, Father Shay Cullen of the Preda Foundation explained how US nationals are investors in the very internet server providers which are uncompliant with Philippines anti-child pornography laws. He also described how journalists and human rights workers felt threatened by the death squads protecting human traffickers.

Fr. Shay, 72, is a Missionary priest from Ireland, a member of the Missionary Society of St. Columban and Founder and President of Preda Foundation since 1975. He has worked protecting women and children from sex slavery and promoting human rights, peace and non-violence in the Philippines since 1969. He was asked to testify before the House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations to provide input for the US State Department’s Annual Trafficking in Persons Report.

The full text of his testimony is yet to be posted on Preda.org. Until then, see the summary article...
http://www.preda.org/news/newsitems/fr-shay-cullen-testifies-before-us-congressional-committee/

Korean man arrested for enslaving Filipinas

Posted on FB by the Philippines Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT)

15 Children Rescued from Sex Slavery

INDIA, March 29, 2015:

15 minors, 14 girls and a teenage boy, were rescued out of sex slavery 

from a locked brothel recently. New operatives with The Exodus Road (BRAVO team), comprised of five national investigators and one social worker, gathered evidence and took the evidence to the local police. This successful rescue took place after three previous failed attempts which were tipped off by corrupt officials.

The victims are currently in a temporary shelter as police are looking for the best after care placement available. While these 15 have been rescued from sex slavery, each one will now begin a long and important road to healing and restoration.

Read more about the rescue here...http://www.theexodusroad.com/15-children-rescued-from-sex-slavery/#.VTG1JU1FB1s

She couldn't go to police because they were some of her abusers

The police officer who handcuffed me and raped me, told me I would be put in jail if I opened my voice.

She survived years of abuse and exploitation at the hands of sex traffickers and now she’s telling her story. Jessa Dillow-Crisp told an audience at the Colorado State Capitol, during Human Trafficking Awareness and Advocacy Day, that her victimization began when she was a child.

Read article here:
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/survivor-of-child-sex-traffickers-wants-to-help-others-still-being-exploited

Yazidi girls speak of ‘systematic rape’ under ISIS

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2015/04/15/Yazidi-girls-speak-of-systematic-rape-under-ISIS.html

Human Rights Watch released a report April 15 documenting how Yazidi women were exposed to “a system of organized rape and sexual assault, sexual slavery, and forced marriage by ISIS forces."

From 9:30 in the morning, men would come to buy girls to rape them. I saw in front of my eyes ISIS soldiers pulling hair, beating girls, and slamming the heads of anyone who resisted. They were like animals…. Once they took the girls out, they would rape them and bring them back to exchange for new girls. The girls’ ages ranged from 8 to 30 years… only 20 girls remained in the end.

Read report here:
http://www.hrw.org/news/2015/04/14/iraq-isis-escapees-describe-systematic-rape

Above graphic from AlArabiyahttp://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2015/04/15/Yazidi-girls-speak-of-systematic-rape-under-ISIS.html

Phils government Anti-trafficking summit: best practices

...The plan will also make sure that those responsible will be prosecuted in court while the victim-survivor will be spared from the hazards of the effects of the act perpetrated against her while the service provider are provided with the legal service by the municipality...

Read about the rest of the summit here...
http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/1991428567327/anti-trafficking-in-person-summit-in-ev-highlights-lgu-best-practices

The plan will also make sure that those responsible will be prosecuted in court while the victim-survivor will be spared from the hazards of the effects of the act perpetrated against her while the service provider are provided with the legal service by the municipality for them to pursue the implementation of the laws. - See more at: http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/1991428567327/anti-trafficking-in-person-summit-in-ev-highlights-lgu-best-practices#sthash.u898RJPN.ZtL7eVYT.dpu

The plan will also make sure that those responsible will be prosecuted in court while the victim-survivor will be spared from the hazards of the effects of the act perpetrated against her while the service provider are provided with the legal service by the municipality for them to pursue the implementation of the laws. - See more at: http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/1991428567327/anti-trafficking-in-person-summit-in-ev-highlights-lgu-best-practices#sthash.u898RJPN.ZtL7eVYT.dpuf

The plan will also make sure that those responsible will be prosecuted in court while the victim-survivor will be spared from the hazards of the effects of the act perpetrated against her while the service provider are provided with the legal service by the municipality for them to pursue the implementation of the laws. - See more at: http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/1991428567327/anti-trafficking-in-person-summit-in-ev-highlights-lgu-best-practices#sthash.u898RJPN.ZtL7eVY...The plan will also make sure that those responsible will be prosecuted in court while the victim-survivor will be spared from the hazards of the effects of the act perpetrated against her while the service provider are provided with the legal service by the municipality...Anti-trafficking in person summit in EV highlights LGU best practices - See more at: http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/1991428567327/anti-trafficking-in-person-summit-in-ev-highlights-lgu-best-practices#sthash.u898RJPN.dpuf

Filipina Maid Allegedly Abused Abroad Rescued Because of Facebook Post

Last Thursday, Abby posted a three-minute video where she was seen crying and saying that her employer’s son, allegedly a drug addict, raped her. She then implored viewers to call the Philippine embassy on her behalf.

Read more at 
http://www.wheninmanila.com/filipina-maid-allegedly-abused-abroad-rescued-because-of-facebook-post/#Gt1y26oReSCsyFVb.99

Ex-teacher arrested in Japan says he paid for sex with over 12,000 women

Takashima, who comes from the city of Yokohama, told police that he began paying for sex with women in 1988 when he went to work at a Japanese school in Manila.

Takashima told police that he continued to pay for sex because it was so cheap. After the end of his three-year stint at the school in Manila, he frequently returned to the Philippines on vacations in order to buy sex.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/09/asia/japan-philippines-school-principal-underage-sex/index.html