Knowledge, Attitudes, Behavior
Cambodia's Prostitutes Seek New Life
Published in AIDS Weekly, March 9th, 1998
When she was 10, the girl was raped by her stepfather. When she was 12, he forced her to work as a prostitute at a nightclub. By the time she was 13, she had been forced to sell her body to hundreds of men.
It was a nearly insufferable nightmare until 1997 when one "customer" changed her life.
The man was an undercover aid worker who contacted police and rescued her. She was then taken to Action for Women in Danger (AFESIP).
Now she and 14 other girls live at the AFESIP centre, go...
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