behind the brothel: can we break the human trafficking cycle?
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More than 4 million women and children across the globe are victims of forced sexual exploitation. Rescuing them from captivity is the first step, but as McCombs researchers have found, human slavery’s reach extends far beyond the brothel.TRANSCRIPT
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Trafficking survivors in Boisar, India, near MumbaiAll photos courtesy of ASSET India Foundation
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Of those rescued, 22 are HIV positive
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They will be given the opportunity to learn computer skills from ASSET teachers
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Students encouraging one other in the Delhi center
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Trafficking survivors in Boisar, India, near Mumbai
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Children of ex sex workers gathering
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Meeting with field workers
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Meeting with students and parents
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Meeting with parents and students in Karnataka
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Nita Umashankar (middle) with children of sex workers in Chennai
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Practicing pronunciations
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ABOUT ASSET INDIA:
The ASSET India Foundation provides computer literacy in the form of information technology and conversational English train-ing to the adult children of women in the sex trade and to young adults rescued from sex trafficking. To learn more, visit www.assetindiafoundation.org.
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