Women And Children For Sale - globalization of sexual slavery
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Desperate for a chance to improve their lot, young women have been leaving Moldova in droves. But instead of securing promised jobs as nannies or waitresses in a prosperous country, many are beaten, raped, held under lock and key, and resold from one brothel owner to the next.
Trapped in abusive situations from which escape is difficult and risky, these enslaved sex workers are told they will not receive any wages until they pay off the purchase price incurred when their employers bought them. According to Human Rights Watch, the practice of "debt bondage" among sexual traffickers is routine, and women often find that their so-called debts only increase and can never be fully repaid.
Higher-priced essentials, greater hardship, shorter lives – this is the price that poor people must pay to please the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, which are able to starve a nation of resources (not only loans but private capital) by letting out the word that it is not a good adjuster. "Initially a number of countries resist," says Doug Hellinger of the Development Group on Alternative Policies, "and then, along the way, governments are put under so much pressure they give in."
http://www.motherbird.com/women.html
Trapped in abusive situations from which escape is difficult and risky, these enslaved sex workers are told they will not receive any wages until they pay off the purchase price incurred when their employers bought them. According to Human Rights Watch, the practice of "debt bondage" among sexual traffickers is routine, and women often find that their so-called debts only increase and can never be fully repaid.
Higher-priced essentials, greater hardship, shorter lives – this is the price that poor people must pay to please the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, which are able to starve a nation of resources (not only loans but private capital) by letting out the word that it is not a good adjuster. "Initially a number of countries resist," says Doug Hellinger of the Development Group on Alternative Policies, "and then, along the way, governments are put under so much pressure they give in."
http://www.motherbird.com/women.html
