“I am not sure if I ever really loved him,” Yui murmured in an even tone. “But Japanese culture is a bit different. I was afraid of becoming a nokorimono. That’s what they call women here who get to a...
Paul started mining at the age of 12 and was one of the children who worked in underground cobalt tunnels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). He told Amnesty International that he frequently spent 24 hours down in...
Sreypov Chan is a young woman with an infectious smile and a love of American songs. Yet, locked behind her dark eyes are visions that will forever spring to life in her worst nightmares. Trafficked at seven years old in...
Face concealed in a baby blue burka in Afganistan, 23-year-old Miriam’s voice remained even as she told HAWCA. “My father-in-law was standing near me. He was pressuring me to burn myself. He told me, “Pick up that fuel and stop...
As torrents of tears rolled down her face, Habi Mutraba told the Guardian, “I have been hit, tortured, humiliated – I’m always the first to wake up and the last to go to sleep.” Mutraba, who has been a slave...
“I was teaching a girl in 2011. She was 13 years old. I liked her because she was beautiful. I manipulated her grades. If she got a good grade, I tried to lower it. I’d humiliate her in class and...
Bloodcurdling screams – the kind that drives a shiver across your skin – echoed in the distance. A World Vision director in Uganda, Obed, sped towards where the cries emanated from. His steps faltered as he stumbled upon a sight...
Rickety huts made out of wood and galvanised steel teeter above gravestones, as children play amongst garbage, open sewage, and the dead. This is a place concealed from the roving eyes of tourists to the Philippines’ vibrant capital, Manila. With...
She does not want to reveal her name, but she goes by “N”. When her mother left for Italy in search of work, little “N” was left at home in Romania with an uncle. Her mother would never return. At...
For decades, the trans community fought valiantly for societal acceptance. As discrimination and misrepresentation surged, so did the quiet determination to be better understood. In the last few years, those strides finally arrived in leaps and bounds. All across the...
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