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IJM Cambodia: Brave Survivors Help Rescue Girls from Brothel

Wed, 11/30/2011

SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA – Rumors were flying in the small, rural village. Two girls were missing, and people were whispering that they had been taken to a nearby province and forced to work as prostitutes.

Lina,* 13, and Sinan,* 16, were close friends who shared much in common. Their fathers both struggled to find work, spending what little they had on alcohol. Both girls had dropped out of school, patching together odd jobs and sometimes going hungry.

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Three Convictions Issued for Mumbai Traffickers

Tue, 11/22/2011

Mumbai, India – On Monday, November 22, 2011, the Sessions Court for Greater Mumbai issued three strong convictions in two separate cases of commercial sexual exploitation. These cases originated from two rescue operations conducted in the fall of 2010 by the police, with information provided by IJM. During these operations, law enforcement officials rescued five trafficked women from the two brothels.

Additional Sessions Judge Smita Kadu convicted the keeper of one of the brothels of charges under the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

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Man Sentenced to Over 50 Years in Prison for Violent Rape in Guatemala

Thu, 11/17/2011

GUATEMALA CITY, GUATEMALA – Last week, a man was sentenced to 52 years in prison for a brutal sexual assault. For the survivor, 8-year-old Lucía,* the sentence was another step forward on a long and difficult road of healing.

“We hadn’t seen this level of physical violence before,” said IJM psychologist Miriam Cruz.  “Lucía was the most physically injured of any case we have had. She suffered severe trauma.” Lucia’s perpetrator broke into her family’s house during the night last year.

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IJM Thailand: Hundreds Now Have a Place to Call Home

Tue, 11/15/2011

CHIANG MAI, THAILAND – La-aw drives down a dirt road, winding through hilly countryside dotted with villages of varying sizes. Though the road is not drawn on many maps, La-aw knows the route from Chiang Mai into the tiny villages well. She and other IJM Thailand staff make frequent rounds into the rural villages to help families get citizenship.

Around the world, some 12 million are stateless, people who do not have citizenship of any kind. No citizenship means no country claims you. No justice system protects you.

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News From Washington - November 2011

By Holly Burkhalter  -  Wed, 11/09/2011

This week, the Government Relations team at IJM’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., is in India working with our colleagues from Chennai and Bangalore on strategies to influence local, state and national authorities.  We’ve been looking forward to this opportunity and can’t wait to stories with you soon. Although, at the moment, I’m thinking maybe our Indian staff should come here and train us on how to influence our government leaders!

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