some thoughts about sex slavery

as i read ian and molly's posts, i remember some stories a friend once told me. mihoko was my graduate school classmate. she had great passion for Cambodian women in villages. when she served in a NGO for about a year or so living in a remote Cambodian village, she discovered that many people would sell their daughters to others (these people would go to villages and promise restaurant jobs in big cities such as bangkok, when in fact they would force them into prostitution once these girls get there) because they were poor. but my friend also discovered that they were poor because they did not have enough water to irrigate their rice farm. so, her NGO decided that the best way to combat prostitution was to dig wells. if they could discover rich water source, farmers would be able to water their land and harvest better crops and improve their economic condition. and as a result, they may not have incentive to sell their daughters to any job offers. in combination of education (teaching the families about the deception of these pimps) and well digging, the NGO seemed to be able curb sex trafficking in that area of Cambodia.