Stop the Spread of Human Trafficking Myths
During the summer of 2020 many falsehoods about modern-day enslavement spread over social media. Learn why this harms the anti-trafficking movement, and how you can help stop it.
Agir pour les Femmes en Situation Precaire (AFESIP) Cambodia
http://www.afesip.org/Volunteer Opportunities: Yes
History
Established in 1996, AFESIP Cambodia is a legally registered non-governmental, non-partisan and non-religious organization that cares for and secures the rights of women and girls victimized by human trafficking and sex slavery.
Mission
To care for and secure the rights of those victimized by human trafficking and sex slavery, to successfully rehabilitate and reintegrate survivors into mainstream society through financial independence in a sustainable and innovative manner and to combat the causes and consequences of trafficking in persons for sexual exploitation
Vision
A world where women and children are safe from trafficking and exploitation
- Contact Information:
- #4B, Street 52D, Sangkat Phnom Penh Thmey, Khan Sen Sok
- Phnom Penh, Phnom Penh
- Cambodia
- Active In: Cambodia
- Forms of Abolition:
- Awareness, Policy Making, Aftercare, Empowerment
- Forms of Slavery:
- Sex Trafficking, Child Labor
- Tel: +855 (0) 1 288-8840, +855 (0) 9 293-7685, +855 (0) 2 388-4123
- Email: info@afesip.org
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