The Auckland photographer captures powerful images of young girls sold into sex slavery in countries ranging from Cambodia to Uganda. “I might cry when they’re telling me their stories, but in terms of me processing the enormity of human trafficking and the injustice of it, that’s something I will pick up when I’m at home.”READ MORE:* Auckland Festival of Photography 2021: Covid-19 inspires theme of isolation* Women are the primary victims of human trafficking. The teenager got on the bus to Kathmandu, Nepal but was abducted from the bus and sold into sex trafficking. The Mission Bay resident worked in a red-light district in Mumbai where an estimated 42,000 young girls were held captive in high-rise brothels across seven streets. The photographer portrayed the “profoundly sad” life of Sunitha,​ an orphan sold to an Indian brothel at the age of 9.

Source: Stuff May 01, 2021 16:52 UTC