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Another Tuol Kork Sex-Worker

Day 2While I was coming out of school and zigzagging on the way to where I set in my mind to around 5 pm, I was also imagining what would happen after I got off my bike. Taking a deep long breath, I realized that now another mission was awaiting my consciousness. Then, I shook my head to remind myself not to dream an idealistic dream that the women who worked there as prostitutes were satisfied with the jobs and well-fed as they looked pretty. I noticed when the traffic around me was going as us...

Please ask yourself what you feel about this comment!

This long article is the comment from a sex-worker and was sent to me by the Australian journalist, Cat, I'm working for. Thank you very much indeed for this choking text. I want to read it over and over again and would like to find out about her feelings.Phnom Penh Post, September 17 - 30, 1999COMMENTSex worker demands rights and recognition A member of the Sex Workers Union of Toul Kork, Dina Chan, gave this speech to the First National Conference on Gender and Development in Cambodia, held in...

My Trip to Tuol Kork and Svay Paak

It is so important to look at the world positively and it makes you feel fresh afterward. Somehow, things like this don't matter much to me just now. What I have to feel now is to feel suspicious, cautious and strong or even tough.For me, there is nothing as sad as hearing sad and tragic stories from women. For two days, Sunday and Monday, I had been to the two heart-breaking places infamous for cheap prostitutes (red-light district) in Cambodia, which are Tuol Kork and Svay Paak. Can anybody te...

My Trip to Kratie and Stung Streng

Kratie's river to Steung Treng From 10th to 13th of February, I went to Kratie and Steung Streng. I left Phnom Penh in a bus with my friend and spent my wonderful time in both provinces especially Kratie.