Prostitution

Saying goodbye to Tuol Kork ladies

On Friday, Cat and I were respectively busy since the next day, she had to leave for Australia. I wanted to do my best to finish what she planned to do. However, not everything was successfully done but though, I was glad we could do a lot of things. I remember, in the morning we went to check out with Phorn Vuth's family and in the afternoon, we had an appointment with a guy from Friends International. AT that time, I felt a very strange sleepiness I had never experienced. Actually, somethign c...

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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...

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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...