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Srey Neth is one of two Cambodian women whom Kristof bought as slaves in order to free. Once freed, she first opened a shop that failed due to a raid by resentful male family members, then received training at a hair salon. After a long saga toward independence, including a misdiagnosis of HIV, she finally established a stable life with a loving husband, a child, and a career as beautician.
Srey Neth Quotes in Half the Sky
The Half the Sky quotes below are all either spoken by Srey Neth or refer to Srey Neth. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 2
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Rescuing girls from brothels is the easy part, however. The challenge is keeping them from returning. The stigma that the girls feel in their communities after being freed, coupled with drug dependencies or threats from pimps, often lead them to return to the red-light district. It’s enormously dispiriting for well-meaning aid workers who oversee a brothel raid to take the girls back to a shelter and give them food and medical care, only to see the girls climb over the back wall.
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Srey Neth Quotes in Half the Sky
The Half the Sky quotes below are all either spoken by Srey Neth or refer to Srey Neth. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 2
Quotes
Rescuing girls from brothels is the easy part, however. The challenge is keeping them from returning. The stigma that the girls feel in their communities after being freed, coupled with drug dependencies or threats from pimps, often lead them to return to the red-light district. It’s enormously dispiriting for well-meaning aid workers who oversee a brothel raid to take the girls back to a shelter and give them food and medical care, only to see the girls climb over the back wall.
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