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British actor Emma Thompson, shown Oct. 20 in London, is in New York with an art exhibit that draws attention to the problem of trafficking in women and girls. Full Article at CBC News
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Some issues in our world are so disturbing to think about that the media, Hollywood and even caring citizens tend to turn and look the other way — and there is no question that human sex trafficking is one of those issues. Full Article at Tonic
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Jennifer 8. Lee/The New York Times A dozen artists collaborated on “Journey,” an installation at New York University that uses shipping containers to depict the experiences of sex trafficking victims. Full Article at The New York Times
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Two-time Academy Award-winning British actress Emma Thompson is focusing her attention on the issue of human trafficking of women and young girls by co-curating an interactive New York City art exhibit titled Journey. Full Article at Huffington Post
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Emma Thompson stands outside of 'Journey,' a temporary art installation near Washington Square Park that tells the story of a women forced into sexual slavery. Full Article at New York Daily News
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She and 19 other girls, none of whom could speak English, were picked up in my country, thrown into cells, because, of course, they had no papers — they were illegals ... And then they were put in a detention centre for three weeks, not helped in any way, and then they were deported.
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The way in which she told it was so extraordinarily dynamic and alive. She kept telling me these terrible stories and laughing. I thought, 'This woman is a survivor. She has such strength'
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She was handed over to a woman and told she owed them £50,000 ($87,715 Cdn) to pay for her journey over to the U.K. and that she was going to be earning that money by working as a prostitute
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Her father had died, and she'd gone to work in market selling vegetables, and she was very unhappy in that life and had to leave school
