Abstract
A review of Somaly Mam. 2008. The Road of Lost Innocence: The True Story of a Cambodian Heroine. New York: Spiegel and Grau.
Highlights
Mam escaped sexual slavery and involved in human rights activism and campaigns against sex-trafficking
The book calls for human rights activism on prevention and response to violence against women (VAW) and sex trafficking
There is an interlinking point between her personal experience and larger socio-political upheavals, such as American bombing of Cambodia at the end of the Vietnam War and terrible years of Khmer Rouge regime
Summary
Mam escaped sexual slavery and involved in human rights activism and campaigns against sex-trafficking. Mam’s 2008 memoir, The Road of Lost Innocence: The True Story of a Cambodian Heroine, bears witness to intersectional axes of socio-economic, cultural, and political power relations behind violence against women (VAW) and sex trafficking in Cambodia. The book calls for human rights activism on prevention and response to VAW and sex trafficking.
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