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Laos has been identified as a source country for women and girls trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation in Thailand. [7] Many female sex workers in Laos are at high risk of sexually transmitted infection (STI) and disease. They often have limited access to treatment and services due to cultural sensitivity regarding sexuality and pre ...
Khmu woman in village Ban Huay fay, region Luang Prabang, Laos Lao girls reading. Under the Constitution of Laos, Lao women are legally equal to Lao men. They have the right to vote and to inherit property. In practice, the roles and status of women in Lao society often depend on ethnic affiliation. [3]
Laos is primarily an origin country for sexually trafficked persons. [1] [2] Sex trafficking victims in the country are from all ethnic groups in Laos and foreigners. Laos citizens, primarily women and girls, have been sex trafficked into other countries in Asia and different continents. [1]
The shock and trauma are evident in what women wove. Women were then, and remain today, “the backbone of Lao society,” said Linda McIntosh, a textile specialist in Luang Prabang, Laos.
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The mother of Simone White urges people to be careful with alcohol after her daughter died in Laos.
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To a lesser extent Laos was a country of transit for Vietnamese, Chinese and Burmese women destined for Thailand. Laos' potential as a transit country was on the rise with the construction of new highways linking the People's Republic of China, Vietnam, Thailand, and Cambodia through Laos. Internal trafficking was also a problem that affects ...