obelisks wrote:

Samouth wrote:I had heard of Svay Pak before, but not really know about this place. I also had seen some videos about this place talking about young sex worker. This is a good article to read

Svay Pak is an ethnically Vietnamese village located in the Russey Keo District of Phnom Penh, Cambodia.[1] Svay Pak is also known as Kilometre 11 or K11. It is an infamous center of child prostitution.

Economic situation

The brothels in Svay Pak are in direct competition with each other and see little advantage in cooperation even when faced with external threats (i.e. police). Sex workers from different brothels do not usually associate with workers from another brothel. This is due to personal differences as well as the competition for clients. Sex work, particularly acts that involve underage workers, were a cornerstone of the local economy. At any one time it was estimated that over 300 commercial sex workers lived and worked in the Svay Pak area.[3] Virgin children were sold for a very high price ($400–600) which is then continually lowered until they are worth only a few U.S. dollars. Some brothel owners are willing to put their workers under hymen-reconstruction surgery in order to create the appearance that their workers are still virgins.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svay_Pak

So why haven't at least some NGOs based their offices in this district to tackle the problem more aggressively? I mean I couldn't believe that in 2015 that other guy that was featured in this forum was allowed to walk hand-in-hand with a very young girl. What are these NGOs doing with their money and time?

Many of the Christian groups working in the area exaggerate and fictionalise the problem in order to keep their donations coming from the US and Europe. The fact is: child prostitution is now virtually non-existent in Svay Pak. The real exploitation now is by these insidious Evangelical groups. Please see: http://penhpal.com/2014/03/the-persiste ... -svay-pak/

vladimir wrote:Check the responses. Un Vuthy sounds like a knowledgeable, enlightened fellow:

Un Vuthy
April 5th, 2014 at 8:41 pm
Not sure about the anti-Christian hostility here. Many high level officials in cpp and cnrp are Christian
1- Khmer culture and Buddhist faith both reject prostitution of any kind voluntary or not
2- prostitution thrives because of the money dirty old westerners throw at it.
3- if you are a hooker and het HIV it is your karma. If you sleep with a hooker and get HIV it is your karma.
4- if you get HIV in Cambodia you’re going to die. Don’t involve with prostitution and you won’t get the punishment.
5- Our culture is against prostitutes, only westerners like you or Khmer not born here want it to be legal. Go back to your own country

2010. I'm in Cambodia again and drawn back to Svay Pak. Svay Pak has been officially closed for 5 years. Due to the many police checkpoints and constant observation, the international trade of underage girls has moved deeper into the backyards. It seems like the opportunity to get in contact with children has become more difficult. It remains to be seen if the laws protecting children will be adhered to, and in particular, strictly controlled. The enforcement of the law is, and remains, a major obstacle in efforts to eliminate child prostitution. If this is done, then Svay Pak is really closed as it is written on the Internet.

obelisks wrote:So why haven't at least some NGOs based their offices in this district to tackle the problem more aggressively? ... What are these NGOs doing with their money and time?

obelisks wrote:

Samouth wrote:I had heard of Svay Pak before, but not really know about this place. I also had seen some videos about this place talking about young sex worker. This is a good article to read

Svay Pak is an ethnically Vietnamese village located in the Russey Keo District of Phnom Penh, Cambodia.[1] Svay Pak is also known as Kilometre 11 or K11. It is an infamous center of child prostitution.

Economic situation

The brothels in Svay Pak are in direct competition with each other and see little advantage in cooperation even when faced with external threats (i.e. police). Sex workers from different brothels do not usually associate with workers from another brothel. This is due to personal differences as well as the competition for clients. Sex work, particularly acts that involve underage workers, were a cornerstone of the local economy. At any one time it was estimated that over 300 commercial sex workers lived and worked in the Svay Pak area.[3] Virgin children were sold for a very high price ($400–600) which is then continually lowered until they are worth only a few U.S. dollars. Some brothel owners are willing to put their workers under hymen-reconstruction surgery in order to create the appearance that their workers are still virgins.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svay_Pak

So why haven't at least some NGOs based their offices in this district to tackle the problem more aggressively? I mean I couldn't believe that in 2015 that other guy that was featured in this forum was allowed to walk hand-in-hand with a very young girl. What are these NGOs doing with their money and time?

underage women

StroppyChops wrote:

underage women

We call those 'girls'.

John Bingham wrote:

StroppyChops wrote:

underage women

We call those 'girls'.

Sure, I used the term "girls" too in my post. It is also possible for someone to be a woman and also legally underage.