Wednesday, January 13, 2010

RFE/RL: Bringing Moldova's Women Into The Democratization Process

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty recently published an article about the situation of women in Moldova.

An excerpt:
"Moldova's women remain prime targets for human trafficking and exploitation, and it will take more than just improving Moldova's economy to save them.

Both the blight and the profits of human trafficking in Moldova can be felt everywhere in the small country. Children left in the care of ailing grandparents or abandoned to appalling orphanages in Chisinau represent part of the toll trafficking has taken on families in Moldova. The ostentatious new homes at the edges of poor villages and young men driving luxury cars purchased with foreign remittances illustrate the irresistible lure of the trade."

The full article can be read here.

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