Sex trafficking has got increasingly worse for Native American women and girls due to drugs, poverty, and the silence about it.
"Many Women and girls due to culture of silence in every community....and the legacy of appalling sexual violence committed by white men do not speak about against what is happening to them."
The sex trade has gotten worse in Portland, nicknamed "Pornland," by a reporter because of all the dealing happening out in the open. One pimp states, "with the young girls, you promise them heaven and they'll follow you to hell."
Most runaways are the targets of sex trafficker, offering them a save place to stay in exchange for the sex act. The girls and women suffer horrible emotional and physical abuse with few chances to heal. Native girls are also the girls of choice because they can be sold as "exotics."
There are several health problems associated with being a sex worker that can cause lasting effects. Most of the girls are coerced into sex working-on and off reservations- by drug dealer to pay for their drugs.
Sundvall-Williams, who escaped the street life,
is trying to help Portland women trapped in the
sex-trafficking industry.
Jeri Sundvall-Williams is a survivor of the trafficking business and wants to become an elected official to help the Native girls and women speak about against what is happening to them. Also she plans on making more recovery center available with beds to help save the younger victims.
I think what is happening to these girls in unbelievable. The police seem to overlook the problem because it is so ramped and because they are so underfunded. The lack of recovery center is the most shocking part of this article. Why does no one want to help the girls escape from their situation? Why does no one care about what is happening?
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