Bought and Sold - Photo Exhibition on Human Trafficking
A local volunteer-based organization, EmancipAsia Ltd , has launched a campaign in Singapore to raise awareness of human trafficking. Ms Sylvia Lee r ealised that there is a knowledge gap on human trafficking which is known as modern day slavery in Singapore. Therefore she established EmancipAsia Ltd in March 2012 to work on this issue. The organisation aims to work with the Singapore government’s national plan to fight human trafficking both locally and in the region. In Singapore, human trafficking takes places in the form of slave labour and sex trafficking. The first thought that go through most Singaporeans includes myself is that, this doesn’t happen in Singapore – human trafficking only occurs in third world countries, but in fact it is taking place in our very own homeland. To bring this issue to light, various activities have been lined up, including a photography exhibition titled 'Bought and Sold: Voices of Human Trafficking' that will run from...