Chab Dai
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Chab Dai ("joining hands" in Khmer) is an organization founded in Cambodia in 2005[1] by Helen Sworn[2]that focuses on abolishing sexual abuse, human trafficking, and exploitation.[3] [4] It aims to bring an end to trafficking and sexual exploitation through coalition building, community prevention, advocacy and research.[5][6] While the organization was founded in Cambodia, Chab Dai also has additional offices in the United States,[7] Canada and the United Kingdom.[8] In August 2023, they joined other Anti-Trafficking Organizations in a statement about the factual inaccuracies of the movie Sound of Freedom (film)[9]
Helen Sworn
[edit]Sworn had a career in business administration before she attended bible college in the United Kingdom.[10] She began actively opposing human trafficking in 1999.[11] In 2005,[12] she founded Chab Dai,[2] a network of Christian organizations opposing human trafficking.[13] She was interviewed in the 2011 human trafficking documentary film Nefarious: Merchant of Souls.[14] Sworn stepped down as Executive Director in 2023.[15]
References
[edit]- ^ "Home". chabdai.org.
- ^ a b Katherine Marshall (August 31, 2009). "Need Plus Greed: Faith in Action". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on November 23, 2009. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
- ^ "HumanTrafficking.org | Cambodia NGO: Chab Dai Coalition". Archived from the original on 2016-04-04. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
- ^ "CRIN".
- ^ "Hands of Hope Archives - Chab Dai".
- ^ "Stop the Traffik". Archived from the original on 2008-10-09. Retrieved 2010-01-22.
- ^ "Usa". Archived from the original on 2010-09-25. Retrieved 2010-01-22.
- ^ "Projects". Archived from the original on 2010-01-07. Retrieved 2010-01-22.
- ^ Pinkston, Lauren (2023-07-29). "'Sound of Freedom': A Joint Statement from Anti-trafficking Organizations". Medium. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
- ^ Carol Kingston-Smith (December 2010). "Bodies for Sale: Globalised Trafficking for the Sex Trade". Encounters Mission Journal (35): 1.
- ^ "Helen Sworn". Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs. Archived from the original on May 22, 2013. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
- ^ "History". Chab Dai Canada. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
- ^ "Innocence for sale: Ethnic discrimination fuels a vile trade". The Economist. September 13, 2007. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
- ^ "Interviewees". Exodus Cry. 7 November 2012. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ "Appointment of Christa Foster Crawford as Chab Dai's new Executive Director". Chab Dai. 26 June 2023.