I Was Trafficked In The MIDDLE of New York City.

Think human trafficking doesn't happen in New York City? Think again. It does. It's forced labor. It's someone being sold for sex against their own will. It happens to women, children and men. We don't like calling it "being sold for sex". This phrase has a strange connotation, and sex does not encapsulate what happens to these victims, the devastation abuse enacted on their heart and body. We think it's better to call it for what it is, "being sold for rape and torture."

Shandra Woworuntu was born in Indonesia, and in 2001 she travelled to the USA expecting a job in the hospitality industry, but was instead forced to work as a prostitute. She eventually escaped her captors and helped convict her traffickers.

In 2010, Woworuntu was granted permanent residency in the USA. On December 16, 2015, President Obama appointed Woworuntu as one of 11 members of the U.S. Advisory Council on Human Trafficking and the council held their first meeting on October 18, 2016. 

Shandra Woworuntu is the founder of the Mentari Human Trafficking Survivor Empowerment Program, an organization aimed at empowering human trafficking victims.

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