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Research

“At What Price, Honour?”

In order for individuals and organizations to speak up and see change, they need to clearly understand the issues facing them in the present and have insight into emerging gaps and issues impacting the future.

In May 2006, Chab Dai launched its first research paper. At What Price, Honour? is a research into domestic trafficking of Vietnamese (girl) children for sexual exploitation from slum areas in Phnom Penh.

Due to historical animosity between ethnic Khmer and Vietnamese, the ethnic Vietnamese communities living in Cambodia are extremely likely to fall victim to vulnerabilities attached with statelessness, such as trafficking and sexual exploitation.

Among the communities surveyed, “At What Price, Honour?” suggests that half of these families sell a child for sex. Many children expressed that they felt they were in danger of being sold or otherwise forced into involvement in the sex trade.

Since this research’s launch, several member programs have began working to prevent trafficking within these vulnerable communities, and several have hired Vietnamese speaking staff for their aftercare programs.

Over the next year, Chab Dai plans to develop and begin a prevention program for these communities.

Future Research

Chab Dai has plans to begin working on two new research projects over the next 12 months.

In 2008, Chab Dai began working in collaboration with other organizations to do research about the trafficking patterns into the northeastern provinces of Cambodia, where there is currently little to no information about trafficking patterns in the Cambodian provinces of Ratanakiri, Mondolkiri and Stung Treng.

Chab Dai has also began preliminary stages for a longitudinal research about the long term results of the reintegration of survivors who have undergone rehabilitation in an aftercare shelter. Chab Dai hopes to follow several hundred survivors for 10 years after they have returned home in order to measure whether current rehabilitation programs are accurately preparing survivors to reintegrate into normal Cambodian life.

Christians Working Together to End

Sexual Abuse and Trafficking