
Young girls dream of better lives and unknowingly become pawns in the modern machine of human trafficking
Every month, tens of thousands of Indonesian women are sent to Asia and Saudi-Arabia to work as domestic helpers.
Young girls dream of better lives and unknowingly become pawns in the modern machine of human trafficking.
The story of a journey followed by so many undereducated Indonesian girls. A journey that starts in a small village in Indonesia, will lead you through training camps in the city, immerse you in a life of servitude, debt bondage, and low pay, far from any known reference, and will end back home, in joy or in tears.
Photographer Gratiane de Moustier said: "I’m illustrating what I consider a modern version of slavery and human trafficking.
I’m illustrating what I consider a modern version of slavery and human trafficking
"These women are often mislead by sponsors who travel across the country selling dreams of adventures overseas, and fantastic monetary prospects.
