Cambodia’s trafficked brides: a woman’s story of forced marriage in China
Published on July 29, 2022
The number of women travelling from Cambodia to China for forced or arranged marriages has surged since 2016 and experienced a further spike since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Many Cambodian women in arranged marriages with Chinese men, whether originally consensual or not, report finding themselves in remote areas and abusive contexts. This is a woman’s story of how she was trafficked from Cambodia to China.
