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Hmong women use TikTok to reveal marriage exploitation in Thailand By Prachatai

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/16/world/asia/11-year-old-bride-thailand.html

This article was originally published by Prachatai, an independent Thai news site. This is a story of women sharing slavery and human trafficking. It tells the story of some Hmong women using TikTok to expose marriage exploitation in Thailand. They spoke of the oppression they suffered, living as slaves. They were forced to do a lot of unpaid labor and were deprived of their freedom.

According to some legal experts, their fate has been defined as forced labor. They have no wages, no room for negotiation, which may be modern slavery. In the article, there are some words and pains suffered by the Hmong women who were devastated. They accused men of having lost their freedom when they married them. Their husbands treat themselves like slaves. They must obtain permission to go outside. Legal experts say the Hmong women’s working practices violate Thailand’s anti-trafficking laws. Yet the government says it considers anything Hmong women experience as domestic violence.

The article shares the harrowing stories of Hmong women being exploited in marriages in Thailand. The source of the pictures I shared is about the phenomenon of “child brides-in-law” in Thailand. These help to understand the context to explain why this information was released, so that more of us can understand the damage they have suffered. Hope we can give them some help.