In August 2020, Phavy’s friends invited her to a party. At the party, the then 12-year-old Phavy was forced to have sex with a man. She tried to escape but, without the help of her friends, she was beaten and raped. In 2021, Phavy was sent to Hagar for help by the...
As a young native H’Mong girl in Yen Bai province, Phao never thought about setting foot out of her homeland. The world beyond those massive mountains was always mysterious to her. Like many other girls in the village, Phao was taught to strictly follow her ethnic...