By Erin Chambers

Sexual slavery is an international issue. For  many young women and children in Cambodia, it’s a horrific reality. All too often, young girls are sold to or forced to work in brothels before they’re teenagers. There, they are beaten, starved, raped and, in some cases, kept under lock and key.

That’s what happened to Somaly Mam. Born into extreme poverty, Somaly was trafficked as a young girl and sold into sexual slavery. She endured unimaginable torture and sexual abuse in the brothel where she was forced to work, and even witnessed the savage murder…