Seven months ago, our team in Vietnam received an emergency call in the middle of the night. It was from Hau, a 37 year old woman who had woken up to her drunk husband turning their house upside down. Hau feared for her life, he was violent and unpredictable. When her...
Treated like a slave Zarifa had never felt heard before she came to Hagar. She was married at a young age to a man with an abusive family, but like many girls her age, she really just wanted to go to school. She wanted to get a job. She wanted to live safely and...
Tran was a model student at a local secondary school in the south of Vietnam. She was engaged in school activities, was well-loved by her teachers and peers, and dedicated herself to her studies. This all changed when at the age of 12, she was raped multiple times by...
“When someone gets married her life should change for the better, but when I got married, my life changed for worse.” Before she got married, Amena’s dream of married life was that of a happy,loving and safe environment. But her dreams were shattered the day she...
Meet Rina Roat Rina’s story was profiled in the Australian publication The Age on September 6, 2016. THEN: She worked in a government factory “I saw the price they put on the jeans, I know how those jeans are made. The jeans were $59, just one jean was...
Tien was 14 years old when she was forced into marriage in China. “Before I always wondered: Why was life so unfair to me? The “Whole Journey” helps us realize things are not so bad.” –Tien Watch her life change as Hagar walks alongside survivors like Tien through...
