Watch this meaningful discussion exploring the current state of human trafficking with the impact of the pandemic and continuous systemic racial inequalities.
In the Philippines in particular, the vast majority of the survivors we work with were trafficked while in the process of looking for employment. They were desperate, took chances that were risky, and it didn't work out for them, but it was that economic vulnerability that drove them to make those risky decisions.
For tens of thousands of women in our part of the world prostitution is a way of life simply because they have no choice. Poverty does that kind of thing.