Reaching Out Romania Explained

Reaching Out Romania
Abbreviation:ROR
Formation:1999
Type:NGO
Purpose:To rescue and rehabilitate Eastern European sex trafficking victims
Headquarters:Pitești
Location:Romania
Region Served:Europe
Language:Romanian
Leader Title:Director
Leader Name:Iana Matei

Reaching Out Romania (also simply called Reaching Out, abbreviated ROR) is a non-governmental[1] charitable organization[2] in Romania that helps girls ages 13 to 22 exit the sex industry.[3] ROR rescues these girls from the Moldovan and Romanian mafia, which have normally trafficked the girls out of Romania and into Western Europe.[4] ROR runs a facility in Pitești that offers life skills-based education to these girls,[5] teaching them to do things such as painting and sewing.[6] This safe house hides the girls from their traffickers. A psychologist is on staff to meet with the girls.[7] The organization was founded in 1999[8] by Iana Matei, who was named European of the Year in 2010 by Reader's Digest.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Book: 120. Ending Violence Against Women: From Words to Action. limited. United Nations. 2006. 9211302536.
  2. News: Gleaner Company. Sex slavery plagues Romania and Bulgaria. December 29, 2006. August 13, 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121104065028/http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20061229/int/int6.html. November 4, 2012.
  3. Book: 259. Navigating the Badlands: Thriving in the Decade of Radical Transformation. Mary O'Hara-Devereaux. John Wiley & Sons. 2004. 0787976008.
  4. 13. The Best American Crime Writing 2005. The Girls Next Door. Peter Landesman. Peter Landesman. James Ellroy . Otto Penzler . Thomas H. Cook. HarperCollins. 2009. 978-0061842603.
  5. Book: 54. The War on Human Trafficking: U.S. Policy Assessed. Anthony DeStefano. Rutgers University Press. 2007. 978-0813541570.
  6. Web site: Reaching out, a shelter for trafficked girls. UNICEF. August 13, 2013. November 30, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181130155116/https://www.unicef.org/sowc05/english/povertyfeat_romania.html. dead.
  7. News: Avantaje. Iana Matei - premiul Europeanul Anului 2010. 2010. August 13, 2013. ro.
  8. News: Southeast European Times. October 31, 2011. Human trafficking in Romania - low risk, high income business. Paul Ciocoiu. August 13, 2013.
  9. News: Het Laatste Nieuws. Roemeense activiste voor mensenrechten Europeaan van 2010. January 20, 2010. August 13, 2013. nl.

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