Bibliograph

Girls like us, fighting for a world where girls are not for sale, an activist finds her calling and heals herself, Rachel Lloyd

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Label

Girls like us, fighting for a world where girls are not for sale, an activist finds her calling and heals herself, Rachel Lloyd

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Girls like us

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

641532233

Responsibility statement

Rachel Lloyd

Sub title

fighting for a world where girls are not for sale, an activist finds her calling and heals herself

Summary

This is a deeply moving story by a survivor of the commercial sex industry who has devoted her career to activism and helping other young girls escape "the life". At thirteen, British-born Rachel Lloyd found herself caught up in a world of pain and abuse, struggling to survive as a child with no responsible adults to support her. Vulnerable yet tough, she eventually ended up a victim of commercial sexual exploitation. It took time and incredible resilience, but finally, with the help of a local church community, she broke free of her pimp and her past. Three years later, Lloyd arrived in the United States to work with adult women in the sex industry and soon founded her own nonprofit, GEMS (Girls Educational and Mentoring Services) to meet the needs of other girls with her history and shunned by society. She also earned her GED and won full scholarships to college and a graduate program. Today Lloyd is executive director of GEMS in New York City and has turned it into one of the nation's most groundbreaking nonprofit organizations. In this work, she reveals the dark, secretive world of her past in stunning cinematic detail. And, with great humanity, she lovingly shares the stories of the girls whose lives she has helped, small victories that have healed her wounds and made her whole

Table Of Contents

Learning -- Risk -- Family -- Recruitment -- Pimps -- Johns -- Victims -- Cops -- Staying -- Leaving -- Relapse -- Unlearning -- Stigma -- Healing -- Leadership -- Beginnings

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