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Aurora Almendral

Aurora Almendral

Aurora is a writer and radio producer from New York, who has lived in Morocco, Spain and Syria, and is currently based in Manila, Philippines. She has covered disasters, poverty, economic growth and global health, as well as crime, culture and technology. Her work has been aired or published by NPR News, BBC News and BBC World Service, PRI's The World, NPR's Snap Judgment, Monocle, Esquire Philippines, VICE News and others. She was a Climate Change Reporting Fellow with GroundTruth.
A young girl prays in a room in a halfway house outside of Manila. In the wake of typhoons, women and girls from climate change-vulnerable areas, particularly Samar and Leyte, wind up in the sex trade after being displaced from storms. Young girls who are rescued from sex trafficking and prostitution enter halfway houses for rehabilitation, legal counseling and, for some, schooling. (Hannah Reyes Morales/GroundTruth)
Season 3 - Living Proof |Episode 4

Storms, sex and survival in the Philippines

After covering the devastation of Typhoon Haiyan in 2013, GroundTruth's Aurora Almendral investigates how typhoons – which are getting stronger and...

Dec 02, 2016
A woman's shoes are seen in a day bar in Angeles City, notorious for its red light district and sex tourism. In the wake of typhoons, women and girls from climate change vulnerable areas, particularly Samar and Leyte, wind up in the sex trade after being displaced from storms. (Photo by Hannah Reyes Morales/GroundTruth)
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Sex Trafficking in the Philippines

Sex Trafficking in the Philippines: Introduction A scene from Fields Avenue, the red light district in Angeles City,...

Nov 10, 2016

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