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Romanian non-governmental organization
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]
References
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Ending Violence Against Women: From Words to Action.
United Nations. 2006. p.
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ISBN
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"Sex slavery plagues Romania and Bulgaria".
Gleaner Company. December 29, 2006. Archived from
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^ Mary O'Hara-Devereaux (2004). Navigating the Badlands: Thriving in the Decade of Radical Transformation.
John Wiley & Sons. p. 259.
ISBN
0787976008.
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^
Peter Landesman (2009). James Ellroy; Otto Penzler; Thomas H. Cook (eds.). "The Girls Next Door". The Best American Crime Writing 2005.
HarperCollins: 13.
ISBN
978-0061842603.
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^ Anthony DeStefano (2007). The War on Human Trafficking: U.S. Policy Assessed.
Rutgers University Press. p. 54.
ISBN
978-0813541570.
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"Reaching out, a shelter for trafficked girls".
UNICEF. Archived from
the original on November 30, 2018. Retrieved August 13, 2013.
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"Iana Matei - premiul Europeanul Anului 2010". Avantaje (in Romanian). 2010. Retrieved August 13, 2013.
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^ Paul Ciocoiu (October 31, 2011).
"Human trafficking in Romania - low risk, high income business".
Southeast European Times. Retrieved August 13, 2013.
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^
"Roemeense activiste voor mensenrechten Europeaan van 2010".
Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). January 20, 2010. Retrieved August 13, 2013.