// Interview with Sara //

Interview in a nightclub/bar in Dubai
"I came here a year ago. I was a prostitute in Hrazdan and knew what I was going to do. When a friend asked me to join her in travelling to Dubai to make some money, I happily agreed. I have to take money home to take care of my parents and child, and as soon as I earn enough I’ll go back."

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"So far I have not been able to send money home, because that woman (pointing at a pimp in the bar) is not giving me any money, she is terrible. There are many Armenian women here. If you wait until midnight around 30 girls from Armenia will come. The children are working separately in special nightclubs; we are going to other bars. There are some young girls in our bar who came when they were very young, and now they are with us. Do not tell at home about us. Things will improve and we will get out of this situation."

Source by courtesy of: IOM /// "Trafficking in Women and Children from the Republic of Armenia: A Study" (IOM, 2001, ISBN 92-9068-114-4)