Bride trafficking at the southwest borders of China (Write the Wrongs - episode 32)

About 21,000 women and girls from northern Myanmar were forced into marriage in just one province of China from 2013 to 2017. These women and girls are usually tricked by brokers who promise well-paid employment across the border in China where they are sold for around 3000 to 13000 dollars to Chinese families seeking a daughter-in-law for their adult son. Seng Moon became one such trafficked bride when she was 16. She had a son with her ‘husband’ and escaped back to Myanmar 2 years later. The trauma of forced marriage, rape, and separation from their children with their buyer-husbands mark survivers for their lives.