For survivors of childhood sexual violence, a second chance in Colombia
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By Jenny Barchfield | 28 September 2020 Jessica* does not talk about her childhood often because, on the rare occasions when she does broach the topic, she is unable to hold back the tears. Now age 30, Jessica is a successful entrepreneur and proud mother of six-year-old twins. But back when she was 12, she suffered an almost unthinkable betrayal: Her long-estranged mother forced her into childhood sexual exploitation. `When you`re going through something like that, fear takes you over. It`s as if your hands were tied,` said Jessica, who was born in Barranquilla, on Colombia`s Caribbean coast. `You don`t know what to do.` She found help after being picked up by police and sent to live in a...