Liberian women who took on their traffickers and won

Life was bleak for 22-year-old Esther at the end of 2021. Living in her pastor father’s church compound in Monrovia, she had no job, no education and few prospects.

The pandemic and global economic turmoil had hit her father’s parishioners hard. He could no longer send his six children to school. Esther spent her days doing odd jobs and dreaming of a different life.

When Esther’s friend Princess came to her with a job offer overseas, she thought her dreams had come true.