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Role of Women in Other Cultures & Human Trafficking
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Pamala Kennedy Chestnut’s More Than Rice exposes the shocking treatment of women in many Asian cultures through the evocative fictional portrayal of three women in a Malaysian brothel.
5/8/11
Gabriela Mendoza is only seventeen years old when she is captured in the Philippines and taken to Malaysia, where she is forced to work in a brothel. It is not only through the story of Gabriela and the other girls while they are in the brothel that is shocking to readers, but also the narratives of each of the girls who Gabriela meets, whose treatment and conditions before coming to the brothel represent lives of tragedy, all based in real cultural norms of other societies.
Perhaps the most heart-rending of all of the tales is that of Maylin, a Chinese girl whose arranged marriage results in disastrous consequences. Her sad tale begins before her birth, when her mother refused to have a sonogram, as many Chinese women of her era did—In hopes that the one child they were permitted would be a male. Although her mother accepts her as a daughter, her father remains bitter that she is female and Maylin is a great disappointment. Maylin’s family arranges a “very appropriate” marriage for her just before her seventeenth birthday, which will ostensibly restore honor to the family, as her parents hope for a grandson from an honorable family.
More Than Rice is a shocking expose’ both of human trafficking and the low regard in which women are held in many cultures. Through the abuses and injustices that her fictional characters endure, Chestnut raises awareness for the many women who are relegated to similar lives throughout the world, victims of their culture, providing readers with a thought-provoking social commentary.
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More Than Rice Novel to India with Joyce Meyer and Medical Missions Team Member
When Pamala first realized that Human Trafficking was a global issue was in India nearly 20 years ago. A More Than Rice reader, Michael Butler, was at his dentist this week and learned that Dr. Raj Patel, DDS of Bixby, OK would be going to India as part of the
Medical Missions Team traveling and doing ministry in conjunction with the Joyce Meyer Ministry team. Michael knew that Dr. Patel traveled to many nations doing medical missions up to three times per year. Dr. Patel is aware of the human trafficking issue and wants to add value to the team in India. That’s when the conversation about More Than Rice and the fact that Michael’s company M3 New Media is http://M3NewMedia.net the publisher and Marketing company behind Pamala Kennedy Chestnut and the More Than Rice Novel.
This trip, October 21-21 http://www.joycemeyer.org/ is to Dr. Raj home nation of India were he grew up. “I love to give back-the Lord has been so faithful in blessing me.” says Dr. Patel. Pamala Kennedy Chestnut, author of More Than Rice was thrilled to know her Novel would be gifted to a leader in the Anti-Human Trafficking movement to create awareness and change for India. “It is very sad how many of the women are treated in India-there is not a lot of respect for women in general-I’m glad that MORE THAN RICE can be a blessing to the people there.
Pamala and Michael’s prayer is that this story of Gabriela Mendoza will touch lives in Asia, India, South America and everywhere people are hurting and needing ministry. The amazing thing is the story has come full circle and human trafficking is a global problem but so is the solution-the solution is global and doable.
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