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The shadow of a young woman can be seen in front of the triple j sign

"She shows me a photo of this man who is in his mid-20s and she says: 'This is going to be your husband.'"

"I would overhear my mum saying [to her sister], 'She's out of control. She needs to be married off. We can't control her.'"

a woman with a blue jumper sits facing away from the camera with her hands held behind her back while talking into the mic

"He said, 'You're going to get your passport and you're going to give it to me so they can't take you overseas.'"

"It was the biggest dishonour I could ever do to them, to involve the police and involve the system. So I was really scared."

A bald man wearing glasses and dressed in an AFP uniform speaks in front of a lecturn

"The challenge for us is obviously to work with our partners in law enforcement to teach them what human trafficking is."

Sakina Muhammad Jan, wearing a black headdress and surgical mask, walks with a man outside court.

"For the first time in my life, that scholarship really gave me hope. And it was like someone else believes in me. It was such a great opportunity to be given, that it really changed my life."

"I wish I had someone at that time to talk to about it. I was so alone. I thought I was the only person in the world going through it. It was such a lonely feeling."

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