What is Rachel Lloyd?
'''Rachel Lloyd''' (born 1975) is an [[English people|English]] [[activist]] against [[sex trafficking]]. Lloyd moved to the [[United States]] in 1997. In 1998 she started the Girls Educational and Mentoring Services. A [[documentary]] was made about it called ''Very Young Girls''. It was released in 2007. In 2011 her book '' Girls Like Us: Fighting for a World Where Girls Are Not for Sale, an Activist Finds Her Calling and Heals Herself'' was published. ==Early life== Lloyd was born in [[Portsmouth]]. She left school when she was 13 to work. She tried to kill herself three times.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/usa_46464.html|title=Child sexual exploitation in the USA: Not just a problem for developing nations|website=UNICEF|access-date=2019-02-15|archive-date=2017-12-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171205165316/https://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/usa_46464.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> When she was 17 years old, she moved to [[Germany]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://queenscourier.com/2008/scarborough-pushes-bill-to-help-teen-prostitutes-14191/ |title=News &#124; Scarborough pushes bill to help teen prostitutes &#124; Queens Courier |access-date=2014-01-09 |archive-date=2012-08-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814041855/http://queenscourier.com/2008/scarborough-pushes-bill-to-help-teen-prostitutes-14191/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> She worked there as a [[prostitute]] for two years. When her [[pimp]] tried to kill her, she went to a [[church]] to live. Lloyd moved to the [[United States]] in 1997. She went back to school and got a General Educational Diploma. Then she went to [[university]]. There she got a Master’s degree in [[urban anthropology]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lloyd, Rachel}} [[Category:1975 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:British sex industry people]] [[Category:English activists]] [[Category:Prostitutes]]