Vicha Poolvaraluck, the founder of the cinema chain Major Cineplex, poses for a portrait in one of the theaters at Major Cineplex Ratchayothin in Bangkok, Thailand.

Betty Sanchez stands in front of her family's home in Tijuana, Mexico on Sunday, September 17, 2017. Betty was never formally deported from the U.S. but lived with her mother and sister in the U.S. and was part of the DACA program until she graduated from high school. When Betty's sister was deported back to Mexico, she returned to care for her sister. Betty has applied formally for U.S. papers so that she can attend a U.S. university, but because her sister has been deported, Betty has been denied entry. Photo by Lauren DeCicca

Daw Myint Myint, 62, and U Aung Bwe, 72, sit in their home in Lay Kay Kaw, a housing project set up by the Government and the Karen Rebel Army after the National Ceasefire Agreement on July 15, 2017 in Myawaddy, Burma. The couple had previously lived in refugee camps on the Thai border for nearly fifteen years before being resettled in Myanmar. Thousands of Burmese migrants returned to Myanmar from Thailand over the past two weeks, as they fled across the border with belongings stuffed into backpacks and duffel bags since the Thai government enacted a new labor regulation, where undocumented migrant laborers can spend up to five years in prison and receive fines between 2,000 to 100,000 baht (US$60 to US$2,935). Over 60,000 migrant workers from Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam have fled Thailand, fearing arrest after the new labor regulations took effect as the Thai government aims to tackle human trafficking concerns raised by the international community and resolve the growing number of undocumented migrant workers. Based on reports, many illegal migrants take up difficult and dangerous jobs in Thailand's factories and fishing boats but despite the hardship, many of the Burmese migrants still see better hope in Thailand due to the dire poverty in their homeland and a lack of jobs and good wages. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images)

A young Hindu boy and his younger brother wait in line to be registered by Myanmar Immigration Officials at the Dangawadi Stadium on November 2, 2017 in Sittwe, Myanmar. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel laureate who leads Myanmar’s civilian government, visited conflict-battered northern Rakhine state for the first time on Thursday since the outbreak of violence in late August. Based on reports, hundreds of Rohingya Muslims have been killed by the military when the atrocities began while Hindus and Buddhist have also fled the violence in Rakhine state and moved to Buddhist-majority areas, fearing to face the violence again. Burmese immigration officials have since begun reissuing citizenship identification cards to Hindu and Buddhist citizens who fled their homes without carrying their identification cards while the Hindu and Buddhist communities continue to seek safety in Sittwe until the crisis is over. Over 600,000 Rohingya Muslims have crossed over into Bangladesh as international rights groups laid out evidence of an ethnic cleansing campaign across the northern part of Rakhine state. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images)

Faa, a warden, at the Chonburi Central Women's Prison stands at the gaurded entrance to the inmate facilities in Chonburi, Thailand on February 6, 2018. Photo by Lauren DeCicca

<> on July 2, 2018 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. As the world talks about women's rights and the #MeToo movement, Cambodia continues to be a patriarchal society, like many other developing countries, and still considers women to be inferior to men, often limiting them from securing proper education and income opportunities. While Cambodia struggles with high rates of gender violence, activists and organizations aim to provide sexual health training for young women, empowering them through education and factory jobs for those who are at risk of sex trafficking. Villagers at Svay Pak district, an ethnically Vietnamese center infamous for child prostitution at the outskirts of Phnom Penh, have seen a significant drop in sex trafficking ever since the organizations started providing education for those who are at risk of turning to prostitution for money. NGOs such as as AIM claim that sex trade is now down by 50% within the Vietnamese and Cambodian communities while the Harpswell Foundation provides free accommodation in Phnom Penh as well as learning centers for young women from the rural villages with outstanding academic records, thus providing them the opportunity to attend university. Reports have indicated that while male students have an advantage attending the schools of their choice, the lack of safe dormitories for female students in Phnom Penh, where Cambodia's top schools are located, has prevented rural Khmer women from completing higher education and the opportunity to pick up important life skills.