Around half of prostitutes want to leave the trade but many need a safe place to live in order to find another kind of job, a major difficulty for those based in a brothel. Others from abroad struggle for years to get a residence permit. The process of leaving prostitution can be further hindered by problems caused by trauma and sexual abuse experienced in childhood. The powerful desire for a normal life was what drove a former sex worker who looks back on her journey out of the industry in one of the newest gripping narratives from us at the dpa trends & features desk. Each feature comes illu…