When Gemma first started working in the red light district of Angeles City, Philippines, at 19, she was given a knife and pepper spray by her sisters. The eldest, Jojo, told her to always text the name and room number of the motel where a man would take her. Angeles City, dubbed the “Supermarket of s*x”, thrives with foreigners, and Filipina women making money in its bars. Its streets are filled with neon lights, high heels, lingerie and loud music. The sisters never planned to come here. They were honors students in high school, and their mother described them as “godly children”. Jojo and Gemma are among the Filipina women who have found themselves in the Philippines’ s*x trade after displacement from typhoons. Haiyan hit the Philippines in 2013 and displaced about 4 million people. It was one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever recorded. A month after Typhoon Haiyan, the United Nations Population Fund estimates that 5,000 women were subjected to sexual violence. Darlene Pajarito, the head of the State Department’s Philippines anti-trafficking unit, describes the wake of Typhoon Haiyan as a “feast for human traffickers”. Here: Jojo, center, Gemma, right, and Joanne, left, get ready for a night of work in the bars in Angeles City. (Photo by Hannah Reyes Morales/The Washington Post)





Salvaged graduation photos of Filipino sisters Jojo, left, Gemma, bottom right, and Joanne, top, in their home in the Visayas, Philippines. (Photo by Hannah Reyes Morales/The Washington Post)





Women in Angeles city, notorious for its red light district and its s*x tourism industry, entertain foreign clients during the daytime. In the wake of typhoons, women and girls from climate change vulnerable areas, particularly Samar and Leyte, wind up in the s*x trade after being displaced from storms. (Photo by Hannah Reyes Morales/The Washington Post)





A woman's shoes are seen in a day bar in Angeles City. (Photo by Hannah Reyes Morales/The Washington Post)





Young Filipina girls who used to work in the s*x industry sit in the swings at a halfway house in Manila. (Photo by Hannah Reyes Morales/The Washington Post)





Sisters Gemma and Jojo do their make up before a night of work in Angeles City. (Photo by Hannah Reyes Morales/The Washington Post)





A scene from Fields Avenue, the red light district in Angeles City, notorious for its s*x tourism. (Photo by Hannah Reyes Morales/The Washington Post)





A young girl is seen in her bed in a halfway house outside of Manila. (Photo by Hannah Reyes Morales/The Washington Post)





Jojo tends to her children in her home in Angeles City. (Photo by Hannah Reyes Morales/The Washington Post)





Jojo and Rose smoke cigarettes after a night at work. (Photo by Hannah Reyes Morales/The Washington Post)





Jojo sits in her house in Angeles City. (Photo by Hannah Reyes Morales/The Washington Post)





Jojo, feeds her child in Angeles City. (Photo by Hannah Reyes Morales/The Washington Post)





Tina poses for a photo with her child. She was trafficked into a cyber s*x den near Angeles when she was 16 and pregnant. (Photo by Hannah Reyes Morales/The Washington Post)





A scene from Fields Avenue, the red light district in Angeles City. (Photo by Hannah Reyes Morales/The Washington Post)





Jojo smokes while heading to work. (Photo by Hannah Reyes Morales/The Washington Post)





Jojo's daughter. Jojo says she dreams that her daughter will become a lawyer. (Photo by Hannah Reyes Morales/The Washington Post)





A scene from Fields Avenue, the red light district in Angeles City. (Photo by Hannah Reyes Morales/The Washington Post)





Gemma, right, and Joanne in their home in Angeles City. (Photo by Hannah Reyes Morales/The Washington Post)