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After seven years of medical school in Myanmar, May finally achieved her goal of becoming a doctor. But a month after she graduated and found a job, her dreams started unravelling. In February 2021, Myanmar’s military seized power in a coup, and the country’s economy, already hammered by the pandemic, started to buckle. Prices soared, and May’s pay cheque, the equivalent of €400 a month, evaporated even faster. With her father suffering from kidney disease, she grew more and more desperate. Then she met “date girls”, who were making twice as much as her. The money was enticing – even...