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After Lives on the Streets, Mexican Women Find a Haven for Healing

Maria Norma Ruiz Sánchez, left, gets a cake on her 65th birthday, at Casa Xochiquetzal in Mexico City, Dec. 15, 2017. The group home is a haven for retired prostitutes looking to live with dignity after years scarred by violence, abuse, damage and loss. “This house saved me," said Sanchez, who is still scarred from a rape at knifepoint at age 9. (Adriana Zehbrauskas/The New York Times)