By Nicholas Kristof for The New York Times on February 13, 2014— “Emily, a 15-year-old ninth-grader, ran away from home in early November, and her parents are sitting at their dining table, frightened and inconsolable. The parents, Maria and Benjamin, both school-bus drivers, have been searching for their daughter all along and pushing the police … More BOSTON: When 15-Year-Old Emily Was Sold for Sex
By SALVADOR HERNANDEZ, DOUG IRVING AND CLAUDIA KOERNER / ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER on February 7, 2014— “With its high incomes and millions of visitors, Orange County has become a major stop on a sex-trafficking circuit that runs through the urban West and appears to have snared a teenage girl killed in Yorba Linda this week. … More Yorba Linda Slaying: Sex Trafficking Gangs Infiltrate Orange County
FEATURED EVENT GIRL RISING Screening + Discussion SIFF organizes and hosts this Academy Award-nominated film directed by Richard E. Robbins. ‘Girl Rising’ journeys around the globe to witness the strength of the human spirit and the power of education to change the world. Viewers get to know nine unforgettable girls living in the developing world: ordinary … More ‘Girl Rising’ Film + Discussion
By John Marzulli for NEW YORK DAILY NEWS on February 7, 2014— “ Benito Lopez-Perez was sentenced to 18 years in prison. Lopez-Perez subjected his victim, Carmen, to brutal beatings with his fists and feet. Three Mexican brothers from an infamous town of pimps were slammed with long jail sentences after two of their victims … More NEW YORK: Women Recall Trauma, Being Forced to Have Sex with up to 60 Men a Day at Sentencing of Pimps in New York Sex Trafficking Ring:
By ELISABETH MALKIN on February 6, 2014— “Guatemalan politics were thrown into disarray on Thursday after the country’s highest court ruled that the crusading attorney general, Claudia Paz y Paz, must step down in May, seven months before her four-year term was to end. The ruling on Wednesday by the Constitutional Court was condemned by … More Guatemala Court Rules to Curb Crusader
By Deborah Hastings for NEW YORK DAILY NEWS on February 4, 2014— “Pimps in Mexico are now forcing girls to pull in others to work as prostitutes. If they don’t, their families are threatened, activists report. Warga, Craig Young prostitutes in Tijuana’s Zona Norte work the streets in Mexico, where girls are now being forced … More MEXICO: Girls Forced to Recruit Other Underage Girls for Mexican Prostitution Rings
From The California Report— “The border between San Diego and Tijuana remains one of the most heavily trafficked international crossings in the world. And that traffic has a dark side: people, especially girls, are being bought, sold and forced into labor or sex. An early January bust in San Diego netted dozens of arrests for … More TIJUANA: San Diego Resident has Opens Shelter for Victimized Girls
Posted By Ana for The Laredo Sun on February 3, 2014— “Norma Bastidas, a 46-year-old single mom, survivor of sexual abuse and violence, humanitarian, and the first woman ultramarathoner to complete seven ultramarathons on seven continents in seven months in 2009, now seeks to break the world record for an ultra-triathlon by completing 3,536 miles … More Sexual Violence Survivor Seeks to Break Ultra-Triathlon World Record to Encourage People to Be Relentless in Fight Against Human Trafficking
Posted by UN News Centre on January 17, 2014— “More than 6,000 child soldiers may now be involved in the conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR), with their numbers growing as fighting pits community against community in clashes that have taken on increasingly sectarian overtones, the United Nations reported today. Recruitment is happening on … More Central African Republic: Over 6,000 Child Soldiers May Be Involved in Fighting, UN Says
Families sit at the back of a van with their belongings, while fleeing a military offensive against the Pakistani Taliban, as they enter Bannu, located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Jan. 22, 2014. By Ayaz Gul on January 23, 2014— “A new U.N. study says human trafficking from and through Pakistan has increased during the past … More PAKISTAN: Nationals Try to Migrate to Escape Persecution as Human Trafficking Increases
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