Originally posted by by Sarah Delage, WCSH, on December 8, 2014— “A local agency has received a grant to open Maine’s first Human Trafficking safe house. St. Andre Home in Biddeford has traditionally provided shelter and resources to pregnant homeless women. They received a four hundred thousand dollar grant from the Next Generation Foundation to … More Human Trafficking Safe House to Open in Maine
Originally posted on UN News Centre on November 25, 2014— “The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders expressed regret today that defenders in Burundi are deemed to be political opponents, saying that in reality they are activists working to promote and protect human rights and civil liberties. In a press … More Burundi: UN Expert Urges Defence of Human Rights Activists to Promote Transparency
By BEN ELLERY AND NICK CRAVEN FOR THE MAIL ON SUNDAY on November 8, 2014— “The women paid 62p an hour in Mauritius making £45 ‘feminist’ T-shirts earn less than the ‘living wage’ set by the government of the Indian Ocean island. After our revelations last week about the ‘sweatshop’ conditions endured by workers producing the … More Women in Mauritius Making ‘Geminist’ T-shirts Earning Less than the ‘Living Wage’ Set by the Government
Originally posted on Yahoo News Digest on November 23, 2014— “In Raqqa, the Islamic State group’s de facto capital in Syria, boys attend training camp and religious courses before heading off to fight. Others serve as cooks or guards at the extremists’ headquarters or as spies, informing on people in their neighborhoods. Across the vast region … More Islamic State Group Recruits, Exploits Children
By Thanh Tan, Times Editorial Columnist, on November 20, 2014— “How many of us associate the word “pimp” with cable reality shows about fancy cars rather than a trade that exploits vulnerable human beings? “It used to be a noun, someone who managed people in prostitution,” says Leslie Briner ofYouthCare, who has trained more than … More The Faces Behind the Sex Trade in King County
By Human Rights Society’s Asia-Pacific Ambassador, Stephanie-Mai Lowe, Nov. 11, 2014— “The issue of child prostitution and other forms of trafficking in India has been widespread throughout a number of media outlets in the Asia-Pacific region this year. Examples in the news can be seen here, here, and here. India has relatively relaxed laws on … More Child Prostitution Runs Rampant in India
From CNN.com— “A newly released video seems to show ISIS fighters bargaining over the price of Yazidi women. Lynda Kinkade reports.” Watch the video by clicking the link below: http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/world/2014/11/06/pkg-kinkade-isis-yazidi-women-trade.cnn.html
By Marie De Santis, for Women’s Justice Center, http://www.justicewomen.com— “In a centuries deep sea of clichés despairing that ‘prostitution will always be with us’, one country’s success stands out as a solitary beacon lighting the way. In just five years Sweden has dramatically reduced the number of its women in prostitution. In the capital city of Stockholm … More Sweden’s Prostitution Solution: Why Hasn’t Anyone Tried This Before?
By Jonathan Wachtel for FoxNews.com on October 31, 2014 “On the eve of Iran’s defense of its human rights record Friday before a key United Nations panel, a lawyer for the woman executed in the Islamic Republic over the weekend for allegedly killing her attempted rapist accused the regime of widespread torture and murder. A … More IRAN: Blasted on Human Rights Ahead of UN Hearing
By Nina Easton for Fortune.com on October 31, 2014— “The term “slavery” has lately re-entered the media vocabulary—with reports of the terror group ISIS selling off captured non-Muslim girls as slave-brides and Nigeria’s Boko Haram kidnapping school girls. So for my latest installment of the iTunes podcast “Smart Women, Smart Power,” broadcast from the Center … More Why Foreign Aid Organizations Should Pay More Attention to Human Trafficking
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