By Charlotte Alter for Time.com on August 8, 2014— “Jim Norton isn’t entitled to sex, but women are entitled to human dignity After a nationwide crackdown on men who buy sex in the 8th National Day of Johns Arrests earlier this week, comedian Jim Norton wrote an essay asserting his right to pay prostitutes for … More Dear Johns: Actually, You Should Be Ashamed to Buy Sex
Seattle Against Slavery’s Event: Men’s March Against Demand Come and be part of a real solution for reducing sex trafficking – stopping the men whose demand for commercial sex drive the violence. Seattle Against Slavery, service providers, and members of the law enforcement community are organizing a march for Saturday, August 9, 2014. It will … More Men’s March Against Demand 2014
Reposted from Yahoo News Digest Tumblr— “When FBI agents and police officers fanned out across the country last month in a weeklong effort to rescue child sex trafficking victims, they pulled minors as young as 11 from hotel rooms, truck stops and homes. Among the 168 juveniles recovered was a population that child welfare advocates … More Whose Kids? Trafficking Bust Reveals Scary Reality Over Missing Children
By Bill Hand, Sun Journal Staff, July 19, 2014— “Human trafficking is alive and well in Eastern North Carolina and even in Craven County, according to a panel hosted by True Justice International Friday night, and the battle is on to put an end to it. The ministry, formerly known as Pearl Ministries, held a … More Human Trafficking Can Happen to the Child Next Door
By Alan Johnson for The Columbus Dispatch on July 11, 2014— “Ohio children younger than 6 have been sexually trafficked by their own parents in exchange for drugs, rent and cash, a new report indicates. Information from the Ohio Network of Children’s Advocacy Centers shows that 51 minors from across the state were potential human-trafficking victims — five of them … More Ohio Children Sexually Trafficked By Their Own Parents in Exchange for Drugs
Dave Marquis for KXTV on July 10, 2014— “The operators of a pair of massage parlors are facing charges for prostitution and conspiracy after raids in Auburn and Nevada City on Wednesday. The Placer Special Investigation Unit and police from Auburn and Nevada City conducted the joint raids at Asian Massage Therapy in Auburn and … More NEVADA CITY: Massage Parlors Busted for Human Trafficking
By ELISE HILTON for Acton PowerBlog on June 24, 2014— “A nation-wide sweep last week by the FBI netted the arrest of almost 300 human traffickers and rescued 168 underage trafficking victims. “Operation Cross Country” was carried out in 106 cities across the U.S., the 8th such sting of its kind by the FBI. Since the beginning of this … More ‘These Are Our Children:’ FBI Sting Rescues 168 Human Trafficking Victims
By Abigail Haworth for The Observer on July 5, 2014— Dara Keo, in the room she rents with her mother and sister in a Phnom Penh slum. Through a broker, her mother sold Dara’s virginity when Dara was only 12 Photograph: Will Baxter Vannith Uy is the owner of what translates from Khmer as a … More Virginity for Sale: Inside Cambodia’s Shocking Trade
By Alex Sum, founder of Human Rights Society ~ In 2012, Human Rights Society (back then we were known as Hope for Justice) had a FAV (free a village) Run around Seattle’s beautiful Green Lake. At the time, I was looking for an organization, a cause, to give our donations towards and was this close to … More Somaly Mam Not Trafficked As A Child
Violent conflict continues in South Sudan; with nothing to do and little hope, boys and girls are being recruited to fight with militia and government forces. By James East for World Vision on June 4, 2014— “Across South Sudan, the struggle to survive is sending girls and boys into the arms of militia and government … More 9,000 Child Soldiers Fighting in South Sudan’s War
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