Category: Women’s Rights

Where Germany’s Legalization of Prostitution Went Horribly Wrong

March 16, 2014

By Nisha Lilia for The Sydney Morning Herald on March 11, 2014— Europe’s biggest brothel – the 12-storey, neon-wrapped Pascha in Cologne. Photo: Albrecht Fuchs/Daily Telegraph, “Paradise is a brothel in Stuttgart. It is one of Germany’s ”mega-brothels” and, like a lot of those establishments, has a Moroccan theme. Picture a sultan’s palace crossed with … More Where Germany’s Legalization of Prostitution Went Horribly Wrong

Human Rights International Film Festival

March 9, 2014

HUMAN RIGHTS SOCIETY IS A CO-ORGANIZER! March 28th to 30th @ SIFF SIFF and Human Rights Society has teamed up to present the inaugural Human Rights International Film Festival in Seattle. This travelling film festival is part of Human Rights Watch and will be hosted by SIFF. The weekend-long film festival features stories about human rights issues in Afghanistan, … More Human Rights International Film Festival

CHICAGO: Leader of Progressive Social Justice Organization Speaks Out Against the ‘Gravest Human Violation’

February 20, 2014

By DONNA FISHMAN on January 27, 2014— “I have always been motivated by a strong sense of justice. To me, there is no graver violation against humanity than human trafficking, and sex trafficking, in particular. Taking an innocent child or young adult, beating, raping, abusing her, and coercing her into performing sex acts for monetary … More CHICAGO: Leader of Progressive Social Justice Organization Speaks Out Against the ‘Gravest Human Violation’

UK: Mariana Popa Killed Working as a Prostitute after Police Drove Her and Others Off the Streets

February 13, 2014

Mariana Popa was fatally stabbed on her beat. Fellow sex workers say a Met police campaign to drive them off the streets had forced her to work on her own, leading to her murder. Mariana Popa, a Romanian, had been in England only three weeks when she was killed in Redbridge, east London. Campaigners say … More UK: Mariana Popa Killed Working as a Prostitute after Police Drove Her and Others Off the Streets

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:

February 12, 2014

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:

FLORIDA: State Working with Business Leaders to Fight Human Trafficking

January 31, 2014

Posted on WOFL FOX 35 ORLANDO on January 27, 2014— “Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, along with Terry Coonan of Florida State University’s Center for the Advancement of Human Rights, hosted the first anti-human trafficking workshop in Orlando on Monday. Bondi said human trafficking is a $32 billion business worldwide and that more than 27 … More FLORIDA: State Working with Business Leaders to Fight Human Trafficking

ORLANDO: Human Trafficking Survivor Shares Life Story to Help ‘Victims Become Survivors’

January 30, 2014

By Erica Rodriguez, Orlando Sentinel, January 25, 2014— “Standing behind a microphone wearing high heels and black-rimmed glasses, a woman named Octavis explained how she was just 13 when she began a life of prostitution. She told a crowd Saturday at Lake Eola Park about her childhood as a habitual runaway who bounced back and … More ORLANDO: Human Trafficking Survivor Shares Life Story to Help ‘Victims Become Survivors’

CHILE: Female Politicians Rise, but Women’s Rights Lag

January 3, 2014

By Steven Bodzin, for The Christian Science Monitor, on December 15, 2013— “In Chile, the skirt’s in charge,” blared the headline of Santiago tabloid La Cuarta the day after Michelle Bachelet and Evelyn Matthei advanced to a second round in the country’s presidential race. Voters today will pick between the two life-long politicians in the first presidential election in Latin America where all … More CHILE: Female Politicians Rise, but Women’s Rights Lag

ITALY Vows War on Violence Against Women

December 31, 2013

An actress is reflected in a mirror as she performs during the “15 22 performance” opposing violence against women in front of Chigi palace in Rome, September 25, 2013. REUTERS/Remo Casilli By Maria Caspani on November 25, 2013— “The Italian government declared a “total war” on gender violence on Monday as Prime Minister Enrico Letta … More ITALY Vows War on Violence Against Women