Malaysian Photographer Takes Photos Of Refugees With Their Most Valuable Belongings

Originally published by Sadho Ram on Oct. 4, 2015, on Says.com— “Photographer Adi Sarfi’s photos of refugees posing with their most valuable belongings that they escaped with during their journey to Malaysia to seek refuge are at once striking and revealing. Titled ‘Home and Away’, the results offer a rare glimpse into what do people, in their … More Malaysian Photographer Takes Photos Of Refugees With Their Most Valuable Belongings

Nobel Peace Prize Is Awarded to National Dialogue Quartet in Tunisia

Originally posted by Sewell Chan on nytimes.com/on October 9, 2015— “A coalition of labor union leaders, businesspeople, lawyers and human rights activists won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for what the Nobel committee called “its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011.” … More Nobel Peace Prize Is Awarded to National Dialogue Quartet in Tunisia

How Facebook Will Fight Sex Trafficking

Originally posted by Jeff John Roberts on Fortune.com on October 8, 2015— “Facebook’s software is a whiz at finding friends and picking out faces in photos. Now, the company will use its expertise to help find bad guys and rescue young victims of sex-trafficking operations. On Thursday, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced Facebook FB … More How Facebook Will Fight Sex Trafficking

Sudanese Forces Committed Mass Rape; Women Attacked in Hospitals

Originally posted by Cara Anna for The Associated Press on September 9, 2015— “Human Rights Watch is accusing the Sudanese military of another mass rape in Darfur. Members of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces raped at least 60 women in the country’s troubled western region, after taking over the town of Golo in January, according to … More Sudanese Forces Committed Mass Rape; Women Attacked in Hospitals

New ‘Collaborating Against Human Trafficking’ Book

Human Rights Society endorses new anti-trafficking book, Collaborating Against Human Trafficking by Dr. Kirsten Foot “Dr. Kirsten Foot has given the anti-trafficking community a monumental gift with this book! It is a powerful tool to guide more effective collaboration as well as catalyzing more coalitions and networks locally, regionally, and globally. I recommend this book … More New ‘Collaborating Against Human Trafficking’ Book

Witness: Sidelined in South Africa For Being Different

Originally published by Birgit Schwarz for Human Rights Watch on August 18, 2015— “Ntsikelelo is small for his age, and quite a handful. One moment, the 8-year old rolls around on the floor, the next instant he paces the room, impatiently and with big strides. The colorful picture books his mother has spread out on … More Witness: Sidelined in South Africa For Being Different

13-year-old “Girl Meets World” Star Pens Powerful Essay on Intersectional Feminism

Originally published by Anna Silman for Salon.com on  August 24, 2015— “13-year-old “Girl Meets World” star Rowan Blanchard has already proven herself wise beyond her years, speaking about the #HeForShe campaign at UN Women’s annual conference about gender inequality in June.  Now, in a powerful essay posted to her Tumblr and Instagram, the Disney star … More 13-year-old “Girl Meets World” Star Pens Powerful Essay on Intersectional Feminism

Can ‘Big Data’ Stamp Out Human Trafficking?

By Maggie Lake on CNN on August 11, 2015— “Behind a locked door in a secret location in Washington D.C., workers are patrolling one of the front lines in the war against human trafficking. But the people engaged in this battle aren’t armed with guns and tanks — instead their strength is the telephone, and … More Can ‘Big Data’ Stamp Out Human Trafficking?

Photographer Documenting the Homeless Discovers Her Own Father Among Them

Originally posted on mymodernmet.com on August 10, 2015, by Jenny Zhang— “Honolulu, Hawaii-based photographer and law student Diana Kim can trace her love of photography back to her father, who used to own a photography studio on O’ahu. Until just a few years ago, however, not much else connected father and daughter except for a … More Photographer Documenting the Homeless Discovers Her Own Father Among Them