You think slavery went out with Abraham Lincoln? Ask my friend Sreypov Chan about that. When she was seven years old, her mom sold her into sexual slavery.
Over the years, I've worked on a number of environmental stories that have taken me from one part of the globe to another, from Madagascar to China an...
Aaron Cohen travels undercover around the world attempting to rescue victims of sex trafficking. While on his missions, Cohen often tweets his experiences. This series of tweets were posted from Cambodia.
A picture taken on film has advantages -- for viewer and subject alike -- that simply don't exist in the world of digital photography.
A burgeoning international interest in the war crimes tribunal of Kaing Guek Eav (aka Duch, who ran Tuol Sleng and other camps like personal fiefdoms) forces attention back to the photographs.
For each piece of footwear that GreenSoul Shoes sell, they give one away to an underprivileged child in need in that same community.
The new officer corps emerging in Burma should know that they have a historic opportunity to save their country and restore Burma's place in the world.
Nobody knows why Cambodia's malaria parasites are such buffed-up hyper-Darwinian winners. Some scientists think it's because the treatments have been used there so long that the parasites have a head-start.
Many see the results of human trafficking and want to get involved; but more importantly, the focus should be on empowering the mechanisms to prevent it.
"By bundling people living with HIV together into second-rate housing, far from medical facilities, support services, and jobs, the government has created a de facto AIDS colony," said Shiba.
Millions died not because the right doctrine was missing. There was no political will to act. The Council did not need R2P to intervene in Rwanda and it doesn't need it now.
Of the many criticisms levied against the international community's efforts to promote accountability, perhaps the most pervasive critique is a rather simple one -- the lack of consistency.
Whatever his better nature, it was the stark evil he perpetrated as secretary of defense that must indelibly frame our memory of him.
The premise of the film is powerful because the reality of the Khmer Rouge is horrifying. Do not watch it if the aim is to see something uplifting that makes you think positively about humanity.
The immigration officer told us that one of his duties was to bring back the bodies of Cambodians killed in Thailand. According to him, there were several each month -- shot, beaten or drowned.
We could use it right now to feed 8.6 million hungry mouths in Ethiopia through to the end of the year. We really need it right now in Pakistan where it would cover a gaping hole in our budget and give us the cash we need to feed more. It can also buy you arguably the best soccer player in the world.
The women of Vital Voices are defining success on their own terms in their own countries, organizations and families.
That one Zionist would be me, but I know that I'm not alone. Take President Obama: he sounded like another unrepentant Zionist in Cairo this week. Z...
Lim Chhay, owner of a Siem Reap crocodile farm, is gearing up for his yearly harvest of hatchlings. His crocodiles will stop laying eggs as the rainy season hits, and after 80 to 90 days of incubation, he will welcome a new generation of baby reptiles
Obama can make many wise comments about past international affairs while proceeding with actual policies largely unfettered by the wisdom.
"Everyone can relate to Elvis and we hope to leverage this for great causes like Orphans International Haiti."
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