Child Slavery

A Nepali Mother's Day Made Better: The Nepal Youth Foundation Celebrates Its 22nd Year

Jesse Seaver | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Child Hunger, Mother's Day, Nepal, Nepalese Women, Nepalese, Child Slavery, Nepal Youth Foundation, Impact News
Jesse Seaver

The program -- which has included a massive nationwide awareness effort including street campaigns and lawsuits -- has been very successful at freeing girls from bondage as well as irradiating the custom at its root level.

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A Girl's Prayer

Malika Saada Saar | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Sex Trafficking, Human Trafficking, Child Labor, Sex Workers, Child Trafficking, Child Slavery, Impact News
Malika Saada Saar

In many ways I have protected all of my children from the human rights work that I do, especially the anti-trafficking efforts. I have tried to insulate them from the violence that is part of my every day reality.

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The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan Examines Sexual Abuse in Afghanistan

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Najibullah Quaraishi, The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan, Jamie Doran, Women in Afghan Society, Bachi Bazi, Impact, Documentary Film, Radhika Coomaraswamy, Sexual Slavery, Arts Activism, Northern Alliance, Taliban, Abdul Rashid Dostum, Afghanistan, Child Slavery, Sheberghan, Video, Impact News
Marcia G. Yerman

"Western soldiers will no longer be dying on a daily basis and, frankly, who will care any more about the deaths of Afghans after 2014? Can we honestly believe that, in this likely scenario, combating the abuse of poor children will be a priority?"

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The Truth About Modern Sex Slaves

Corban Addison | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Sex Slavery, Sex, Child Sex Trade, Indian Sex Trade, Sex Trade, Child Slavery, Child Sex Slavery, Child Prostitution, Prostitution, Books News
Corban Addison

There are more slaves in the world today than were taken from Africa in the four centuries of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade--over 27 million. Of those, two million are children exploited in the commercial sex trade.

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For The Children of Ghana, Indignation, Inspiration And Perspiration Are Not Enough

Rabbi Will Berkovitz | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Ajws, Global South, Repair the World, Child Slavery, Human Trafficking, Slidepollajax, Children, Africa, Ghana, Poverty, American Jewish World Service Ghana, Poverty in Africa, Challenging Heights Ghana, Volunteering in Africa, Ajws Ghana, Impact News
Rabbi Will Berkovitz

In Ghana, words like "childhood," "innocence" and "safety" are built on the unreliable foundation of words like "rescue," "survival" and "luck."

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Bethany and the Guitar - Making Music and Creating Change

Diana Mao | Posted 08.20.2011

Read More: Social Justice, Concerts, Social Change, Bands, Washington DC, Sex Trafficking, Musicians, Music, Human Trafficking, Singer-Songwriter, Modern Day Slavery, Child Slavery, Abolitionists, Impact, Performance, Emerging Artists, Impact News
Diana Mao

Bethany has always had love for children and sensitivity towards their suffering. She started working with children at a young age. She now has a desire to continue raising awareness about child abuse and human trafficking while making music.

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Building Bridges Of Freedom: The Interfaith Movement To End Slavery

Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster | Posted 07.26.2011

Read More: Human Rights, Judaism, Modern Slavery, Rabbis for Human Rights, Estrella Castalone, Child Slavery, David Schilling, Human Trafficking, Corporate Responsibility, Interfaith Engagement, Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act, Tikkun Olam, Religious Tolerance, Religion News
Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster

Fighting slavery cuts across political lines. It represents a moral consensus: Slavery is wrong, and we should not benefit from unpaid labor.

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FBI Shuts Down U.S. Child Slavery Ring

AP | ALICIA A. CALDWELL | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Washington DC, Operation-Cross-Country, Child Prostitution, Child Slavery, Fbi, Impact News

WASHINGTON — More than five dozen child prostitutes have been found in the last three days as part of a nationwide crackdown on the sexual explo...

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Ashton Kutcher to UN: Twitter, Facebook can be Great Weapons in Fight Against Human Trafficking

Pam Bristow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pam Bristow, Human Trafficking, Child Slavery, Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher, United Nations, Unodc, Impact News
Pam Bristow

I was fortunate enough to be present at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on November 4 for the launch of the UN Voluntary Trust Fund for Victims of Trafficking in Persons.

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Slavery and Supply Chains

Julia Ormond | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: California Transparency in Supply Chains Act, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Child Slavery, Sexual Slavery, Slavery, Human Trafficking, Los Angeles News
Julia Ormond

The California Transparency in Supply Chains Act requires retail sellers and manufacturers doing business to publicly disclose their efforts to eradicate slavery and human trafficking from their supply chains.

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Is There Child Slavery In Your Chocolate?

John Robbins | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Child Labor, John Robbins, Child Abuse, Child Slavery Chocolate, Child Slavery, Hershey Child Slavery, Hershey Slave Labor, Healthy Living News
John Robbins

We live in cynical times. But even in a day of widespread and flagrant abuse of power, there is a dark side to the operations of the Hershey company that make it particularly egregious.

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The Abolition of Slavery -- We Have Come a Long Way, or Not?

Diana Mao | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michelle Obama First Lady, Michelle Obama, Sex Slavery, Human Slavery, Abolition, President Obama, Ghana, Human Rights Abuses, Obama Ghana, Human Trafficking, Sexual Slavery, Barack Obama 2008, Barak Obama, Human Rights, Modern Slavery, Obama Ghana Trip, Slavery, Child Slavery, Abolitionists, Impact News
Diana Mao

As I walked through the Cape Coast Castle, I realized that the slavery of centuries ago is not very different from modern day slavery -- the gross violation of human rights and the apathy of the masses towards their plight.

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A Second Slave Rebellion in Haiti: What's the Worth of a Haitian Child? Part III

Beverly Bell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Poverty in Haiti, Child Slavery, Restavek, Haiti, World News
Beverly Bell

In Haiti, desperate parents regularly give away their children in the hope that the new family will better feed and educate them. Instead, the children usually end up as child slaves.

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Spectacular Sold-Out Premiere of Anti-Child Trafficking Film in NYC

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Justice, Documentary Film, Adi Ezroni, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, Sam Rainsy Party, United Nations, Dr. Susan Bissell, Brothels, Cambodian Parliament, Human Rights Activism, Guy Jacobson, Somaly Mam, Lexisnexis, Human Trafficking, Oiww, Dr. Lucie Lapovsky, Mu Sochua, Jim Luce, Susan Sarandon, Israeli Actress, Aids, Holly (Film), Unicef, Lucy Liu, K11 Project, U.N. Convention of the Rights of Children, United States, Global Chief of Child Protection, Barack Obama, New York City, Child Trafficking, Arthur Eisenberg, Lapovsky Consulting, Cambodia, REDLIGHT (Film), Hillary Clinton, Kevin Bales, Orphans International Worldwide, Child Slavery, Roberta Cooper, Movie Trailer, World News
Jim Luce

Cambodian Parliament Member Mu Sochua received a standing ovation from the sold-out, standing room-only crowd at the red carpet world premier of REDLI...

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Our Crimes Too

Malika Saada Saar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Craigslist Sex Ads, Craigslist Human Trafficking, Craigslist Prostitution, Craigslist Prostitution Ads, Sex Trafficking, Sex Slavery in America, Sex Slavery, Child Slavery, Human Trafficking in America, Human Trafficking, Impact News
Malika Saada Saar

What is surprisingly absent in stories about sex slavery is the role of Craigslist. More than any other Internet venue, Craigslist's adult services section operates as a cyber slave market.

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Tronie Foundation Co-Founders to be Featured on NBC Evening Magazine

Rani Hong | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Child Development, Save the Children, Non Profit, Child Labor, Child Slavery, Slavery, Human Trafficking, Impact News
Rani Hong

Please show your support on the issue of human trafficking by voting for anti-trafficking activist Rani Hong to represent Washington state at the upcoming National Jefferson Awards in Washington, D.C.

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Haiti's Restavèk Children: The Child Servitude Crisis

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Domestic Servitude, Haiti Earthquake, Restaveks, Child Slavery, Beyond Borders, Haiti, Impact News
Marian Wright Edelman

Even before the earthquake hit, nearly 300,000 Haitian children were living in unpaid domestic servitude. Beyond Borders is working to make sure this flow reverses and that all Haitian children have access to education.

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Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Sponsors House Hearing on Child Trafficking

Conchita Sarnoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human Rights Commission, Drug Cartels, Thomas Friedman, Undocumented Immigrants, Human Slavery, Children, Washington DC, Tom Lantos, Immigration, Sexual Assault, Sexual Slavery, Mexican Drug Cartels, Immigration Reform, Television, Child Abuse, Child Trafficking, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Slavery, Child Slavery, Immigration Debate, David Sarnoff, Politics News
Conchita Sarnoff

In order to undertake the darker side of immigration reform, such as child trafficking, lawmakers must create a sustainable budget and measurement system that collates factual data and statistics.

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Haitian Women: Rea Dol vs. the Republic of NGOs

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Haitiblog, Foreign Aid, Plan International, Women's Issues, Children, Ngo Fraud, Earthquake, Rea Dol, Ngo, Haiti, Adoption, Literacy, Child Abuse, Illiteracy, Care, Save the Children, Child Rape, Restaveks, Global Women's Issues, Waste, Port-Au-Prince, Usaid, Sopudep, Women, Child Slavery, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

Take a walk for ten years in Rea Dol's shoes and you might learn something about the imperialist attitude of NGOs in Haiti. "They would not help me before the quake. Why would I bother to ask them now?"

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DonnaDonna Louise Greenwell Charged Louise Greenwell Charged With Selling 2 Children For $175 & An Exotic Bird

AP | MARY FOSTER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sale of a Minor, Donna Louise Greenwell, True Crime, Child Slavery, Slavery, Louisiana Woman Cockatoo, Home News

NEW ORLEANS — A Louisiana woman has pleaded guilty to selling two children for a cockatoo and $175 in what her attorney called an attempt to do ...

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What I Know About Haiti

Tom Matlack | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Haiti Earthquake, The Good Men Project, Wings of Hope, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti Food Riots, Hearts With Haiti, Child Slavery, Impact News
Tom Matlack

Hearts with Haiti has done an incredible job. The work they were doing when I visited blew me away. These people and the people of Haiti have entered my heart and changed my life.

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Set Children Free From Human Trafficking

Rani Hong | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tronie Foundation, Child Labor, India, Child Slavery, Child Trafficking, Slavery, Impact News
Rani Hong

Child slaves are often the unseen hands holding up the economy of the nation, hidden in their places of bondage from the sight of the people buying the work of their labor.

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