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Celebrating Visionary Women of the World

Angella Nazarian | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Inspirational, Zaha Hadid, Anais Nin, Leadership, Marina Silva, Wangari Maathai, Estee Lauder, International Women's Day, Simone De Beauvoir, Amma, Master Cheng Yen, Gertrude Berg, Self-Esteem, Rigoberta Menchu, Angella Nazarian, Somaly Mam, Mentors, Conchita Cintron, Jacqueline Novogratz, Frida Kahlo, Women, Helen Suzman, Personal Growth, Pioneers of the Possible, Golda Meir, Celebrating Visionary Women, Slidepollajax, Ella Fitzgerald, Nawal El Moutawakel, Visionary, Forugh Farrokhzad, Women's Day, Women News
Angella Nazarian

My hope is that the stories of these visionary women present to us the flame of the passionate life, the knife of insight, and the courage to stand for what one sees without looking away.

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Eleanor Goldberg

Sex Trafficking Survivor Risks Life To Fight Slavery, Spread Of HIV/AIDS

HuffingtonPost.com | Eleanor Goldberg | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Video, Somaly Mam Foundation, South East Asia, Forced Prostitution, Somaly Mam, Cambodia, Sex Trafficking, Brothels, Human Trafficking, Impact News

This story is part of a series celebrating HIV/AIDS activists in honor of Thursday's World AIDS Day. Her house has been burned down. She's had her ...

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WATCH: Somaly Mam Savin On Saving Girls From Human Trafficking, International Women's Day

Crane.tv | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human Rights, Sex Slavery, International Women's Day, Charity, Somaly Mam, Human Trafficking, Video, Women's Day, Arts News
Crane.tv

"Each of them has a strong story. Each of them gives me hope. Each of them stands up. Each of them inspires me...

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End Slavery Now

AnnaLynne McCord | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Southeast Asia, Child Sex Trafficking, Human Rights, Somaly Mam, Slavery, Cambodia, Sex Trafficking, Nicholas Kristof, AnnaLynne McCord, Child Prostitution, Rape, Somaly-Mam-Foundation, Sexual Slavery, Human Trafficking, Impact News
AnnaLynne McCord

A true heroine of our time, Somaly was sold into slavery at age 12 and forced to work in a brothel. Somaly managed to escape her captors, vowing to never forget those left behind.

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Susan Sarandon Campaigns Against Prosecution Of Child Sex Slaves

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Safe Harbor Laws, Sex Trafficking, Child Prostitution, Somaly Mam, Susan Sarandon, The Body Shop, The Barnaba Institute, The Somaly Mam Foundation, Ecpat-USA, love146, Impact News

Susan Sarandon has joined other celebrities and activists -- including Somaly Mam, a sexual slavery survivor and major force in the fight against chil...

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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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Brilliant Film Premiers Monday in NYC, Offering Solution to Global Child Exploitation

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vietnamese Mafia, CUE Art Gallery, Juliet Supper Club, Film, Sexual Slavery, Adi Ezroni, Dr. Susan Bissell, Redlight Children Campaign, Ron Livingston, Madhu Dhas, Queen Silvia, Phnom Penh, Carolyn B. Maloney, Restore NYC, Guy Jacobson, Somaly Mam, Lexisnexis, Priority Films, Oiww, Interpol, Cambodian Mafia, Human Trafficking, Vietnam, Sexually Abused Children, Mu Sochua, Jim Luce, Abigail Disney, Susan Sarandon, Elkana Jacobson, Aids, Child Prostitution, Child Trafficking, Unicef, Lucy Liu, K11 Project, Nobel Peace Prize, Holly, Goodwill Ambassador, Swanee Hunt, New York City, Global Hero Award, Lauren Bush, Brothels, Cambodia, Israel, Hillary Clinton, Orphans International Worldwide, Chinese Mafia, Human Rights, RedLightChildren.Org, U.S. State Department, Sex Industry, Redlight, Andrew Prozes, Vital Voices, Mark Lagon, World Economic Forum, Richard Attias, Cecilia Attias, Davos, Alyse Nelson, New York News
Jim Luce

Not often does a filmmaker present both an untenable social problem - and its solution. Not often is its filmmaker an artist as well as a banker and ...

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Mayor Bloomberg Launches 'Let's Call An End To Human Trafficking' In New York City

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Somaly Mam Foundation, Mayor Bloomberg, Carol Robles-Roman, Modern Slavery, Somaly Mam, Michael Bloomberg, Sex Trafficking, New York City, Human Trafficking, Impact News

Working alongside the Somaly Mam Foundation, Mayor Bloomberg has launched the Let's Call An End To Human Trafficking campaign, aimed at ending human t...

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International Women's Day: 11 Women Who Are Changing The World (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kathryn Bigelow, Women Changing the World, Sheryl WuDunn, Samantha Power, Johanna Sigurdardottir, Rachel Maddow, Celebrate International Women's Day, Somaly Mam, Nujood Ali, Slidepoll, Wangari Maathai, Eve Ensler, Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, Marie C. Wilson, International Women's Day, Slidepollajax, Waris Dirie, Women's Day, Impact News

Today is International Women's Day. March 8 is set aside to commemorate the achievements of women in politics, science and social change. At HuffPost...

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'Half The Sky' With Nicholas Kristof: A Morally Persuasive Call to Action

Dr. Ali Binazir | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Microlending, Economic Development, Sex Trafficking, Maternal Health, Somaly Mam, Happiness, Sheryl WuDunn, Microsavings, Education, Half the Sky, Oppression of Women, Grameen Bank, Slavery, Nicholas Kristof, Meaningful Work, Childbirth, Alex Benzer, Women's Rights, Healthy Living News
Dr. Ali Binazir

In their lucid and levelheaded way, Kristof and WuDunn build a powerful moral case for fostering economic progress in the developing world by unleashing the potential of women.

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Diary of an Escaped Sex Slave

Abigail Pesta | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human Rights, Somaly Mam, Slavery, Cambodia, Sreypov, Brothels, Human Trafficking, Sexual Slavery, Marie Claire, World News
Abigail Pesta

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.

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Five Former Slaves Who Are Changing the World

razoo.com | Kathryn Hawkins | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Sex Trade, Child Slaves, Somaly Mam, The Giving Life, Giving, Slavery, Five Slaves, Healthy Living News

We've all learned about the courageous acts of former slaves in American history like Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman--but while the Emancipatio...

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