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Chelsea Lyn Rudder

Deception in Advertising: Local Sex Ads and Human Trafficking Victims

Chelsea-Lyn Rudder | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: National Organization for Women, AIMGroup.Com, Chelsea-Lyn Rudder, Village Voice Media, Sex Trafficking, New York Historical Society, Nicholas Kristof, El Diario, Jean Bucaria, Village Voice, Backpage.com, New York Magazine, Human Trafficking, New York News
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Anti-human trafficking advocates say that explicit advertisements in many of New York City's local publications fuel brothels.

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Combating Human Trafficking with Social Business

Chelsea-Lyn Rudder | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Social Enterprise, Diana Mao, Nomi Network, Social Entrepreneurship, Chelsea-Lyn Rudder, Slavery, Contemporary Slavery, Alissa Moore, Social Business, Muhammad Yunus, Human Trafficking, Impact News
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Access to sustainable income through a social business creates financial independence for trafficking victims and their dependents. Social businesses empower the poor to help themselves.

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Sex for Sale: Legalized Prostitution Hurts Human Trafficking Victims

Chelsea-Lyn Rudder | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Rape, Pimps, Crime, Chelsea-Lyn Rudder, The Netherlands, Eliot Spitzer Prostitution, Holland, Sex Trafficking, Canada, Brothels, Rape Victims, Human Trafficking, Prostitution, The Dutch, Comercial Sex Industry, Legalized Prostitution, Red Light Districts, Sweden, Kristen Davis, World News
Chelsea-Lyn Rudder

Whether or not anyone would willingly choose to prostitute themselves is a separate debate. To the extent that legitimized prostitution increases the demand for human trafficking, a contemporary form of slavery, it must be condemned.

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Real Life and Reality Stars Converge to Stop Child Trafficking

Chelsea-Lyn Rudder | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Stop Child Sex Trafficking Now, Stephen Baldwin, Lynette Lewis, Tamsen Fadal, Chelsea-Lyn Rudder, Caroline Manzo, Carolyn Maloney, New York News
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A picturesque fall morning, Saturday October 9th, played host to this year's Stop Child Trafficking Now fundraising walk. The sunny weather provide...

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The Time is Ripe, Let's End Contemporary Slavery

Chelsea-Lyn Rudder | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Melanne Verveer, Women's Rights, Sheryl WuDunn, Caroline Manzo, Human Rights, Half the Sky, President Obama, Human Trafficking, Women's Issues, Chelsea-Lyn Rudder, Demi Moore, Contemporary Slavery, Sex Trafficking, Nyu, Nicholas D. Kristof, Ashton Kutcher, World News
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Timeliness is important when confronting a monumental challenge like sex trafficking. However, social change only occurs as a result of an ongoing struggle, and stakeholders cannot sit and wait for the right time.

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Disappointed, But Not Surprised: What One Downtowner Thinks About the Reaction to Cordoba House

Chelsea-Lyn Rudder | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Islam, Islamaphobia, Chelsea-Lyn Rudder, Tribeca, Cordoba Initiative, World Trade Center Construction, Manhattan, Nyc, Financial District, American Muslims, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Muslims, Community Board 1 Manhattan, World Trade Center, Daisy Khan, Cordoba-House, New York News
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As a community, we can not allow our well intentioned and peaceful Muslim neighbors to be equated with extremists.

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Farewell Ms. Wasilla

Chelsea-Lyn Rudder | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Wasilla, Women, Sarah Palin Beauty Queen, Alaska, Profesional Women, Chelsea-Lyn Rudder, Miss Alaska, Glass Ceiling, Joe Biden, Miss Wasilla, Femininity, Beauty Pageants, Politics, Miss America, Sarah Palin, Youthful-Indiscretion, New York City Council, Politics News
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There is nothing wrong with a woman wanting to be respected and admired for both her intelligence and her beauty.

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