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Shaniya Davis Found Dead: North Carolina Searchers Find 5-Year-Old-Girl's Body

AP | ALYSIA PATTERSON and MARTHA WAGGONER | Posted 11.17.2009 | Home

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SANFORD, N.C. — For a week, authorities feverishly searched for a 5-year-old girl across central North Carolina, only to find her body Monday of...

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Shaniya Davis Still Missing: 5-Year-Old Girl's Mother Antoinette Nicole Davis Accused Of Child Abuse Involving Prostitution

AP | Posted 11.16.2009 | Home

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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Authorities acted on a tip Sunday and searched a wide area in south-central North Carolina trying to find a 5-year-old girl...

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Mark Mathias Prostitution Case: Denver Mother Sold Sex With Her Own Daughter

Posted 11.09.2009 | Denver

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A Denver man has been charged by the District Attorney for sexual assault on a child. Mark Mathias, 48, allegedly arranged the assault through the gi...

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Half The Sky: Fighting Gender Violence

The New York Review of Books | Sue M. Halpern | Posted 11.20.2009 | Books

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Breaking a Conspiracy of Silence Sue Halpern The New York Review of Books Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by N...

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Child Prostitution Ring: 24 Arrested In Denver During Nationwide Raids

Posted 10.27.2009 | Denver

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During a three-day FBI-led crack down on child prostitution nationwide, 27 people in the Denver area were arrested late last week and over the weekend...

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Heritage Foundation Slams Anti-Child Rape Bill As "Overcriminalization"

Media Matters Action Network | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

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By implying stricter penalties on child sex offenders is an example of Big Government overreaching its authority in order to punish "trivial conduct,"...

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Spare Some Change... Spread Some Hope

Michael Leoni | Posted 09.11.2009 | Living

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Michael Leoni

Every minute in America, 1 kid will run away. Every day, 13 of those same kids will die on our streets. At this very moment, almost 2 million kids are living on our streets and of those 2 million, 650,000 of them are under the age of 15. These statistics are staggering but what's more shocking is the number of Americans who are unaware of this crisis.

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Mandatory Minimum Sentences in Canada: A Must for Drug Offences, But Not for Child Traffickers?

Jennifer Winstanley | Posted 05.27.2009 | World

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Jennifer Winstanley

I cannot imagine a crime for which a mandatory minimum sentence, reflecting the Canadian public's complete intolerance and collective denunciation, would be more appropriate than for child trafficking.

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Economic Crisis, Internet Might Increase Child Sex Abuse

AP | ALAN CLENDENNING | Posted 12.27.2008 | World

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SAO PAULO, Brazil — More poor children may be driven into the sex trade as a result of the world financial crisis and the spreading use of the I...

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Trade Cards, Not People

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

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Cathleen Falsani

Call Response weaves raw footage shot undercover in brothels and sweatshops in the developing world with talking heads such as Cornel West.

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GOOD Magazine: An All-The-Way House For Children Of The Night

Good Magazine | Kimberley Sevcik | Posted 07.24.2008 | Living

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Sarah landed on the doorstep of Children of the Night less than 24 hours ago, and even though the other kids there barely know her, they're throwing ...

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