Antoinette Davis, Shaniya Davis' Mother, To Be Charged For Sex Trafficking, Child Abuse
Antoinette Davis, mother of 5-year-old Shaniya Davis found dead today near Sanford, North Carolina, will face charges. The USA Today details the in...
Antoinette Davis, mother of 5-year-old Shaniya Davis found dead today near Sanford, North Carolina, will face charges. The USA Today details the in...
Ashley Van Buren | Posted 11.11.2009 | New York
If you are in New York this week, make sure to visit JOURNEY NYC. This provocative art installation depicts the "journey" of trafficked women in the sex industry.
Huffington Post | Tam Vo | Posted 11.09.2009 | Impact
Two-time Academy Award-winning British actress Emma Thompson is focusing her attention on the issue of human trafficking of women and young girls by c...
Dr. Alex Benzer | Posted 10.28.2009 | Living
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.
David Segal | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics
Rhode Island is one of two states without blanket prostitution bans. It's only sanctioned in a few counties in Nevada, but in the Ocean State it's legal everywhere -- just not for much longer.
Aaron Cohen | Posted 10.25.2009 | Impact
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.
Mona Gable | Posted 10.17.2009 | Media
"People always ask, how do you do all this and stay married?" he said to the audience. Let's just say the books are easier to put to bed than the kids. "Books don't play you against each other."
The Huffington Post | Tam Vo | Posted 10.01.2009 | Impact
The Body Shop is a cosmetics company with a conscience, known for naturally-derived products and an emphasis on ethical business practices. Its founde...
Melissa Silverstein | Posted 11.16.2009 | Entertainment
It's an underground issue that is about power, sex and money. But you can do something. If you are in New York, go and see the film Fatal Promises.
John W. Whitehead | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics
Even the most well-cared-for children can fall prey to sex trafficking and become global sexual commodities.
David Henry Sterry | Posted 11.08.2009 | Style
Shame on you, Amital Etzioni, for the antiquated, insulting and frankly dangerous ideas you trot out like dead horses to flog in your recent essay on the review of the anthology Hos, Hookers, Call Girls, and Rent Boys.
Media Matters Action Network | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics
By implying stricter penalties on child sex offenders is an example of Big Government overreaching its authority in order to punish "trivial conduct,"...
Al Jazeera | Al Jazeera | Posted 08.30.2009 | Home
More than one million people, the majority of them women and children, are smuggled across international borders to work in near slavery every year, t...
GlobalPost | Posted 08.22.2009 | World
ULAN BATOR, Mongolia -- Nomin wanted to go to college. Three years ago, unable to afford tuition in the Mongolian capital, the native of remote Zavkh...
Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 07.19.2009 | World
At a recent Microfinance Summit, Sam Daley-Harris spoke about making credit available not only to the poorest of the poor, but to those usually excluded from civil society, like beggars and rebels.
Alec Baldwin | Posted 06.20.2009 | New York
While on the David Letterman program, I joked that I might need a "mail-order bride" to achieve the goal of having more children in my life. I believe that most people understood that this was a joke and took it as such.
Cheryl Saban | Posted 04.08.2009 | Living
March 8th is recognized as International Women's Day. Did you know that girls aged 15 to 19 years old account for 50% of victims of sexual abuse worldwide?
NEED Magazine | Posted 02.24.2009 | Living
Kyra Gibson brought back many stories from her seven-week assignment in Nepal. We decided to share these incredible behind-the-scenes looks at what ou...
Ndtv.com | Posted 01.23.2009 | World
An Indian woman has been sentenced to eight years in jail by a Malaysian court in Kuala Lumpur for forcing her 33-year-old compatriot into prostitutio...
David Henry Sterry | Posted 12.09.2008 | Politics
The bottom line, economically, is that there is a big beautiful sexy cash cow to be milked here.
Taina Bien-Aime | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics
The Wilberforce Act targets pimping and traffickers, which in turn will help prevent sex trafficking and protect its victims, which in turn will help us become effective leaders in combating human trafficking.
Good Magazine | Kimberley Sevcik | Posted 07.24.2008 | Living
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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