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Antoinette Davis, Shaniya Davis' Mother, To Be Charged For Sex Trafficking, Child Abuse

Posted 11.16.2009 | Home

Read More: Missing Child, Fayetteville, Child Abuse, Charges, Mother, Antoinette Davis Charges, Antoinette Davis, Sex Trafficking, Antoinette Davis Charged, Antoinette Nicole Davis, Shaniya Davis, North Carolina, Home News

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...

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Take the JOURNEY

Ashley Van Buren | Posted 11.11.2009 | New York

Read More: Helen Bamber, Sex Trafficking, Sam Roddick, Emma Thompson, New York, Journey Nyc, Helen-Bamber-Foundation, New York News
Ashley Van Buren

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.

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Emma Thompson's 'Journey' Exhibit Spotlights Sex Trafficking

Huffington Post | Tam Vo | Posted 11.09.2009 | Impact

Read More: Trafficking, Emma Thompson, Sex Industry, Art Exhibit, Trafficked Women, Sex Trade, Violence, Sex Trafficking, New York City, Human Trafficking, Impact News

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...

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

Dr. Alex Benzer | Posted 10.28.2009 | Living

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, Living News
Dr. Alex Benzer

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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Rhode Island Inches Closer To Banning Prostitution

David Segal | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sex Trafficking, Criminal Justice, Human Rights, Rhode Island, Prostitution, Sex, Human Trafficking, Craigslist Killer, Craigslist, Politics News
David Segal

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.

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My Latest Tweets From The Field: Cambodia

Aaron Cohen | Posted 10.25.2009 | Impact

Read More: Cambodia, Slave Hunter, Sex Trafficking, Twitter, Aaron Cohen, Human Trafficking, Impact News
Aaron Cohen

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.

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Nicholas Kristof Talks About Sex Trafficking, Rape and Raising Kids

Mona Gable | Posted 10.17.2009 | Media

Read More: New York Times, Sex Trafficking, Nicholas Kristof, Half the Sky, San Francisco, International Museum of Women, Nick Kristof, Media News
Mona Gable

"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."

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The Body Shop: Stop Sex Trafficking of Children Campaign (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Tam Vo | Posted 10.01.2009 | Impact

Read More: Donations, The Body Shop, Children, Conscious Shopping, Child Trafficking, Cosmetics, Conscious Consumerism, Causes, Sex Trafficking, Young People, Impact News

The Body Shop is a cosmetics company with a conscience, known for naturally-derived products and an emphasis on ethical business practices. Its founde...

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Fatal Promises: A Look at Human Trafficking

Melissa Silverstein | Posted 11.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Fatal Promises, Sex Trafficking, Emma Thompsan, Human Trafficking, Entertainment News
Melissa Silverstein

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.

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The Horrors of Sexual Trafficking, American-Style

John W. Whitehead | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sex Trafficking, Craiglist, Phillip Garrido, Prostitution, Enforcement-Sex-Trafficking, Jaycee Lee Dugard, Politics News
John W. Whitehead

Even the most well-cared-for children can fall prey to sex trafficking and become global sexual commodities.

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Amital Etzioni: Why Are You Saying Such Nasty Things About Whores?

David Henry Sterry | Posted 11.08.2009 | Style

Read More: Prostituition, Hookers, David Henry Sterry, Call Girls, Hos, Sex-Worker-Stories, Toni Brantley, New York Times, Sex Trafficking, Amital Etzioni, Strippers, And Rent Boys, Style News
David Henry Sterry

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.

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

Media Matters Action Network | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Child Prostitution, Child Pornography, Heritage Foundation, Prevention and Deterrence of Crimes Against Children Act of 2009, Rape, Overcriminalization, Sex Trafficking, H.R. 3513, Politics News

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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Sex Trafficking Plagues UAE (VIDEO)

Al Jazeera | Al Jazeera | Posted 08.30.2009 | Home

Read More: Uae, Human Trafficking, Sex Trafficking, Ukrainian Uae, Sex, Uae Human Trafficking, Uae Sex Trafficking, Dubai, Home News

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...

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Mongolia: Sex Trafficking Takes Its Toll On Young Women

GlobalPost | Posted 08.22.2009 | World

Read More: Mongolia Trafficking, Sex Trafficking, Modern Slavery, Mongolia Sex Trafficking, Mongolia, Human Trafficking, World News

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...

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Microfinance as a Solution: Beggars, Thieves, AIDS and Prostitution

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 07.19.2009 | World

Read More: Millenium Goals, Microfinance Summit, Microcredit, Muhammad Yunus, Sam Daley-Harris, Microfinance, Columbia, Results, Poverty, Sex Trafficking, Fonkoze, Grameen Bank, World News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

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.

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An Apology Regarding My Letterman Appearance and a Clarification on U.S. Autoworkers

Alec Baldwin | Posted 06.20.2009 | New York

Read More: Automakers, Alec Baldwin Philippines, Big Three Automakers, Autoworkers, Celebrities Talk Politics, Stephen Baldwin, Alec Baldwin David Letterman, Sex Trafficking, Mail Order Brides, Philippines, Auto Industry, Alec Baldwin, Alec Baldwin Apology, New York-New York, New York News
Alec Baldwin

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.

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Thank Heaven for Little Girls

Cheryl Saban | Posted 04.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Gender Gap, Sex Trafficking, Violence Against Women, International Women's Day, Domestic Violence, Living News
Cheryl Saban

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?

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Peace Rehabilitation Center: The Impact Of Amina

NEED Magazine | Posted 02.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Sex Trafficking, Peace Rehabilitation Center, The Giving Life, Need Magazine, Living News

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...

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Malaysia's New Trafficking Law Leads To First Conviction Over Prostitution Case

Ndtv.com | Posted 01.23.2009 | World

Read More: Punitha Raja, Prostitution, Malaysia Prostitution, Malaysia Trafficking, Sex Trade, Malaysia, Sex Trafficking, Asia, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur Prostitution, Southeast Asia Sex Trade, World News

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...

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How to Fix the Economic Meltdown and Stop Terrorism: Legalize Heroin and Whores

David Henry Sterry | Posted 12.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Master of Ceremonies, Law Enforcement, Serial Killer, Marijuana, Economy, Sex Trafficking, South America, Drugs, Asia, War on Drugs, Prohibition, Economic Recovery, Prostitution, Chicken, Ecstasy, Cigarettes, Alcohol, Sex Worker, Abraham Lincoln, Empowerment of Women, Willie Nelson, Sexual Predators, Al Capone, Drug Trafficking, Terrorism, Pimp My Ride, Bloomingdale's, Pimp My Crib, Victimization, Free Enterprise, Gangsters, Exploitation, Pimp, Economic Meltdown, Taliban, Afghanistan, Harry Potter, Afghan Taliban, Whores, Politics News
David Henry Sterry

The bottom line, economically, is that there is a big beautiful sexy cash cow to be milked here.

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Still Time to do the Right Thing

Taina Bien-Aime | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Women, Law Enforcement, Tvpa, Doj, Sex Trafficking, Obama, Mccain, Bipartisanship, Biden, Human Trafficking, Tvpra, Politics News
Taina Bien-Aime

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.

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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

Read More: Sex Trafficking, Child Prostitution, Children of the Night, Lois Lee, The Giving Life, Living News

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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