By Tala Dowlatshahi This article originally appeared in passblue.com The cycle of sexual violence that has been churning throughout the eastern half...
Nancy became a prostitute at age 17. "I started selling drugs at first and then I went and did a double date with a girl. I made $300 in like 15 minu...
UNITED NATIONS -- A new U.N. report paints a grim picture of the millions of people trafficked for sexual exploitation and forced labor: They come fro...
Going after the demand side of the sex trade makes sense, and this national movement to end demand for the sex trade isn't just a "moral crusade." End Demand Illinois campaign advocates for a variety of strategies.
Far too often, the exploitation that is occurring is a result of social and structural conditions that we've created as a society. Collapsing choice, circumstance, and coercion into one category of sex work or trafficking erodes the nuances that explain people's engagement with sex for money.
Authorities in Utah have arrested a woman for allegedly helping her 13-year-old daughter text nude photos to a 30-year-old man. The young girl's mo...
A New York man was convicted Wednesday of coercing a woman to molest her underage daughter while he watched via a webcam. Brooklyn resident Micheal...
They say a little black dress is the most versatile item in a girl's wardrobe, but it should never be used like this. An Illinois man dressed in hi...
UNITED NATIONS -- The U.N. crime-fighting office said Tuesday that 2.4 million people across the globe are victims of human trafficking at any one tim...
The first time I heard Rachel Lloyd speak was in 2005, the year of the 70th Annual Academy Awards. "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" had won for the b...
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SALT LAKE CITY — A Salt Lake City woman has been charged with offering her 11-year-old daughter's virginity to a man in exchange for $10,000. T...
Very Young Girls (2007) documents the lives of underage prostitutes, as young as 12, residing in NYC. Looking for a "daddy" or someone to "love" them, these very young callgirls turned to pimps.
January 11 was Global Human Trafficking Awareness Day. The statistics are overwhelming. Sexual trafficking makes up a significant percentage of these numbers. No country is immune.
While I don't plan on filming my next exercise movie in a tiny tube top or storing my interval timer in my cleavage a la Zuzana, her message of strength, resilience and living life on her own terms is one I can definitely get behind.
Girls need clothing and food and shelter as much as they need love. In fact, it's through our practical support that we can show our love.
Directed by British filmmaker Jamie Doran with Afghan investigative journalist Najibullah Quraishi, The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan reveals a stunning subculture nearly unknown in the West.
When I started to write Pornland, my first thought was: How can I find the words to describe just how brutal mainstream Internet porn has become?
Our country is facing a glut of complex problems that no single politician, political party, or other organization can solve in a lasting way, without help. For shifts of this magnitude, we need social movements and compelling leaders.
In the last nine years, Concern Worldwide and their partners have established 22 schools across Ethiopia, providing education for vulnerable boys and girls.
Jean-Michel Tijerina, CEO and Founder of the Cambodia Project, insisted I must meet her. After an hour over coffee, I fully comprehended why. I wa...
Most of the local news stories gave little to no insight to the aspects of human trafficking apparent in the Lawrence Taylor case, nor the prevalence of this activity on New York City streets.
When I took a job peddling Comcast door-to-door in Latino areas of Chicago, I did not realize that the question of pornography would be a routine part of my job.
Why do we assume that this is really an "overseas" issue?
