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Sexual Trafficking

Eve Ensler's Emotional Creature Speaks the Language of Girls

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 02.12.2013 | Arts
Read More: Sexual Trafficking, Rape, Violence Against Women, Self-Esteem for Girls, Emotional Creature, Fgm, The Vagina Monologues, Arts, Theater, Female Body Image, V-Day, One Billion Rising, Patriarchy, Anorexia, Eve Ensler, Arts News, Arts News
Marcia G. Yerman

Not every playwright wants their work to start a movement. That's where Eve Ensler differs. Therefore, it is not surprising that Ensler's new theatrical endeavor, Emotional Creature, would take on issues faced by girls across the world.

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Kamala Harris Takes On Fastest Growing Criminal Enterprise

Los Angeles Daily News | Christina Villacorte | Posted 01.17.2013 | Los Angeles
Read More: Sexual Trafficking, Proposition 35, Prop 35, Video, Kamala Harris, Slavery, California Human Trafficking, Human Labor, Labor Trafficking, Human Trafficking, Los Angeles News

California Attorney General Kamala Harris and other law enforcement officials vowed Friday to crack down on human trafficking -- both sex trafficking ...

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Fighting Human Trafficking Through Film

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.07.2012 | Impact
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Marcia G. Yerman

The arts can impact understanding and harness visibility for the key human rights issue of the 21st Century.

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Sexual Trafficking in Israel

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
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Marcia G. Yerman

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.

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Emma Thompson, Featured in Fatal Promises, Speaks Out on Human Trafficking

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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Marcia G. Yerman

A new documentary examines the various facets of human trafficking. The film, four years in the making, follows the stories of five people -- three women and two men.

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