Protest Scheduled at HBO Corporate Offices
A picket line will be in place at 42nd Street and Sixth Avenue at the Manhattan headquarters of HBO (1100 Sixth Avenue) on Thursday, April 24th between 12:30pm and 2:30pm. The reason for the protest...
View ArticleAIDS Healthworkers and Anti-Trafficking Activists – Is There a Conflict?
In the global crisis of violence against women, there is a heated debate about the best way to approach the issues at the intersection of HIV/AIDS and human trafficking. The language used to describe...
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“Very Young Girls” Looks at Sexual Trafficking in NYC
With the economy in a major downward spiral, not-for-profit organizations are being hit in a major way. I recently received an e-mail from Rachel Lloyd, the Director and Founder of Gems Girls. She...
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Emma Thompson, Featured in “Fatal Promises, Speaks Out on Human Trafficking
Human trafficking…the statistics are overwhelming. Approximately 800,000 people are illegally trafficked through international borders annually. 1.39 million people are trafficked into sexual...
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A Report From “Women in the World: Stories and Solutions” Summit – Part 1
At this weekend’s “Women in the World conference presented by The Daily Beast, there was a subtext of contrast between the high-wattage interviewers –Barbara Walters, Diane Sawyer, Campbell Brown, and...
View ArticleLawrence Taylor, The Media, and Human Trafficking
When the story broke, the tabloid headlines screamed that Hall of Fame football star, Lawrence Taylor, had been arrested on Thursday, May 6th, for having sex with a 16-year-old-prostitute. One...
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Human Rights and Sex Trafficking: A Film Forum
December 2nd through December 5th, Human Rights and Sex Trafficking: A Film Forum, is taking place in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Alicia Foley Winn, Executive Director of The Boston Initiative to...
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Sexual Trafficking in Israel
January 11th is Global Human Trafficking Awareness Day. The statistics are overwhelming. Sexual trafficking makes up a significant percentage of these numbers. No country is immune. It happens in...
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“The Whistleblower:” Amplifying the Reality of Human Trafficking
Sexual trafficking. It’s hard for people to wrap their minds around the scope of the problem. A new film, The Whistleblower, presents an on the ground retelling of the story of Kathryn Bolkovac...
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“Girls Likes Us” — Rachel Lloyd’s Memoir Illuminates the Sexual Exploitation...
The first time I saw Rachel Lloyd was in 2005, the year of the 70th Annual Academy Awards. “It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp” had taken the honors for best song. Whenever I complained about that tune...
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