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  • A Bitter Guest Worker Story

    3 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    A sad case of human trafficking is further proof that immigration reform must include protections for guest workers in this country.

  • Suit Points to Guest Worker Program Flaws

    1 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    A suit alleging human trafficking and official collusion in blocking workers’ protests represents pitfalls of the H-2B guest worker program.

  • WORLD BRIEFING | THE AMERICAS; Cuba: Accord On Human Trafficking Sought With U.S.

    28 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Cuba wants to negotiate an agreement with the United States to slow the trafficking of its citizens fleeing the island and hopes to tackle the issue at immigration talks in February, the foreign minister, Bruno Rodríguez, said Thursday. He said negotiators would meet Feb. 19 in Havana and that Cuba wanted Washington's help in combating people smuggling, . He also said the United States had yet to respond; a spokeswoman at the United States Interests Section in Havana said that Washington had no...

  • Boat Carrying 124 Refugees Lands on Corsica

    22 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    A boatload of 124 refugees, many of them apparently Kurds from Syria, were discovered Friday morning on a beach in southern Corsica, the local police said.

  • Israel Raids Polygamist Compound

    14 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    An Israeli man who lived openly with at least 17 women and fathered dozens of children appeared in court on Thursday on suspicion of enslavement, sexual abuse and possible rape.
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  • IJM Advocates for Measures to Protect Vulnerable from Trafficking in Haiti on KSRO Radio

    25 Jan 2010 | 1:42 pm
    IJM Vice President of Government Relations Holly Burkhalter discussed the vital necessity of rule of law in the aftermath of the January 12th earthquake in Haiti. In addition to the law enforcement measures taken to reduce violence and looting in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake, she emphasized the urgent need for focused efforts to investigate and interdict the trafficking and exploitation of children. » Listen to the interview [KRSO.com]

  • CASEWORK BULLETIN

    24 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    New Year Begins in Freedom for Illegally Detained Man A New Year's Eve trial – and relentless advocacy – bring freedom to Peter (pictured left with IJM Kenya Field Office Director Joseph Kibugu) after 16 months in prison. Read more...

  • Breakdown Of Rule Of Law Puts Haiti's Vulnerable Children At Increased Risk For Human Trafficking

    22 Jan 2010 | 1:58 pm
    International NGO raises concern about security of tens of thousands of orphaned children WASHINGTON, D.C. – As chaos continues to build in the wake of the January 12 earthquake in Haiti, global concern for the welfare of the country’s children – particularly those who have lost parents in this catastrophe – also grows. Aid groups now report that tens of thousands of children have been orphaned by the quake. Read more...

  • Six Trafficking Victims Rescued In Philippines Operation

    12 Jan 2010 | 1:38 pm
    MANILA, THE PHILIPPINES – It was a busy Saturday night when officers from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and investigators from IJM Manila entered a bustling village in Laoag City, population center about 480 kilometers north of IJM’s Manila field office. The team made their way up and down the bar-lined streets, the hour nearing midnight as they arrived at their final destination – a disco bar, serving as a front for prostitution. Read more...

  • News From Washington - January 2010

    11 Jan 2010 | 4:25 pm
    Latest Efforts to Abolish Slavery: January Proclaimed National Slavery & Human Trafficking Prevention Month By Holly Burkhalter, IJM VP of Government Relations International Justice Mission welcomes President Obama’s proclamation on National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. The President’s announcement, made on January 4, 2010, commemorated the Emancipation Proclamation, which came into effect on January 1, 1863 and the 13th Amendment. The reference to the United States’ own struggle with the horror of slavery was appropriate and poignant, coming from our country’s…
 
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  • Haiti: Getting Kids Off the Streets and Away from Traffickers

    Diana Scimone
    2 Feb 2010 | 1:09 pm
    A few hundred feet over my head the planes keep coming--all day and all night. They're cargo planes arriving from Haiti and so far they've brought more than 8,000 people to Orlando--orphans, injured, and more.My first thought when the earthquake hit was "child trafficking."  Haiti has always had a huge problem, and when disaster strikes, the traffickers flock to the rubble for easy pickings. I've gotten report after report of kids being openly trafficked--even a hospital that was selling kids. That's why I personally have supported 2 organizations that are getting kids off the streets and…

  • Super Bowl's Not-So-Super Side: Human Trafficking

    Diana Scimone
    26 Jan 2010 | 8:44 pm
    I love football and am thrilled the Super Bowl is just around the corner.  I’m not at all excited, however, about what will come to Miami the same week:  A huge increase in human trafficking. "Every time we have a big event like the Super Bowl," says Anna Rodriguez, founder of the Florida Coalition Against Human Trafficking (FCAHT), "you have pimps that move people across the nation to where there is a large activity and a quicker way to make a lot of money."Human trafficking is the 2nd most profitable crime on the planet, after illegal drugs. You can sell a drug once but you can sell a…

  • The Dream Is Alive

    Diana Scimone
    17 Jan 2010 | 6:34 pm
    Today is a national holiday in the US to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  I wrote this a few years ago about how he inspired me in the fight to stop child trafficking.Five decades ago, my sisters and I set up a little store in the playroom of our house in New York.  When we invited our parents to come and shop (i.e. to spend their money), they were aghast to see the sign we had hung in our store:     "We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone."My parents explained to us the meaning of this sign, which we must have seen in a real store, and why it was wrong--that it was racial…

  • Girls That Vanish

    Diana Scimone
    13 Jan 2010 | 9:43 am
    This is why I launched  The Born2Fly Project to stop child trafficking--and why I am pressing through against all odds to get our awareness materials into the hands of girls like Maria:Maria described how at the age of 16 she was lured off the streets by a young man who promised the world, but delivered nothing but pain.She was raped, drugged and sold for sex. "They took a gallon of gasoline and started pouring it over a girl," Maria said."One of the men told me if you don't do as I say I will do the same to you."I wanted to look away, but they didn't let me. Even though the girl was on fire…

  • Child sex tourism: They're kids, not tourist attractions

    Diana Scimone
    7 Jan 2010 | 12:28 pm
    Little-known fact about Diana:  The very first thing I ever published was a travel article.  It was way back in the 1970s (I was 2 years old at the time, of course), and it was a newspaper article about the week I spent eating fantastic foods while visiting relatives in Sicily.  The Washington Star graciously published it (and I suspect my atrocious first attempt at writing contributed to the demise of the Star a few years later).  I still love to travel (41 countries and counting).  There are many things I do not like about travel, however: Jet lag Tummy trouble Child sex tourism You…
 
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  • Women’s Solidarity Camp

    9 Feb 2010 | 2:15 am
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    4 Feb 2010 | 4:40 am
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  • Earthquake Can’t Silence the Voices of Haitian Women

    1 Feb 2010 | 8:50 am
    Earthquake Can’t Silence the Voices of Haitian Women An Update By Advisor Maria Suárez Toro, FIRE (http://www.radiofeminista.net/) After Lise Marie Dejean, a Haitian activist from the women¹s organization SOFA, (Haitian Women’s Solidarity) described all the things that collapsed, all the people, as well as the historical memory now buried under the debris of the National Library and the Women¹s Center a journalist asked, “And then, what is left standing?” Lise Marie looked the journalist in the eyes, then looked up and said: “The strength of the…

  • Heartland Visionary Conference Call with Kavita Ramdas on February 2nd: Register Now!

    1 Feb 2010 | 4:30 am
    Global Fund CEO and President Kavita Ramdas is the featured thought leader in an upcoming conference call with Heartland Circle (http://www.heartlandcircle.com/vh-upcoming.htm). Find out more about this event and register (http://www.heartlandcircle.com/BookingRetrieve.aspx?ID=50635) for the call if you wish to participate. Read More

  • Malaysian Court Lifts Ban on Book By Sisters in Islam

    28 Jan 2010 | 4:51 am
    A Malaysian court overturned a government ban on a book by GFW grantee partner Sisters in Islam, about Muslim women that authorities claimed was a misinterpretation of Islam and a threat to public stability. Read More
 
 
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    The Human Trafficking Project

  • Job Opportunity: Department of Justice Trial Attorneys

    9 Feb 2010 | 4:12 am
    The Civil Rights Division of the US Department of Justice is seeking experienced attorneys for the position of Trial Attorney in the Criminal Section. The Criminal Section prosecutes criminal civil rights cases, including Hate Crimes,deprivation of rights under color of law, and Human Trafficking offenses.Attorneys in this position would have substantial opportunities to do Human Trafficking

  • Pepsi Refresh Project Demi Moore for GEMS

    8 Feb 2010 | 4:09 am
    Demi Moore is joining the Pepsi Refresh Project with a grant idea to support GEMS (Girls Educational & Mentoring Services), an organization that empowers young women, ages 12-21, who have experienced commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking to exit the commercial sex industry and develop to their full potential. With $250,000, GEMS can train 10 former victims as outreach workers

  • Human trafficking in India Part I: Caste and Human Trafficking

    5 Feb 2010 | 4:00 am
    Highly developed IT industry, nuclear weapons, and a fast developing economy with rich culture and resources are what one thinks of when he or she thinks of India in the 21st century. Also, when reading articles on Bollywood stars traveling to Africa to fight against human trafficking, readers are led to think that the victims are never Indian themselves, but instead are those who are trafficked

  • Problems with U.S. Guest Worker Program

    4 Feb 2010 | 4:00 am
    From the New York Times: Suit Points to Guest Worker Program Flaws By Julia Preston Immigration authorities worked closely with a marine oil-rig company in Mississippi to discourage protests by temporary guest workers from India over their job conditions, including advising managers to send some workers back to India, according to new testimony in a federal lawsuit against the

  • Courtney's House Volunteer Opportunities

    3 Feb 2010 | 4:00 am
    Courtney's House has two upcoming trainings for volunteers. According to its website, the organization was founded by Tina Frundt, a survivor of of domestic child sex trafficking. Courtney's House is projected to be a six-bed long-term group home for sex trafficked girls between the ages of 12 and 17. It will be the only group home of its kind in the Washington, DC area to cater specifically to
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  • Child Slavery In The Wake Of The Earthquake In Haiti

    Jeff Turner (@respres)
    19 Jan 2010 | 1:27 pm
    I was sent a link to this video, Helping Haiti’s Child Slaves, this morning via email. I’ve seen it before and even linked to a longer version of it in A Capacity For Cruelty Is Never Justified. But in light of the recent earthquake in Haiti, it seems more urgent than ever that the world be aware of the plight of  a segment of the restavec (French: rester avec – one who stays with) population in Haiti. What is evident from the video clip is that, in today’s world, some restavec are indeed treated as slaves. But what is also evident is the complexity of the problem in…

  • Human Trafficking of Children in the United States Fact Sheet

    Jeff Turner (@respres)
    11 Jan 2010 | 4:00 pm
    Contrary to a common assumption, human trafficking is not just a problem in other countries. Cases of human trafficking have been reported in all 50 states, Washington D.C., and some U.S. territories. Victims of human trafficking can be children or adults, U.S. citizens or foreign nationals, male or female. According to U.S. government estimates, thousands of men, women, and children are trafficked to the United States for the purposes of sexual and labor exploitation. An unknown number of U.S. citizens and legal residents are trafficked within the country primarily for sexual servitude and,…

  • Make Someone Aware Of Human Trafficking Today

    Jeff Turner (@respres)
    11 Jan 2010 | 12:39 pm
    Today is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. What can you do? Change.org has a great post detailing 40 Ideas for Action on National Human Trafficking Awareness Day: From Facebook to Legislation.

  • Kuwait Taking Steps To Counter Human Trafficking

    Jeff Turner (@respres)
    9 Jan 2010 | 10:54 pm
    The Kuwait Times is reporting that the embassy of Netherlands in Kuwait is sponsoring a three-day workshop about fighting human trafficking to be held, coincidentally, on Monday, the same day the United States is observing National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. “The workshop aims to help the State of Kuwait to benefit from increasing Kuwaiti employees’ qualifications by offering the required training in this regard,” Iman Ereiqat, the officer in charge of the IOM’s regional office, told the Kuwait Times. Source: New steps to counter human trafficking.

  • National Slavery & Human Trafficking Prevention Month

    Jeff Turner (@respres)
    6 Jan 2010 | 10:08 pm
    National Slavery & Human Trafficking Prevention Month “NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim January 2010 as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, culminating in the annual celebration of National Freedom Day on February 1. I call upon the people of the United States to recognize the vital role we can play in ending modern slavery, and to observe this month with appropriate programs and activities.” –…
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  • State legislature of Georgia proposes child prostitute protection – Christian right opposes

    nomoreslavery
    2 Feb 2010 | 8:35 am
    [Note to the reader: I began a "Definitions" section, at the top of the page, because of this specific article. Please check the definitions page for some of the terms used, as some of them are interchanged and not accurate.] Georgia’s Christian right comes out against bills aimed at child prostitution Atlantic Journal Constitution, 2:59 pm [...]

  • Want to take action against slavery and human trafficking?

    nomoreslavery
    13 Jan 2010 | 6:19 am
    Change.org, a website dedicated to raising awareness about a variety of causes and enlisting the help of its community members to take action, has a section of the website dedicated to human trafficking. At their End Human Trafficking site you can take action on different topics. There are many different topics related to human trafficking you can [...]

  • Gold mining = exploitation in the Congo

    nomoreslavery
    3 Dec 2009 | 8:09 am
    60 Minutes produced an excellent piece on what’s known as “dirty gold” - gold mined by slaves and used to fund the conflict in the “Democratic Republic” of Congo. There are currently no standards to determine whether gold has been produced in this way, so this piece could prove to be revolutionary in the effort [...]

  • This week’s resources

    nomoreslavery
    8 Oct 2009 | 5:29 pm
    Here are a few new resources that may be of interest to folks: The Department of Health and Human Services published a new report, Human Trafficking Into and Within the United States: A Review of the Literature. This report is part of a larger project, Study of HHS Programs Serving Human Trafficking Victims. The Body Shop has [...]

  • Founder of Ahava Kids under investigation

    nomoreslavery
    5 Oct 2009 | 12:52 pm
    I was sad to open my email on Friday and find an email from a friend with the link to the press release from Atty Gen Richard Blumenthal – Attorney General Alleges Charity Operator Diverted Money Intended For Victims Of Human Trafficking And Orphaned Aids Victims - an announcement of a lawsuit against the founder [...]
 
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  • Part 5

    notforsaletn
    9 Feb 2010 | 9:51 am
    On October 22, 2009, a defendant was convicted in the District of New Jersey on all twenty-two counts, following a four-week trial, for holding young West African victims, including minor girls as young as ten years old, in forced labor in hair-braiding salons in Newark and East Orange, New Jersey.  The defendant and her associates, who had previously pled guilty in connection with the scheme, used threats, violence, confiscation of the victims’ identification documents, isolation, restricted communications, and psychological manipulation–including voodoo curses–to intimidate…

  • What Makes Tony Blauer’s P.D.R. Self-Defense System Different?

    Anny Jacoby
    9 Feb 2010 | 8:55 am
    Being a student first with the immediate understanding of the S.P.E.A.R. system prior to becoming a P.D.R. certified instructor with Blauer Tactical Systems; I believed as a student and firmly believe as an instructor AND SURVIVOR that the S.P.E.A.R. system is by far the most realistic and automatic personal safety/self-defense system to learn. Personal safety/self-defense is NOT martial arts or a sport – it is entirely about protecting and defending yourself mentally, emotionally, spiritually and ultimately physically. An excerpt from Tony Blauer: RESEARCH The core of P.D.R.™ (Personal…

  • What Makes Tony Blauer's P.D.R. Self-Defense System Different?

    Project Safe Girls
    9 Feb 2010 | 8:48 am
    Being a student first with the immediate understanding of the S.P.E.A.R. system prior to becoming a P.D.R. certified instructor with Blauer Tactical Systems; I believed as a student and firmly believe as an instructor AND SURVIVOR that the S.P.E.A.R. system is by far the most realistic and automatic personal safety/self-defense system to learn. Personal safety/self-defense is NOT martial arts or a sport – it is entirely about protecting and defending yourself mentally, emotionally, spiritually and ultimately physically. An excerpt from Tony Blauer: RESEARCH The core of P.D.R.™…

  • Police 'ignore' rights of sex trafficking victims (UK)

    Randy McCall
    9 Feb 2010 | 7:00 am
    The police and immigration services may be illegally ignoring the human rights of foreign women who have been forced into prostitution, the Equalities and Human Rights Commission has alleged. The commission suspects the sexual exploitation of women from overseas is being treated routinely as an immigration issue, with the women often regarded as criminals rather than as victims of coercion, violence and trafficking. It is launching an inquiry today headed by the civil rights lawyer Lady Kennedy, which will investigate whether the UK is failing to meet its duties under European and domestic…

  • Man goes undercover to combat child sex slavery

    cjaye57
    9 Feb 2010 | 4:42 am
    Aaron Cohen first met Jonty Thern and her older sister, Channy, in 2005 while singing in a karaoke bar in Battambang, Cambodia. He has come back to see them every year since. The California native often schedules his trips for November, the month when Cambodians celebrate the Bonn Om Teuk water festival, marking the end of the rainy season. “The whole country comes together for boat races. Hundreds of thousands of people descend on the waterfront and it’s filled with colors and flags,” said Cohen. “You know my thoughts about the water festival always include Jonty,…
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  • Rescuing the Superbowl Sex Slaves

    cjaye57
    9 Feb 2010 | 9:40 am
    Friday, I loaded the backseat of a car headed to Miami with giant packs of condoms, bottles of hand sanitizer, and snacks. Was this going to be the best Superbowl party ever? No, it was part of a massive outreach effort to the child sex trafficking victims who are expected to be brought to Miami this weekend to service men attending the Superbowl. Last year, they found at least 24 kids trafficked to Tampa for sex. And this year, they predicted even more. Why does the Superbowl mean an uptick in the amount of sex trafficking in a given city? It’s because sex trafficking, like all forms…

  • U.S. military anti-prostitution/sex trafficking policy appears to be ineffective

    cjaye57
    9 Feb 2010 | 6:14 am
    Discipline, honor, and patriotism. These are the reasons, for some people to join U.S. military services. However, for most people, when they think of the U.S. service members abroad, these are not the words that they associate the service members with.  Rather, the U.S. service members are notorious for violence, alcoholism, low education, and prostitution in places where they are stationed. And, such notoriety of U.S. soldiers are well evidenced by the prostitution and sex trafficking place around the U.S. military base abroad. Sex trafficking around U.S. military bases in South Korea…

  • Child Trafficking - Stand against it

    anu-mantra
    9 Feb 2010 | 3:29 am
    Trafficking in human beings has become a matter of serious national and international concern. Although the human trafficking ranges from forced labor to illegal activities like begging and organ trade to sexual exploitation etc., I’m herein referring to the child trafficking in particular for sexual exploitation and forced labor. Magnitude of the Problem In India, a large number of children are trafficked not only for the sex ‘trade’ but also for other forms of non-sex based exploitation that includes servitude of various kinds, as domestic labour, industrial labour, agricultural…

  • Human trafficking in Scotland

    U T Carte
    9 Feb 2010 | 1:09 am
    “An inquiry begins to establish the extent of human trafficking in Scotland and whether victims have enough protection.” I don’t think you can really call someone who pays for sex a victim but i’m sure if i was going to go and pick up one of these young ladies/boys/ladyboys i would definately use protection. Maybe they don’t mean johnnies and they mean that the kerb crawlers should all be tooled up to the max incase Pimp Daddy pulls a gun on yo ass. What do you mean the victims are the ones selling the sex!?!? Have you seen the fucking state of them? Imagine…

  • It's Not a "Women" Issue. It's a Human Issue.

    Heng-zi Lo
    8 Feb 2010 | 7:26 pm
    Beautiful Women of Gambella, Kenya Imagine if 1 out of every 22 of your female friends died while giving birth. That, unfortunately, is the shocking reality for women who live in Sub-Sahara Africa. I just finished reading a book that has shaken up and stirred my heart. “Half the Sky” is an incredibly compelling and emotion-stirring book about how poverty is perpetuated and further entrenched when half of humankind, women, is kept in oppression. Written by Nicholas Kristof and his wife Sheryl WuDunn, this Pulitzer Prize winning journalistic couple documents the horrors of girls and…
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  • Part 5

    notforsaletn
    9 Feb 2010 | 9:51 am
    On October 22, 2009, a defendant was convicted in the District of New Jersey on all twenty-two counts, following a four-week trial, for holding young West African victims, including minor girls as young as ten years old, in forced labor in hair-braiding salons in Newark and East Orange, New Jersey.  The defendant and her associates, who had previously pled guilty in connection with the scheme, used threats, violence, confiscation of the victims’ identification documents, isolation, restricted communications, and psychological manipulation–including voodoo curses–to intimidate…

  • Part 4

    notforsaletn
    8 Feb 2010 | 4:46 pm
    On January 13, 2010, in United States v. Sou, two defendants entered guilty pleas in the district of Hawaii to charges of forced labor conspiracy, arising from their conspiracy to compel 44 Thai agricultural workers into service at the defendants’ family farm, using a scheme of debts, restraint, and threats of serious harm to intimidate the workers and place them in fear of attempting to leave.

  • STOP THE TRAFFIK:Take Part in START FREEDOM

    mgjack
    8 Feb 2010 | 7:11 am
    START FREEDOM a campaign for young people Stop The Traffik A global campaign for schools and young people who will become aware of the issues surrounding human trafficking and realise the power to make a difference. Please go to www.startfreedom.org and download the Start Freedom resources. Teachers, there are great resources here to discuss this important world wide issue in the classroom.

  • POSTCOLONIAL SLAVERY

    Mohammed
    7 Feb 2010 | 9:38 pm
    POSTCOLONIAL SLAVERY When you ask an African, “what was the most painful thing that ever happened to your forefathers?” He will reply with a single word that sums up all fear s, “slavery.” Yes there is no doubt that slavery is perhaps the worst thing that ever happened to the African people. In my home country of Ghana for instance, over five thousand innocent but active men and women were shipped each year for over four hundred years to different parts of the globe. Families were separated, their dignities undermined, their hopes gave way to fears and their identities stolen. After…

  • Part 3

    notforsaletn
    7 Feb 2010 | 4:19 pm
    On December 17, 2009, a federal grand jury in Anchorage, Alaska indicted four co-defendants in United States v. Mujahid, on sex trafficking and related charges arising from a criminal enterprise that compelled U.S. citizen victims, both adults and minors, into prostitution, using threats, physical assaults, and sexual assaults to control the victims if they disobeyed or attempted to leave, and requiring the victims to turn over the proceeds to the defendants.
 
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  • Agwe and La Sirene

    Hazel
    9 Feb 2010 | 12:02 am
    Agwe is the  Loa or Lwa ( Spirit) of Mariners, the Sea, and the husband of La Sirene. He is often depicted in Naval uniform.  I selected this image rather than the naval one because I not only love it, I remember the image from a long ago watery dream. Carried along the currents of [...]

  • Unsolved Canada Super Sleuths!

    Hazel
    8 Feb 2010 | 10:21 pm
    Too excited to remember my password at the moment, just wanted to crow about the good work these folks have been doing over the past 6 years! Unsolvedcanada.ca

  • Col. Russell Williams’ double life?

    Hazel
    8 Feb 2010 | 10:13 pm
    In Your FACE Bill W! Top officer facing murder charges commanded Canada’s largest air base, flew top diplomats by Michael Friscolanti on Monday, February 8, 2010 6:49pm – 36 Comments The commander of one of Canada’s largest military bases is in a prison cell today, accused of murdering two Ontario women—including a fellow service member—and sexually assaulting two [...]

  • I remember her eyes.

    Hazel
    8 Feb 2010 | 9:47 pm
    Tonight I was reminded, or rather inspired to remember this long lost short story I wrote over at All Story. (very short only 8 lines long!) *Note I was just struck by the oddness that this story was written after an event that occurred in my life at age 8, Holy Cow Man! Enjoy! I remember her [...]

  • Looking For Zoe!

    Hazel
    7 Feb 2010 | 11:58 am
    Red headed Now a blond Buddhist maybe about 16-17 now.  She’s tall and looks older than she really is.  Outreach workers in the DTES please keep an eye out for this sweet girl.  She’s trafficked!!! Meth dealers should probably know her. And to all you fuckers who knew what was going on and didn’t do a [...]
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  • Sunny Sunderbans fight Trafficking

    Becky Bavinger
    2 Feb 2010 | 8:11 pm
    This summer, Smarita and I had the privilege of coming to know a small NGO working in the Sunderbans, called Gosaba Anwesha. The Sunderbans is a mangrove forest, mostly island district, in southeast West Bengal. Many of the islands border Bangladesh, and because it is such a porous geography it is easy for traffickers to bring women from Bangladesh into India. Also, many young women are trafficked from the Sunderbans into Kolkata or another big city, because their homeland is extremely poor. Most people there rely on the rice patty crop, which only yields one crop per year.

  • Destiny's New Mascot

    Becky Bavinger
    27 Nov 2009 | 11:58 am
    A few weeks ago, I came into our office and heard what sounded like a kitten crying. But to my surprise, one of the women came downstairs carrying a puppy. He is what the Indians call a "deshi kutta" country dog or "neri kurkur" bald dog. Basically, a street dog. Apparently they had heard him crying outside and went to find him. He had been put in a box by some of the local children, who said his mother either died or abandoned him.

  • Gaining confidence

    Becky Bavinger
    11 Nov 2009 | 7:20 am
     A few weeks ago, our new intern Adria posted a blog about our employee who was beaten and kicked out from her house. Since then, this woman has been living with me and going to work. At first, it was shocking to both me and my Spanish roommate how traumatized she was. Since she was raised in a strict Muslim family, she was totally submissive. She believed it was improper to be in the same room as Carlos, my roommate, since he is an unmarried male.

  • Lessons learned from those we're teaching

    Becky Bavinger
    4 Nov 2009 | 12:23 am
    Posted by Adria Doll Last week, one girl came to work badly bruised and cut up. We learned that in the middle of the night she had been beaten up by a person in her household (she lives in a slum area) and had been kicked out of her house. The reasoning behind this abuse, as is common, was entirely illogical and a pitiful attempt to validate the idea that women are lesser and disposable. Naturally, the staff immediately arranged a safe place for her to stay until her turn on the waiting list for a working woman’s hostel comes up.

  • Background on Destiny from Adria's Perspective

    Becky Bavinger
    4 Nov 2009 | 12:18 am
    Posted by Adria Doll These last two weeks have presented me with encouraging accomplishments as well as heartbreaking situations. But I discuss anything else, let me give a brief description of the non-governmental organization (NGO) I am working most closely with.
 
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  • Super Bowl XLIV

    6 Feb 2010 | 7:28 pm
    I will be rooting for the Colts with all my heart tomorrow... but this will be on my mind, too.CNN: Volunteers try to help young sex workers on Super Bowl weekend"I don't want the idea [of fighting underage sex trafficking] to go away when Super Bowl ends. The reality is that it's more concentrated on Super Bowl weekend, but they're still out there come Monday morning." - Eddy Ameen, StandUp For Kids MiamiIt's funny how important a football game can seem until you remember what's going on outside of the stadium, tomorrow and every day thereafter.  That's when it becomes clear that there…

  • Time to Refresh the World

    3 Feb 2010 | 6:51 pm
    Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher are supporting GEMS for the Pepsi Refresh challenge--hopefully you will, too. (It's easy!)Mr. and Mrs. Kutcher have been very vocal advocates against human and child sex trafficking over the past several years.  Their latest step in this area was to launch the DNA Foundation--D and A, get it?--on January 25.  As part of this initiative Demi Moore submitted her Refresh Idea on behalf of GEMS to win Pepsi's $250,000.  The grant would go toward 10 outreach workers to help thousands of girls get help, counseling, etc. for exiting the sex trade and be…

  • Hearts for Haiti

    3 Feb 2010 | 5:54 pm
    It's been almost a month since I last posted.  I apologize for such a long absence, and I plan to be blogging much more regularly.  Since my last post, I've started a new job, went home to Indianapolis to visit my family, and turned 26.  But all of those things are silly and fleeting compared to what else has occurred since my last post... the devastating earthquake in Haiti.One of the first things that went through my mind, as well as through the minds of many others who have interest in fighting child trafficking/exploitation, was what was rumored to have happened in the…

  • GEMS Girls: We Are Millions

    12 Jan 2010 | 6:30 am
    GEMS Girls put together this beautiful video called "We Are Millions."  Imagine my surprise when I saw that I'm in it!!Thank you for a beautiful tribute.  I hope this video brings all of the encouragement and love it has the power to.

  • National Human Trafficking Awareness Day

    11 Jan 2010 | 8:19 am
    It's January 11th--National Human Trafficking Awareness Day.  Let's not let this day just pass by as if it were any other.  Here are a couple of things you can do to mark 1/11/10.   Take a moment to read Benjamin Skinner's recent article in TIME: "South Africa's New Slave Trade and the Campaign to Stop It."  Even now, child sex traffickers are preparing for major business during the upcoming World Cup.  If anyone you know is traveling to South Africa for the games, bring this up.  Ignorance and silence always works in favor of traffickers.Check out some of…
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