Emotional Poverty and Sex Trafficking
It was emotional poverty that made me vulnerable. I didn’t fit in and I yearned to blend into the black culture.
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Latest in sex trafficking
Sex Trafficking Survivor Says It’s Time to Stop Glamorizing Prostitution
What is inherently harmful is being passed off by Hollywood as a glamorous lifestyle of choice, says Rebecca Bender, who was trafficked for nearly six years. This causes the myths about prostitution to proliferate.
In Bay Area, Anti-Trafficking Team Set for Super Bowl Kick-Off
Nonprofits have been working with law enforcers and members of the public ahead of the big game on Feb. 7. An airport official in the Bay Area says the benefits extend beyond this single event, since the problem is year-round.
Teens Are Starting to Study, Talk About Sex Trafficking
Advocacy groups are sending their curricula into classrooms as a way to prevent some of what the U.S. Justice Department estimates as 300,000 cases of sex trafficking each year in the U.S.
Outrage Grows at Boko Haram Seizure of Schoolgirls
As delegates arrive in Nigeria for the May 7-9 World Economic Forum on Africa they are likely to run into protesters in the capital city of Abuja. Nigeria’s president has accepted a U.S. offer to help secure the students’ release.
Video: Super Bowl Brings NYC Trafficking Warning
“The GIFT Box,” a sidewalk exhibit about the dangers of human trafficking, has been on display in New York in the week leading up to the Super Bowl on Sunday, being held a few miles away in New Jersey.
In Domestic Violence, No Incident Is Too Minor
It starts with black eyes and broken fingers and moves up the ladder to the crimes that make the news. By prosecuting lower level crimes and addressing intimate partner violence before it escalates, we will save women’s lives around the world.
Myanmar Garment Factory Tries to Mend Trafficking
Despite the improved mood on the streets of Yangon since the end of military rule, the country’s girls and women are still heavily trafficked. One businesswoman is raising awareness and using her factory to offer employment.
Texas Blinks in Standoff; Sandy’s Unequal Effect
African Americans Turn Headlights on Sex-Traffic
Brook Bello had all the trappings of a successful career. But the actress-poet-filmmaker also had a horrible childhood secret. Now she’s teaming up with the International Black Women’s Public Policy Institute to talk about sex traffic.
