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When “Common Ground Meets Common Sense”

By Rev. Dr. Marian Hatcher ● Commentary ● August 13, 2019

How can one in good conscience let exploiters and sexual predators off the hook by not holding accountable those who prey on and exploit the marginalized for the profit of others?

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Handmaids and Jezebels: New York Must Not Legalize Harm

By Taina Bien-Aimé ● Commentary ● May 9, 2019

New York must recognize that commercial reproductive surrogacy and the sex trade are stitched with the same noxious thread.

Oregon’s Teen Trap Houses Offer Drugs, but No Exit

By Ann Marie Cunningham ● Crime & Law ● September 14, 2015

A concerned adult worries sex trafficking could be going on amid the pot smoking and video and card games. But she can’t get past a “code of silence and secrecy.” One teen calls the BDSM at the heart of the partying “modern day spin the bottle.”

‘Comfort Women’ Ranks Extend Beyond Korea

By Rochelle G. Saidel ● Arts & Culture ● September 24, 2014

Other victims from Taiwan, China, the Philippines, Indonesia and East Timor were also forced into sexual slavery. Sometimes women were required to provide sexual service, which could be defined as rape, for up to 50 soldiers per day.

Nigeria’s Lost Girls Part of Long-Term Conflict

By Corinna Barnard ● Politics ● September 5, 2014

Nigeria’s gender-based abductions began in early 2013, a report finds, after the government imprisoned wives of Boko Haram members. Since then, the rate and scale of abductions has increased, with Christian women and girls the main target.

Obama OKs LGBT Protections; Women Scarce on Boards

By WeNews Staff ● Arts & Culture ● July 26, 2014

President Obama signed an executive order banning workplace discrimination against LGBT federal employees. Also this week, a report finds there’s a lack of women at the top of companies that make and market products to women.

Rescue Effort Intensifies for Nigerian Schoolgirls

By WeNews Staff ● Uncategorized ● May 13, 2014

The U.S., U.K., Israel and China are reportedly moving in to help a rescue effort being demanded by street demonstrators and hashtag activists around the world. BBC reports Nigeria is ready to negotiate with the extremist Boko Haram.

Cambodian Wonders ‘What If’ About Angelina Jolie

By Carly Rose Elson ● Uncategorized ● August 30, 2012

Lida moved from a subsistence existence in rural Cambodia to a senior staff job at a women’s advocacy organization in the city. But she still wonders what would have happened if she had said “yes” to a beautiful foreigner at a pagoda three years ago.

Hotel Group Adopts Rules to Stop Child Sex Traffic

By Sadiya Ansari ● Crime & Law ● June 12, 2012

The first U.S. hotel management company signed a code of conduct at a June 14 press conference to help protect children from exploitation driven by tourism. It joins 40 other companies worldwide.

Women Violated in War Denied Memorials

By Rochelle G. Saidel ● Commentary ● May 28, 2012

Japanese officials are trying to remove a small monument to Korean “comfort women” in New Jersey. Rochelle Saidel says these and other women violated by war are still being denied official recognition.