By Katie Cappiello and Lauren Hersh Editor’s note: Katie Cappiello is the co-founder and Artistic Director of The Arts Effect NYC and writer of the play “A Day In The Life.” Lauren Hersh is the Director of Anti Trafficking Policy…
Jon Lowenstein trains his eye on the parts of society many people try to avoid. “I'm really interested in stories that are hidden or untold or in places that are off the beaten path and forgotten,” the photographer says. “But…
According to the FBI, an estimated 293,000 American youth are at risk of being trafficked in the nation's underground sex trade. Now lawmakers in Washington have passed a broad package of bills aimed at trying to shut down America's multi-million…
By Jason Evans (CNN) - It was 2002 in the Philippines, and American business traveler John Drake was presented with a disgusting offer. He says a pimp offered him a four-year-old girl for sex "for about 25 bucks". Drake returned…
The world is paying attention to the abduction of Nigerian schoolgirls because the numbers are so high, but the slavery of girls is prevalent in northern Nigeria, and is often not reported when the victims are taken in ones and…
There are 700,000 people currently in slavery in Nigeria, according to Walk Free. They are often abducted from extremely poor rural areas. Some are trafficked for slave labor including prostitution, occasionally to criminals in Europe and the Middle East. Others…
A new attack is reported in Nigeria, with eight more students abducted in a region where terrorist group Boko Haram says it will sell girls.
One year ago this month, Boko Haram's leader Abubakar Shekau released a video announcing a new, reprehensible front in its bloody attempt at forced Islamism: his fighters will begin abducting girls and selling them. The terrorist group has just done…
After seeing Cocoa-nomics, the documentary about the chocolate industry's efforts to end slavery and child labor in its supply chains, Han de Groot, Executive Director of UTZ Certified, which promotes sustainable cocoa, coffee and tea, was prompted to write about…
By Gordon Brown, U.N. Special Envoy for Global Education Editor's note: Gordon Brown is a United Nations Special Envoy on Global Education. He was formerly the UK's prime minister. It is a descent into barbarism. This month’s plan by Iraqi…