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Topless Ukrainian Protesters Stop Traffic In Zurich

Radio Free Europe/Radio LibertyNovember 16, 2011.

Shouting "Women aren't merchandise," Ukrainian feminists fight sex trafficking in Switzerland

Undercover Activist Says U.S. Troops Paid for Sex With Underage Girls in Iraq

Rebecca Murray, IPS News. August 27, 2011.

Sex Trafficking Soars with American War in Iraq.

Students Stripping, Doing Sex Work and Seeing Sugar Daddies? In Hard Economic Times, This Media Obsession Is Based in Reality

Sarah Seltzer, AlterNet. August 2, 2011.

The recession brings stories of students turning to the sex industry in order to pay their school bills and loans.

Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore Using Dodgy Statistics to Fuel Child Sex Slavery Panic

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. July 5, 2011.

Throwing wildly inflated numbers around doesn't help young people avoid falling into the horrific world of prostitution.

New Sex Slavery Memoir Tells a Powerful Tale -- But Are Personal Stories the Best Way to Fight Exploitation?

Jessica Mack, AlterNet. May 31, 2011.

The new book 'Girls Like Us' offers a vivid account of Rachel Lloyd’s journey from abused to acclaimed. Yet, there are critical parts missing from her story.

Escaping the Sex Trafficking Industry

Courtney E. Martin, AlterNet. April 12, 2011.

A Q+A with a former sex worker, who weaves her own painful story of being lured into "the life," with the stories of the girls and women that she now helps.

Junk Science Behind 'Underage Sex Trafficking' Charges Used to Attack Craigslist Adult Classifieds

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. March 29, 2011.

An investigation by the Village Voice found there was less to the statistics than meets the eye.

Congress Likely Won't Change International Sex Trafficking Travesty

Steven D., Booman Tribune. January 4, 2011.

Our government officials seem unlikely to do much about the women and girls sold into sexual slavery in our country and all over the world.

Scapegoating Craigslist Is Not Going to Solve the Problem of Underage Prostitution

Don Hazen, AlterNet. June 4, 2010.

For years, politicians have gone after Craigslist for ads promoting sex trafficking and prostitution. At best their efforts are misguided, and may even exacerbate the problem.

Modern Day Slavery in America -- Over 300,000 U.S. Children Fall Prey to Sex Trafficking

Dan Rather, Huffington Post. May 19, 2010.

People may have trouble believing that child prostitution has become a national problem -- but it's on the verge of becoming out of control.

Women Need Rights, Not Rescue

Yifat Susskind, RH Reality Check. September 14, 2009.

We can't just airdrop women's rights programs into embattled communities -- we must team up with all the women already helping themselves.

Virginity for Sale: The Dark World of Forced Teen Prostitution

Kamala Sarup, Lys Anzia, Women News Network. December 17, 2008.

Nepalese girls are disappearing deep into the brothel system of India.

Let's Call 'Sex Tourism' What It Really Is: Slavery

Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Rodale Inc. August 1, 2008.

The new book Rumors of Our Progress Have Been Greatly Exaggerated exposes the gravity of sexual slavery -- evil in its extreme.

The Mann Act: From Jack Johnson to Eliot Spitzer

Omar Wasow, The Root. March 20, 2008.

The troubling history of the White-Slave Traffic Act.

The Truth Behind the Sex Trade

Susie Bright, SusieBright.com. October 11, 2007.

While many migrants are forced into sex work, the rescue industry's moral position has hindered their own efforts to stop it, according to a new book, Sex at the Margins: Migration, Labor Market and the Rescue Industry.

No Fair Trade for Trafficked Women

Kavita N. Ramdas, AlterNet. September 29, 2007.

The new film TRADE shows the dark world of human trafficking, a crime that exists in our own backyards.

Forced Sex and Labor Trafficking in the U.S.

Rebecca Clarren, Ms. Magazine. August 15, 2007.

An investigation into the shadow world of sex and labor trafficking in the United States reveals not just the dimensions of the problem but the startling inadequacy of the federal response.

Sex trafficking in Iraq

Melissa McEwan, October 24, 2006.

Bush's legacy turns another corner...

Beyond the Planned Parenthood Hoax -- Sex Trafficking As Wingnut Buzzword

Thers, December 31, 1969.


Petition: Free Woman Who Was Jailed for Life at 16 for Killing Her Rapist

Lauren Kelley, December 31, 1969.


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