Award-winning actor Alec Baldwin, who hosts the WNYC’s new podcast series “Here’s the Thing“, recently interviewed Rob Morris, President and Co-Founder of Love146, a child trafficking rescue organization. Rob says to Alec: “This is not about an issue, this is not about a cause. This is somebody’s daughter, this is about somebody’s son. Little boy. Little [...]
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Alec Baldwin and Rob Morris: “Fighting Child Trafficking”
Posted in Girls, Justice, tagged Child Slavery, Child Trafficking, Sex Trafficking on February 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
WOV National Conference Call: “Kids in America Go Hungry Too” on February 21st!
Posted in Food, Girls, WOV News, WV Programs, tagged American Children, Domestic Poverty, National Conference Call, US Programs, World Vision on February 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
You are invited to join our upcoming Women of Vision National Conference Call “Kids in America Go Hungry Too” with World Vision’s Romanita Hairston. Tuesday, February 21 4:00-5:00pm PST / 7:00-8:00pm EST This call will be recorded for those who cannot make this time slot. Women of Vision is delighted to announce our next conference call where [...]
International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation
Posted in Girls, Health, tagged Female circumcision, Female genital mutilation, FGM, World Vision on February 6, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Every year around the world, about two million young girls are forced to endure female genital mutilation (FGM). The ritual—practiced in as many as 28 African countries, as well as in some countries in the Middle East, Asia and South America—varies among communities in its severity, the age of girls, and the method used to [...]
Sex And The Super Bowl: Indianapolis Puts Spotlight On Teen Sex Trafficking
Posted in Girls, Justice, tagged Child Trafficking, Domestic Trafficking, Sex Trafficking, Super Bowl on February 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
From Forbes: “…Super Bowl weekend is considered to be the largest sex trafficking event in the United States each year, a number estimated by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children who says the 2010 Miami Super Bowl brought 10,000 prostitutes to the city. By the same group’s measure 2011’s Dallas Super Bowl resulted [...]
Girls for sale! Changing the conversation on exploited kids in the U.S.
Posted in Girls, Justice, tagged GEMS, human trafficking, Rachel Lloyd, Sexual Eploitation, Trafficking on January 26, 2012 | 2 Comments »
January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month and we are excited to share with you the insightful interview of Rachel Lloyd, advocate and activist, in Forbes Magazine. Author of Girls Like Us and founder of GEMS (Girls Educational and Mentoring Services), Rachel is a nationally recognized expert on the issue of child sex trafficking in America. From Forbes: [...]
Fighting for the rights of child soldiers
Posted in Girls, Justice, tagged Central African Republic, Child Soldiers, Somalia, UNICEF on January 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
From IRIN News: “At end-November 2011, Somalia and the Central African Republic became the latest countries to commit to end the use of child soldiers – a move seen as “encouraging” by the UN, albeit with the proviso that the situation in both countries remains volatile. All sides to the Somali conflict have reportedly been [...]
Is Scarcity Making Women More Valuable?
Posted in Girls, Women, tagged Gender Equality, Girl Child, India, Women on January 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
A considerable drop in the number of girls in India as a result of sex-selective abortions and general neglect could, in fact, make women more valuable in accordance with the law of supply and demand. Not only could women begin to be paid better in relation to men, but their marriage value could rise, too, [...]
Pakistan: Poverty is cited for rise in infanticide
Posted in Girls, tagged Child Mortality, Girl Children, Infanticide, Pakistan, Poverty on January 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The number of babies abandoned by parents on Pakistan’s streets to die is on the rise, and girls make up the overwhelming majority of the infants, according to local NGO Edhi Foundation. Increasing food prices and grinding poverty are the main causes cited for the upswing in infanticide. “The mothers themselves wish to save the [...]
Suphalee and her sister help raise awareness on dangers of human trafficking
Posted in Girls, Justice, WV Programs, tagged human trafficking, Laos, Thailand, Trafficking, World Vision on January 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Suphalee, 16, and her elder sister are active World Vision anti-trafficking project volunteers in Atsaphone District in Savannakhet province. Prior to learning about the dangers of trafficking, Suphalee thought, “If someone comes and encourages me to work in another country with a good salary, I don’t think I will refuse it.” Things are different now. [...]
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