A dozen U.S. states still do not mandate sex education in schools.
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Twelve states do not require sex education of any kind.
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The outrage misdirected at Lolita – and its author – does nothing to negate the realities it reflects. Reading Nabokov’s novel now raises questions about censorship, book banning and human nature.
Women in parts of the world are victims of slavery.
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The voices and actions of women who were enslaved reveal how oppression works and what made a difference to those exposed to it
Respectively 60.6% and 62% of women in Liberia and Sierra Leone have experienced at least one act of sexual violence in their life.
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More than 40% are victims of violence at least once in their lifetime, according to research. This is likely the tip of the iceberg.
Ugandans watch the start of the International Criminal Court trial of former child soldier-turned-warlord Dominic Ongwen.
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Armed conflicts today involve slavery in many different forms, from forced marriage to child soldiers.
Many religious groups often get labeled as cults.
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A religion scholar explains why the label of ‘cult’ gets in the way of understanding new religions and political movements.
A billboard in Mounds View, Minnesota, put up by the nonprofit National Human Trafficking Resource Center.
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Children are not routinely being snatched from pizza parlors and sold into sexual slavery. Sex trafficking more often looks like ‘vulnerable people struggling to survive’ through sex.
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Child sexual abuse and child sex trafficking are serious problems. Misinformation is harming efforts to combat them.
Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires, Argentina, with a view of the city in the background. Date: circa 1908.
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A missing girl, a sensational trial, and the troubled history of anti-trafficking.
Facebook’s initiative places the company in a complicated situation, as increased user privacy, while positive, could come with potential impunity for offenders.
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Facebook is planning to put end-to-end encryption on all its messaging services soon. But governments aren’t happy about it, as it could make it harder to catch criminals.
Female sex offenders may not receive as much public attention or scorn as male sex offenders.
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Between 1% and 9% of sex offenders are female. Many are ‘co-offenders,’ recruiting and manipulating victims for others.
A law enforcement guide to human trafficking sits on a table at a drop-in center for victims of sex trafficking in Washington.
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Jeffrey Epstein may be the current face of sex trafficking, but buying and selling youth for sex is a common practice in the US.
New laws give sex crime victims more time to come forward.
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Part of a law that goes into effect in New York state on Aug. 14 allows victims more time sue in civil court. Epstein’s victims can still go after his estate.
Sex worker rights – fought for at this red umbrella protest in Vancouver – are under threat by ‘hospitality’ programs which ask civilians working in hotels to ‘report’ on their guests.
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Citizens-watch programs designed by police to aid anti-trafficking efforts threaten the rights and safety of sex workers.
Child sex trafficking affects more than one million children worldwide, many of whom are left to suffer in silence.
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Sex trafficking is the most common form of human trafficking. Globally, an estimated 4.8 million people are forced into sexual exploitation.
Hotels and motels along major highways are common spots for sex trafficking.
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While there’s still a great deal that is unknown about sex trafficking, research studies and nonprofits have been able to gather telling data on this industry’s victims and perpetrators.
The victim-offender overlap is disturbingly common in the human trafficking trade, with women once trafficked becoming traffickers.
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Many trafficked victims are female. But what happens when the perpetrator is also female, and was once a victim herself?
Trump has signed a law aimed at curbing sex trafficking.
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Governments should heed the expertise of the grassroots nonprofits that witness this scourge firsthand.
Hotels and motels along major highways are common spots for sex trafficking.
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New England Patriots CEO Robert Kraft’s criminal charges in a suspected sex trafficking case draw new attention to this illicit underground economy.
Residents of Kolkata’s Sonagachi redlight district at a rally during the week-long sex workers’ freedom festival in 2012.
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If India really wants to stop sex trafficking, legislators might consider asking sex workers in Kolkata how they keep the Sonagachi red light district safe and exploitation-free.