CMU Grad Builds Cybersleuthing Tool to Snare Sex Traffickers
Traffic Jam mines the ‘deep Web’ for information, clues The universal scope of Internet advertising makes it an ideal way to attract customers and lure…
Ridiculing Trafficking Victims
“The daily comics are not known to be bastions of feminist thought but a strip in the San Francisco Chronicle on Saturday September 29, 2012…
Murders and attempted murders of women in legal German prostitution
The lie that legal or decriminalized prostitution is “safer” is widely believed. Nothing could be farther from the truth, as these data showing a horrific…
Out of Sight
On a Saturday night in late May, I sat in the back seat of a taxi as it drove through a shantytown in Baghdad. We…
The Village that Swept Away Evil
Girls’ education prevents prostitution in communities of poverty.
27 New Laws on Florida’s Books
Florida increases penalty for buyers of sex.
Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking of Aboriginal Women and Girls
This research was prepared for the Canadian Women’s Foundation’s National Task Force on Trafficking of Women and Girls.This research will form a comprehensive picture on…
The Making of Sexual Violence
How does a boy grow up to commit rape? The International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES) analyzes data from 5 countries on their perceptions…
Decriminalizing Prostitution
Amnesty International does not realize their mistake.
70 Years After V-J Day, Still No Honor for Japanese Empire’s ‘Comfort Women’
The history of the so-called comfort women constitutes one of the most egregious war crimes of the 20th century, but it has never been officially…
The Porn Industry Is Abusive, and These Women Are Telling It Like It Is
Holly Madison, Rashida Jones’ Hot Girls Wanted, and Miriam Weeks (aka Belle Knox) shed light on a misunderstood phenomenon. “Who has seen Rashida Jones’ new…
Decriminalizing Prostitution
In the 1990s when I was in my 20s I used to hear certain brilliant elders in Lahore, my hometown, speak about many a subject…
Comparing Sex Buyers With Men Who Do Not Buy Sex: New Data on Prostitution and Trafficking
Abstract We investigated attitudes and behaviors associated with prostitution and sexual aggression among 101 men who buy sex and 101 age-, education-, and ethnicity-matched men…
Links Between Pornography and Prostitution
Pornography: Prostitution’s Identical Twin Many people – from politicians and celebrities to exited survivors of prostitution – are outraged at the decision of the prominent…
Amnesty International campaign to decriminalise pimps and sex buyers
Amnesty International began as an organization aligned with vulnerable people who had few rights. Those in prostitution often describe it as paid rape – a…
Hundreds of women’s groups and advocates protest Amnesty International’s proposed prostitution policy.
Over 400 women’s groups & advocates sign letter protesting Amnesty International’s position on prostitution.
Demand Abolition: A Brief Review of the Evidence on the Consequences of Legalizing or Decriminalizing Prostitution
Fact Sheet on Decriminalization Demand Abolition
MasterCard, American Express, and Visa will no longer do business with Backpage
Advertising is essential to keeping the sex industry running smoothly. Pimps and traffickers post dozens of ads a day on websites like Backpage. Since most…
Backpage.com Cut Off From Credit Card System Over Sex Trafficking Claims
The Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois, asked Visa and MasterCard to cut ties with the site, alleging its service contributes to “increasing the enslavement of prostituted individuals, including children.”