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Rights4Girls Statement on AP decision to drop “child prostitute”
Rights4Girls Statement on AP decision to drop “child prostitute” “We’ve always known there’s no such thing as a child prostitute and now, thanks to the Associated Press, millions more Americans will know that too. The Associated Press’s decision to...
Read moreUN Commission on the Status of Women: Economic and Sexual Violence As Barriers to Sustainable Development
UN Commission on the Status of Women: Economic and Sexual Violence As Barriers to Sustainable Development On March 17, 2016 Rights4Girls Executive Director participated in a panel discussion entitled Economic and Sexual Violence as Barriers to Sustainable Development: Case...
Read moreSxSW Panel Web Trafficked: From Victim to Inmate
SxSW Panel Web Trafficked: From Victim to Inmate On Tuesday March 15, 2016, Right4Girls hosted a panel at SXSW in Austin, Texas entitled Web Trafficked: From Victim to Inmate. The panel was moderated by Rights4Girls Executive Director Yasmin Vafa,...
Read morePress Release: No Such Thing LA Launch
Press Release: No Such Thing LA Launch Marcey Brightwell & Robin Swanson For Immediate Release: October 21, 2015 NATIONAL “NO SUCH THING” CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED IN LOS ANGELES Los Angeles Sheriff and County Supervisors, Survivors, and Advocates Join National...
Read moreNo Such Thing as a Child Prostitute
No Such Thing as a Child Prostitute Yasmin Vafa / Sacramento Bee Born to a drug-addicted mother, Nikki spent her childhood moving between foster homes and group homes where she experienced repeated sexual and physical violence. At age 14,...
Read moreJJDPA reauthorization: An opportunity to dismantle the sexual abuse-to-prison pipeline
JJDPA reauthorization: An opportunity to dismantle the sexual abuse-to-prison pipeline Yasmin Vafa / The Hill According to experts one in four girls will experience sexual violence before turning 18. Now imagine if instead of providing these children services or...
Read moreHistory of Abuse Seen in Many Girls in Juvenile System
More than 80 percent of delinquent girls in some states have endured sexual abuse Timothy Williams / New York Times As many as 80 percent of the girls in some states’ juvenile justice systems have a history of sexual...
Read moreNEW REPORT: The Sexual Abuse to Prison Pipeline: The Girls’ Story
NEW REPORT: The Sexual Abuse to Prison Pipeline: The Girls’ Story Human Rights Project for Girls proudly releases The Sexual Abuse to Prison Pipeline: The Girls Story, co-authored with Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality and the Ms....
Read moreThe Truth About Sex Trafficking and why the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act deserves our support
The Truth About Sex Trafficking and why the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act deserves our support In her recent Politico Magazine article, Elizabeth Nolan Brown woefully misrepresents the historic law to combat human trafficking, the Justice for Victims...
Read moreHuman Trafficking Survivors Cannot Wait
Human Trafficking Survivors Cannot Wait Representative Debbie Wasserman Shultz, Representative Renee Elmers, Yasmin Vafa / The Huffington Post Jade was kidnapped on her way home from school. Violently thrown into the trunk of a car and taken from her...
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