Press Releases - Rights4Girls

Rights4Girls & Georgetown JJI Release New Report Finding Arrests of D.C. Girls Rising Sharply

on March 22, 2018

While arrests of boys in D.C. have declined over the past decade, girls’ arrests have nearly doubled, new research by Georgetown Law’s Juvenile Justice Initiative and Rights4Girls finds.

on March 21, 2018

Rights4Girls’ Statement on the Senate’s Passage of Historic Anti-trafficking Legislation Yasmin Vafa / Executive Director Rights4Girls applauds the U.S. Senate for taking historic action today on behalf of trafficking victims. For years, websites that facilitate and profit from child sex...

on January 25, 2018

Rights4Girls Releases New Report Urging for Protection of Child Sex Trafficking Victim Witnesses Rights4Girls / Trustlaw Rights4Girls, in partnership with Thomson Reuters Foundation’s Trustlaw, recently released a report on innovative court protections for child sex trafficking victim witnesses. The report, Survivor Protection:...

on January 18, 2018

Rights4Girls Delivers Keynote at the Gates Foundation for Human Trafficking Awareness Month Gates Foundation / Stolen Youth Rights4Girls Executive Director Yasmin Vafa was invited to deliver the keynote address at an event hosted by the Bill & Melinda Gates...

on January 27, 2017

Child Exploitation Victim, Latesha Clay, Finally Released from Custody Washington, D.C. – Rights4Girls, a human rights organization working to end gender-based violence against vulnerable young women and girls in the United States, applauds the release of Latesha Clay, a victim of child exploitation...

on January 10, 2017

Rights4Girls Statement in Support of Senate Report on Backpage Rights4Girls commends the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigation’s recent report and examination of Backpage.com for its role in facilitating child sex trafficking. The Subcommittee’s report findings are beyond troubling and...