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Empowering Women by Making the Law Work for Them
In 1995, Beijing hosted the Fourth World Conference on Women. The conference produced the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, calling for...
March 07
More Than a Photograph
I’m a photographer. This means I get to record special times in someone’s life. Generally joyous occasions; weddings, new babies, time with family....
March 05
Sex Trafficking
Trafficking Survivor Reacts to Brothel Owner's Conviction
One of the most brutal brothel owners we have ever encountered in our work in India is facing ten years in prison for sex trafficking crimes in two...
March 05
Women’s Equality: Looking through a Global Lens
My consciousness of equality for women started in a high school classroom. I was taking a World Issues course and was tasked with creating a project...
March 04
Because I was a Girl Once
A little over five years ago it was confirmed that I would become the mother of a little girl. There was something in me that was not OK.I always...
March 03
International Women’s Day is for men, too.
March 02
Sex Trafficking
History in the Making: Notorious Trafficker Twice Convicted for Sex Trafficking Crimes
KOLKATA, INDIA, February 27, 2015
Seven years ago, Nakul Bera thought he was invincible. He ran two brothels with nearly 50 young women he had...
February 27
Child Abuse Perpetrator Simon Harris Sentenced to 17 Years in Prison
Justice has been served in a child abuse case that affected a large number of Kenyan children. In December, we posted about the guilty verdict in the...
February 27
Sex Trafficking
IJM Pampanga Helps Rescue Young Women from Bar Under Sex Trafficking Investigation
A handwritten sign is still taped to the bar door: Gentlemen it’s time to close, it’s hotel and motel time. The message may be the last one the bar...
February 20