Forced prostitution

Celebrities Worldwide Join Forces With Free a Girl to Raise The #VoiceForJustice Campaign

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Thursday, October 29, 2020
Education, Philanthropy, Consumer, Women, Children, Foundation, Other Education, Geography of Asia, Continents, Countries, Forced prostitution, NEPAL, Kathmandu

Today, Free a Girl is also officially opening its first ever School for Justice (SFJ) in Kathmandu, Nepal where every year more than 12,000 girls are trafficked.

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  • Today, Free a Girl is also officially opening its first ever School for Justice (SFJ) in Kathmandu, Nepal where every year more than 12,000 girls are trafficked.
  • It is the third such educational programme worldwide, after the success of the first two in India.
  • Every year two million child victims are sexually exploited worldwide, the vast majority are girls, and less than 1% of the perpetrators gets convicted.
  • Free a Girl works with fourteen partner organizations in Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Iraq, Laos, Nepal, the Netherlands, and Thailand.

RCMP partners with the Dominican Republic to help in the fight against child sexual abuse

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Tuesday, August 11, 2020
Articles, Human sexuality, Sexual ethics, Forced prostitution, Sex crimes, Child labour, Human rights abuses, Commercial sexual exploitation of children, Child sexual abuse, Laws regarding child sexual abuse, Trafficking of children, Child prostitution

This partnership will build on the existing relationship between the two countries to fight against atrocities such as the sale of children, child prostitution and pornography, trafficking and other forms of child sexual abuse.

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  • This partnership will build on the existing relationship between the two countries to fight against atrocities such as the sale of children, child prostitution and pornography, trafficking and other forms of child sexual abuse.
  • "These Agreements will further enhance the great collaboration between the RCMP and our colleagues from the Dominican Republic.
  • The RCMP's National Child Exploitation Crime Centre (NCECC), was created in response to the growing and disturbing crime of online child sexual exploitation.
  • In 2019, the NCECC received 102,967 reports of online child sexual abuse, a dramatic 1106% increase since 2014.

One Million People Sign Petition to Shut Down Pornhub for Alleged Sex Trafficking Videos

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Tuesday, June 9, 2020
MindGeek, Pornhub Network, World Wide Web, Websites, Adult entertainment, Human rights abuses, Human trafficking, Forced prostitution, Pornhub, Trafficking of children

The petition is based on evidence of numerous alleged cases of real videos of child rape, child trafficking, adult trafficking, abuse, and exploitation monetized on Pornhub.

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  • The petition is based on evidence of numerous alleged cases of real videos of child rape, child trafficking, adult trafficking, abuse, and exploitation monetized on Pornhub.
  • The campaign has compelled legislators in Canada and the United States to call for federal level investigations into Pornhub's parent company MindGeek.
  • The face of the child's alleged attacker was seen in the videos and matched by law enforcement to convenience store surveillance footage.
  • Pornhub had verified the child victim and accidentally admitted to complicity in her trafficking, but later deleted their admission.

Korea's Leading Personal Trainer Black.B (Jin-man Park) Releases a Photo Book Focused on Korean Comfort Women

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Thursday, May 3, 2018
Comfort women, Geography of Asia, East Asia, Anti-Japanese sentiment in Korea, Forced prostitution, Wartime sexual violence, Women in War, Wednesday demonstration, Asia, Korean comfort women, Korea

This photo book was specially designed to focus on Korean comfort women to whom Black.B (JIn-man Park) has paid attention for a long time and includes 10 photos that celebrate them.

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  • This photo book was specially designed to focus on Korean comfort women to whom Black.B (JIn-man Park) has paid attention for a long time and includes 10 photos that celebrate them.
  • "Although it started as a personal project, it will be able to offer a voice for Korean comfort women while resonating with a lot of people."
  • Celebrities from all walks of life have sent supporting messages, and thosewho installed the Girl Statue standing for Korean comfort women discussed the content of the photo book with him at Wednesday Demonstration, a weekly meeting in which the history of Korean comfort women is the focus.
  • Black.B (Jin-man Park) will continue his efforts in promoting knowledge about the plight of the Korean comfort women through his photography and other areas of his career.