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Survivor Empowerment Ideas

We use the word empowerment as one of the six forms of abolition. Empowerment is the phase where survivors are able to get jobs and support themselves. It is the final piece needed in the story of true freedom for a survivor. I say true freedom becau

You Can’t Get AIDS From A Hug: Why We Honor World AIDS Day

One of my earliest memories is walking through the hallways of my elementary school seeing posters with sayings like “you can’t get AIDS from a hug and a kiss.” This would have been around the time President Ronald Reagan finally started mentionin

SEX-TRAFFICKING PREVENTION – THE FORGOTTEN "P"

SEX-TRAFFICKING PREVENTION – THE FORGOTTEN "P" Sex trafficking is one of the worst tragedies occurring in the 21st century. Studies show that modern slavery is more prevalent today than during the Transatlantic Slave Trade’s most prolific years. The

End Slavery Now Honors Transgender Day of Remembrance

While anyone can fall victim to traffickers, certain populations are more at risk than others. Due to pervasive mistreatment and violence, a lack of family and community support, and financial insecurity due to employment discrimination, transgender

Intersections of Human Trafficking

Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery doesn’t exist in a silo. There are many things that can impact somebody’s vulnerability which can lead to a greater risk of enslavement. Anything that puts someone at a disadvantage that someone else can exploit i

Women & Girls

4Sarah, Inc.

History When Kasey McClure was three years old she was being sexually molested by her father, but he was never prosecuted for his crime. By the age of 18, she followed her older sister to Atlanta to work at the World Famous Gold Club as a stripper. S

A Call to Men

History Ten years ago co-founders Tony Porter and Ted Bunch sent an open invitation to a modest network of people working in the field of domestic violence and sexual assault asking them to attend a presentation entitled “A Call to Men – Becoming Par

Action and Development Initiatives to Protect Women and Children (AIDPROFEN)

History Action and Development Initiatives to Protect Women and Children (AIDPROFEN) is based in Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The AIDPROFEN association campaigns to promote Congolese women's rights in North Kivu, where foun

Adithi

History Registered in 1988, Adithi is a non-profit women’s organization working for the socioeconomic development and empowerment of resource-poor and resourceless women and girls. We achieve this through awareness generation, leadership development