Did you know that PornHub has over 115 million visits every single day? That is more than both Netflix and Amazon! And, the U.S. is the number one consumer of PornHub content. As if this isn’t disturbing enough, PornHub is just one of the many pornography sites that is owned by MindGeek, a company with[continue reading]
Human Trafficking
The Power of Words
We all know that our words carry weight, but what does that mean when we are talking about sexual exploitation, human trafficking, and prostitution? World Without Exploitation is a “community of organizations and individuals who share a vision and seek to leverage their unique skills and different backgrounds in the fight to end human trafficking[continue reading]
Anti-Trafficking Efforts of the UN
The Daughters of Charity are committed to the fight against human trafficking. As a part of this, we are engaged in numerous anti-trafficking efforts at the United Nations, including being a part of the NGO Committee to Stop Trafficking in Persons (CSTIP). CSTIP is engaged in awareness-raising (often through panels) and conducts other forms of[continue reading]
COVID & Trafficking
What do COVID-19 and human trafficking have in common? While the similarities may not be obvious, they are significant: worldwide, insidious, indiscriminate, isolating, deadly, and most dangerous to the most vulnerable among us. However, while COVID-19 has caught the attention and awareness of every single person on earth, human trafficking remains under the radar of[continue reading]
Nights of Terror for a Trafficking Victim
On Saturday evening, August 29, 2020, I gave a virtual bilingual presentation on anti-human trafficking to Cursillo groups in several states, followed by a time for questions. The next day, I received a call from a friend who is a physician. She had attended to my presentation and, afterward, received a call from a family in[continue reading]