by Free the Slaves | Jan 25, 2012 | India
Editor’s note: This is the second part in a series of blog posts written by longtime Free the Slaves supporter Carol Metzker. Carol has traveled to India to see Free the Slaves’ frontline partner work. Here, she gives us a snapshot of the Punarnawa ashram, where girls...
by Free the Slaves | Jan 18, 2012 | Slavery in the News
Some of them run away. Some of them simply have nowhere to go. But the lives of prostitutes—often coerced into sex slavery—are usually misunderstood. Trafficking is considered the third largest industry for organized crime, generating billions of dollars annually....
by Terry FitzPatrick | Jul 5, 2011 | Uncategorized
Dear Editor: Last week’s Village Voice article, “Real Men Get Their Facts Straight,” touches on an important challenge in combating trafficking and slavery: the lack of universally-agreed on numbers about the scope of the problem. We are disappointed that the Village...
by Free the Slaves | Jun 14, 2011 | FTS Updates
Because it deserves more attention—and I didn’t give it its proper due when I blogged about this last week—I’d like to put a magnifying glass to a couple of quotes from Free the Slaves’ Director of Programs Karen Stauss that were featured in Vanity...
by Free the Slaves | Jun 8, 2011 | FTS Updates, India
Free the Slaves and its local partner in India just helped three survivors of sex trafficking to gain a legal victory against their three traffickers, now sentenced to 10 years in jail. In an unusual step, the judge also awarded half of their fine of approximately...
