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Destiny Rescue

Destiny Rescue actively seeks out and rescues children from sexually exploitive situations and slavery, then restores, protects and empowers them.

ECPAT
Global Monitoring Report on the status of action against the commercial exploitation of children.

Girl’s murder sign of the plight of India’s women
Frightening inequities persist despite modernisation, writes Kishwar Desai.
YET another case of a brutal assault on a girl has grabbed headlines in India. Sonam, a 14-year-old, was allegedly raped and murdered earlier this

Human Traficking
A web resource for combating human trafficking. (This site has many documents listed on it – we have not had time vet them all.)

Maiti
MAITI Nepal was born out of a crusade to protect Nepali girls and women from crimes like domestic violence, trafficking for flesh trade, child prostitution, child labor and various forms of exploitation and torture. A

Sanlaap
Sanlaap is a developmental organization that works towards the correction of social imbalances which  manifest in gender injustice and violence against women and children.

Shattered lives
Reports emerged last week from Kachin and Shan States that rape is still being used as a tactic by the Burmese army to demoralise and terrorise ethnic

The most dangerous places for women.
A study released this week named Afghanistan the most dangerous country for women, with Pakistan and India following closely behind. But while serious problems exist for women in these places, women’s rights activists say

The Rescue Foundation
Is a non-profit, government recognized and registered NGO working for rescue, rehabilitation and repatriation of victims for human trafficking from different parts of India, Nepal & Bangladesh and sold for forced prostitution.

The Women and Children’s Advocacy Centre
The Women and Children’s Advocacy Centre brings people, resources, training and information together for the benefit of women and children at risk. We believe that by working together in hope and interdependence, we

Time Magazine

Afghanistan: When Women Set Themselves on Fire.

Fawzia felt like she had no way out. Married off to her cousin at age 16, she had been beaten routinely by her husband and in-laws in their

Trafficking in Persons Report 2010
The 10th annual Trafficking in Persons Report outlines the continuing challenges across the globe, including in the United States. The Report, for the first time, includes a ranking of the United States based on the same