The State Board of Education has unanimously approved a new rule requiring instruction in child trafficking prevention for students in grades K-12. With this approval, Florida will be the first state in the nation to address the need for instruction in child trafficking prevention. The new rule also establishes procedures for school districts to plan […]
By Samuel Smith The suicide rate among children aged 10 through 14 has nearly tripled from 2007 to 2017, while the suicide rate among older teenagers has increased by 76 percent between 2007 and 2017, new federal data show. According to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics, the […]
By TSHEGO LEPULE Cape Town – The government has new plans to consolidate the country’s existing marriage policy, which will legally recognise a variety of nuptials. It will also look at banning teenage marriages and introducing stricter rules for marrying foreigners. The Department of Home Affairs is consulting with different stakeholders before drafting what Minister […]
Source: @SABCNewsOnline Police in Mpumalanga have rescued 50 suspected victims of human trafficking from various houses in eMalahleni. This after a raid was conducted on Saturday morning to rid the area of drugs and prostitution. The women claim to have been kept against their will and forced to do sex work. About 150 people were taken […]
Now boys and girls cannot legally marry until the age of 18. By Leah Rodriguez Why Global Citizens Should CareChild marriage stops young girls from receiving an education all around the world. Stricter laws are needed to protect young girls from going down a path to extreme poverty. You can join us and take action on […]
JOHANNESBURG – A six-year-old Limpopo girl who was raped and sustained serious injuries, has died. She was raped two weeks ago in Serageng village in Nebo, Limpopo. The girl was in ICU at the Polokwane provincial hospital before succumbing to her injuries on Wednesday. Limpopo Social Development MEC Nkakareng Rakgoale said the child was gang-raped. Rakgoale […]
The company has won plaudits for its admission of forced labour in the Thai seafood industry but much of the supply chain remains hidden It’s hard to think of an issue that you would less like your company to be associated with than modern slavery. Yet last November Nestlé, the world’s largest foodmaker and one […]
By Tanasia Kenney A popular South Carolina promoter and disc jockey appeared in court Monday on human trafficking and child sex crimes charges, Florence station WBTW reported. Jason Roger Pope, 42, remains in jail without bond after withdrawing his request for a bond hearing. Pope’s attorney, Mary Parham, didn’t give a reason for the withdrawal. The local […]
A Houston family is sharing their heartbreak after their teenage daughter ended her own life. Family members say 15-year-old Letty Serrano commit suicide Saturday — saying she could no longer live with her pain. Two years ago, she disappeared. She told her family she was drugged and sold into a sex trafficking ring. Days later […]
by Junie Sihlangu Police Minister, General Bheki Cele and the South African Police Service (SAPS) launched a #SAPS Men Mobilisation awareness campaign on 14 October 2019, in Pretoria. At the event, steps to reporting a missing person and the Ministerial Six-Point Plan were shared. The campaign was hosted through the SAPS’ ‘Men for Change’ structure. The structure is […]
Ninow said he didn’t know what was going through his mind when he violated the little girl. He blamed alcohol and drugs as contributing factors to him raping her. PRETORIA – Nicholas Ninow has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the rape of a seven-year-old girl in the toilet cubicle of the Dros restaurant in […]
Boitumelo Matsekoleng died yesterday after having been in ICU at the Pietersburg Provincial Hospital for the past two weeks UPDATE POLOKWANE – “A 34-year-old man was rescued by police after having been assaulted by the community. He was then arrested,” Police Spokesperson, Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo said. The man was charged with abduction, rape and murder. POLOKWANE […]
BY NEWS STAFF Police across Ontario and Quebec say they’ve dismantled a sophisticated human trafficking ring run by an organized crime group that allegedly forced dozens of women and underage girls to work in the sex trade. On Wednesday, police in York Region announced more than 300 charges after 34 search warrants were executed last week […]
Law lecturer at Vaal University of Technology (VUT), Arvitha Doodnath, was found dead inside her car near the Joburg Zoo in Parktown on Saturday, in what appeared to be an attempted hijacking, EWN reported. She was a law lecturer, gender activist and Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) researcher, according to Times Select. Doodnath reportedly led a campaign against gender-based […]
Children, young girls – some as young as 9 years old – are being bought and sold for sex in America. By JOHN W. WHITEHEAD Children, young girls – some as young as 9 years old – are being bought and sold for sex in America. The average age for a young woman being sold for sex is now 13 years […]
The South African Council of Educators said it dealt with complaints of corporal punishment, verbal abuse, sexual misconduct and rape. by Babalo Ndenze CAPE TOWN – The South African Council of Educators (SACE) on Wednesday told Members of Parliament that reports of sexual abuse by teachers rose by more than 230% in the last five years. The council […]
A U.N. report revealed that 87,000 women were murdered last year, and over half were killed by intimate partners or family members By Alanna Vagianos The most dangerous place for women is in their own homes, a new report from the United Nations concludes. The U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) released the “Global […]
by NORMAN CLOETE Cape Town – She did what she did every day: take a taxi to and from work. Eerste River to Bellville was her daily routine. But one afternoon, all that changed for a young mother who was raped in a taxi outside a mall. Kelly, whose identity is being withheld, is an […]
A Fort Worth Child Protective Services employee was arrested for soliciting children for sex. Adrian Martinez, 44, is charged with online solicitation of a child and was taken to the Tarrant County Jail on Tuesday. A CPS spokesperson says Martinez was removed from caseworker duties and placed on administrative leave as soon as they learned […]
By DUNCAN GUY People need to realise that indulging in pornography and buying sex fuels the market for human trafficking and the cycle of abuse. This is according to ex-Hawks investigator Marcel van der Watt who is now a Unisa academic specialising in human trafficking. “People using these services care little whether they involve victims […]