Summary: Teenage binge drinking is linked to altered gene expression in the brain, specifically the central nucleus of the amygdala. Adolescent rats exposed to alcohol had increased levels of miR-137, resulting in lower expression of proteins essential for healthy neuron growth. During adulthood, these rats displayed higher levels of anxiety and an increased preference for alcohol […]
Children, young girls – some as young as 9 years old – are being bought and sold for sex in America. 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 old. […]
KAILENE PILLAY Durban – Police believe they may have uncovered a human trafficking ring operating from Phoenix in Durban after they arrested a 37-year-old man who allegedly exploited teenagers by selling them as sex slaves. Details of the crimes, which allegedly also include forcefully taking semi-naked pictures of young girls, emerged after one of them […]
EXCLUSIVE: Heartbreakingly high suicide figures reveal the struggle nurses face on a daily basis By Alan Selby More than 300 nurses have taken their own lives in just seven years, shocking new figures reveal. During the worst year, one was dying by suicide EVERY WEEK as Tory cuts began to bite deep into the NHS. Today victims’ […]
Citizen reporter In addition to working in deplorable conditions, their living conditions on the premises were also deemed “uninhabitable”. Image for illustration only: iStock The employer was paying foreign nationals, including children, R6.50 an hour, and forcing them to work and live in deplorable conditions. A joint operation by SAPS, the department of employment and […]
Chrisuné Vermeulen Mpumalanga police held an operation to rescue a large group allegedly kept against their will for prostitution. The police have rescued 104 women believed to have been kept against their will as prostitutes during raids in eMalahleni, reports Witbank News. The paper reported on the chaos in the central business district on October 22.It […]
Citizen reporter An unknown man, understood to be the security guard, attempted to flee but was apprehended. Nineteen men were rescued after being held hostage by an alleged human trafficker in a house in Mondeor, south of Johannesburg, on Friday. According to the South African Police Service, an operation by the Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime […]
It’s possibly one of the toughest calls a parent can make – personally having your own child arrested for drug possession to ensure early education and treatment and avoid a life of addiction. But as the heroin epidemic in Emfuleni – as with Europe, North America and South Africa – intensifies leaving untold March 14, […]
Why does the dangerous and painful practice of female genital mutilation persist in so many countries across the world? At least 200 million girls and women alive today have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM), the partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, also known as “cutting”.It’s a practice most prevalent in Africa, the Middle East […]
Toronto Police Service Detective Constable Lisa Belanger (L) and Inspector Joanna Beaven-Desjardins of the Toronto Police Service Sex Crimes Unit (R) announce hundreds of arrests in a global child exploitation investigation Project Spade on Nov. 14. at a press conference at Toronto Police Headquarters.Toronto Police via EPANov. 15, 2013, 5:37 AM SASTBy Daniella Silva, NBC News […]
By Tim Swarens More than 1 million children, according to the International Labour Organization, are exploited each year in the commercial sex trade. IndyStar columnist Tim Swarens, through the support of a Society of Professional Journalists fellowship, spent more than a year investigating a lucrative business where children are abused with low risk to buyers or traffickers, […]
By Aisha Abdool Karim and Madison Yauger Forum hears recommendations to fight gender-based violence A better community response to gender-based violence was necessary as well as visible policing, Glenda Gray, South African Medical Research Council President, said at a forum on Tuesday. “When we hear our neighbours screaming, we have an obligation to ring that bell, phone security […]
WRITTEN BY JEWELL BARAKA After being trafficked in porn for nearly a year, a 15-year old girl is finally free. The crimes perpetrated against her are clear because they were recorded and posted on porn websites. Sex trafficking has been most often associated with prostitution, but as this case reminds us sex trafficking also happens in […]
30 OCTOBER 2019, 07:11AM / CHELSEA NTULI Pretoria – Children in South African are at considerable risk of becoming victims of sexual exploitation as a result of high levels of violence, inequality and poverty. In a new briefing paper launched yesterday by the global network of civil society organisations that works to end the sexual exploitation of […]
Photos of the marriage.WOMEN’S RIGHTS / IRAN– 09/06/2019 Rare video of underage marriage in Iran: the ‘bride’ is aged 11 Become an Observer ContributeA video showing an 11-year-old girl marrying her 22-year-old cousin in rural Iran has drawn new attention to a practice many Iranians believe to be in decline. But our Observer says child marriage is […]
Prince Harry and rugby star Gareth Thomas joined players and people living with HIV to talk about the importance of testing By Simon Perry Video: blob:https://people.com/bab84a3b-9b0e-4045-b33d-64161991956f Prince Harry and a sporting legend joined forces on Friday to help highlight the need for more understanding about HIV — and to beat the stigma surrounding testing. Harry teamed up […]
Laura Stuart told officers her partner was threatening ‘to finish her’ three days before attack Emma Snaith Friday 16 August 2019 14:00 A woman was killed by her ex-boyfriend after reporting his abuse to police 18 times before her death, it has emerged. Laura Stuart was subjected to escalating “distress, isolation and humiliation” in the two years […]
by Staff reporter MORE than 30 Zimbabwean women suspected to be victims of human trafficking were rescued by South African police from brothels in eMalahleni, formerly Witbank, in Mpumalanga province where their captors used them as sex slaves. The Zimbabweans were part of a group of 50 victims among them males, from other countries which […]
As the police we urge the members of the community to be vigilant for false recruitment. A human trafficking awareness campaign was held in Soshanguve recently. Soshanguve police teamed up with the CPF and other stakeholders to host the event at the Glory Ministry Church on Thursday. Constable Portia Sebone said the event updated the community on how […]
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 […]