News and Updates
Please read below to learn more about recent current events at FAIR Fund. Our newsletters offer highlights of current programs and an overview of issues related to women's rights and gender-based violence in regions where FAIR Fund is active.
Press Releases and Articles
8/10/10
CNN, "'Men paid to rape me' via Craigslist"
8/9/10
BBC UK, "US law enforcement 'failing on child prostitution"
8/9/10
The Washington Post, "Sex-trafficking opponents fight Craigslist's 'adult services' ad"
8/9/10
British Telegraph, "Craigslist accused of being 'hub for child prostitution'"
8/4/10
CNN, "Sold on Craigslist: Critics say sex ad crackdown inadequate"
6/3/10
Washington Life, "FAIR Fund's 4th annual signature gala, Pearls of Purpose"
5/17/10
Fox 5 News,Washington D.C., "FAIR Fund Fights Human Trafficking in the District"
5/4/10
FAIR Fund's youth advocate and survivor, Asia, speaks out with Demi Moore, the Rebecca Project, and other young women survivors of trafficking on Capitol Hill on May 4, 2010. Read ABC's story, Child Sex Trafficking Growing in the U.S.:' I Got My Childhood Taken From Me.'
4/30/10
Craigslist makes 1/3 of it's revenue from erotica advertisements. Many of these advertisements sell teenage girls. More than 50% of FAIR Fund's U.S. clients have been sold on Craigslist. FAIR Fund's Executive Director shares her views on Salon.com.
2/22/10
Trafficking of youth in Haiti is a serious problem. Read FAIR Fund's Executive Director's commentary on WAMU NPR on the intersections between child trafficking in Haiti and the United States.
1//5/10
Washington's WTOP.com 103.5 FM: Maryland man pleads guilty to sex trafficking of minors - "Lewis was caught as part of an undercover police sting in May. D.C. Police arrested two girls , 14 and 16, for prostitution near 14th St. and K st. in Northwest."
7/1/09
The Washington Examiner, July 1, 2009: Prosecutors say wealthy residents used slave labor - "People are so desperate to come to the U.S. that they are willing to put up with all kinds of abuse, including slavery."
6/26/09
The New York Post, June 26, 2009: FAIR Fund Vanessa Noel event mentioned in Page Six's "We Hear...".
6/16/09
"FAIR Fund Supports Call for Partnership at U.S. Department of State’s 2009 Trafficking in Persons Report Press Conference": Watch the press conference and read more.
3/9/09
National Public Radio, Intern Edition: Survivor Battles D.C. Teen Sex Trafficking - "They’re American girls who have been sex trafficked here. Tonight, they’re working…just blocks from the White House. "
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