A consistently long line of women at the Altanta Police Headquarters attracted the attention of AJC reporter Megan Matteucci.  When she investigated the situation, she discovered that the dried up economy was pushing more and more women to apply for permits to perform in the adult entertainment industry to make ends meet.


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While I was looking for more information on the restavek issue in Haiti, I came across this very informative and provoking video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhdttD70GEw.  It does an excellent job of explaining the situation, the causes, responses from Haitian families, and responses from involved Haitian organizations.  The video was posted in September of 2007--another jolting reminder that child slavery is not just a new problem brought to light because of terrible natural disaster but rather a longstanding function of Haitian society, which is

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More than aftershocks threaten the children of Haiti.  ABC reports fifteen children have already been documented as missing in the company of persons not their parents.  Children without parents and relatives to protect them in the physical and societal collapse following the earthquake are left more vulnerable than ever to human traffickers looking for a quick profit.  But the threat isn’t new. 


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Friday, October 30, ABC published an investigative report on child labor in the blueberry fields of Michigan, Arkansas, New Jersey, and North Carolina; their efforts not only raised awareness about agricultural practices here in the U.S.

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Last week The New York Times published the second and last article in their series on runaway children and brought to light the connection between the economic recession and the proliferation of sex trafficking. With a job market that is increasingly exiling not only legitimate careers but especially the unskilled labor of teenagers, more and more children bear the brunt of their parents’ frustration through abuse or are evicted because of rising costs of living.

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