Category : Blog
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The Death of Daria Pionko Shows There is No “Safe” Way to Manage Prostitution
Posted on Wednesday, March 23 rd, 2016 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.Daria Pionko was supposed to be safe. Or safer, anyway. That, at least, was part of the thinking behind the “managed prostitution area” established in the Holbeck area of Leeds in June 2014 and officially announced the following October. It was a...
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Ridiculing Trafficking Victims
Posted on Thursday, October 15 th, 2015 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.By admin Judith Mirkinson “The daily comics are not known to be bastions of feminist thought but a strip in the San Francisco Chronicle on Saturday September 29, 2012 was particularly egregious. I speak of Tundra by Chad Carpenter which had ...
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Flash Flood Tragedy in Hildale, Ut
Posted on Friday, September 25 th, 2015 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.A community mourns, but fractures remain after Hildale floods kill 12 By NATE CARLISLE | The Salt Lake Tribune Sep 15 2015 Hildale • Washes divide Hildale, Utah, and adjoining Colorado City, Ariz. A big one, called Short Creek Wash, is supposed to ...
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Links between pornography and prostitution
Posted on Sunday, September 06 th, 2015 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.Many people – from politicians and celebrities to exited survivors of prostitution – are outraged at the decision of the prominent human rights group, Amnesty International, to advocate full decriminalisation of prostitution, including sex buyers...
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Demand Abolition: A Brief Review of the Evidence on the Consequences of Legalizing or Decriminalizing Prostitution
Posted on Sunday, August 02 nd, 2015 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.Fact Sheet on Decriminalization Demand Abolition The idea that legalizing or decriminalizing commercial sex would reduce its harms is a persistent myth. Many claim if the sex trade were legal, regulated, and treated like any other profession it would...
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Hundreds of women’s groups and advocates protest Amnesty International’s proposed prostitution policy.
Posted on Wednesday, July 29 th, 2015 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.Over 400 women’s groups & advocates sign letter protesting Amnesty International’s position on prostitution. Hundreds of women’s groups and advocates protest Amnesty International’s proposed prostitution policy. appeared ...
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Nevada’s Sex Trafficking Laws
Posted on Tuesday, June 02 nd, 2015 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.We are very proud of Nevada’s sex trafficking statute and consider it ideal. Nevada’s New Sex Trafficking Statute Under NRS 201.300(2) That statute expressly provides that the consent of the victim of the sex trafficking to an act of pros...
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Bullying Story – Greatest Gifts
Posted on Wednesday, May 27 th, 2015 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.This is my story of being bullied as a child. Thank goodness there was no Internet back then! This might explain why I have such a passion for the underdog. Christine
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SPARK Artists: The death and life of self-love
Posted on Wednesday, December 17 th, 2014 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.By SPARKsummit by Montgomery Jones I don’t have a lick of artistic blood in my body, so I am entranced with my SPARK sister Jazmin Martinez’s art exhibit “The Body Collage Project,” which incorporates heavy topics, cultural celebrat...
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Officer James Nichols Should Be Fired From LAPD
Posted on Thursday, June 05 th, 2014 by Voices for Dignity 2 Comments.Officer James Nichols of the LAPD has allegedly been extorting, assaulting, and raping the most vulnerable women in Los Angeles because he knew he could get away with it. Who are these vulnerable women? Those who have had a difficult life, experienc...
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Breaking Down the Barriers: A Study of How Women Exit Prostitution
Posted on Tuesday, May 27 th, 2014 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.Download brochure. Women need dedicated support to exit prostitution. This is an extremely cost-effective way of preventing further physical or emotional harm associated with their continued involvement in prostitution.
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New Spokesperson – Carlaya Lewis
Posted on Monday, September 09 th, 2013 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.Voices for Dignity is proud to announce that radio personality Carlaya Lewis has agreed to become the official spokesperson in our fight against human trafficking. Carlaya Lewis is an on-air radio personality, also known as the “Queen of Flow...
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Journalistic & Legal Failures Regarding Prostitution
Posted on Friday, August 23 rd, 2013 by Voices for Dignity one Comment.“Nationwide sex trafficking sting includes 42 arrests in Las Vegas” – That article was reported by John Treanor. “The biggest mission like this in history from New York to California, locals and federal agents worked together...
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Just Because We’re Teens Doesn’t Mean Our Voices Don’t Matter
Posted on Wednesday, June 12 th, 2013 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.By SPARKsummit by Georgia Luckhurst The other day, while I was sitting eating lunch with some friends, one of my newest friends asked: “Georgia, are you a feminist?” Only a year ago, I’d have responded with utter scorn, as back then I still w...
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Abducted: From Victim to Survivor
Posted on Wednesday, May 15 th, 2013 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.When reports of rescued abduction survivors Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight flooded my Facebook and Twitter feeds, I couldn’t help but be reminded of the fateful sunny evening in a suburb of Chicago when Robert Koppa, a man on pa...
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