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AMMAN – Child marriage has repercussions on human development throughout all stages of women’s lives, according to a recent study by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). The study, titled “The cost of child marriage over the life cycle of girls and women”, was published in September 2023. Its findings are…
Posted on September 20, 2023 Read the original on CuriousRealm.com here. In the first part of this episode of the Curious Realm host Christopher Jordan welcomes founder of Radical Empathy Education Foundation and co-founder of PBJ Learning, Billy Joe Cain. We discuss recent developments in the cause of human trafficking prevention, and how groundbreaking technologies like Virtual Reality can…
EVANSTON, IL — A former Northwestern University cheerleader who says she suffered sexual assaults and sexual harassment at the hands of wealthy donors to the athletic department can continue her lawsuit against the university and several current and former school officials. Harden Richardson, 24, joined the cheerleading team in 2018 after transferring to Northwestern as…
Photo by Christine Roy Twenty-first-century fascism is the dictatorship of big money. Finance, fossil fuels giants, other large corporations, and the military-industrial complex, have effectively merged with the state, calling the shots in Washington. An immense surveillance and propaganda machine is at their disposal. Narrative and information control is the first line of defense but the militarized…
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has unveiled its Strategic Enforcement Plan (SEP) for Fiscal Years 2024-2028 to further fair and inclusive workplaces. The SEP aims to coordinate the EEOC’s efforts over multiple years to advance equal employment opportunities. It builds upon prior plans, incorporating public input and reaffirming the EEOC’s mission. The EEOC’s…
House Deputy Speaker and labor leader Democrito C. Mendoza on Wednesday suggested the country should launch programs and “whole-of-society” response against rising cases of illegal recruitment and human trafficking to save Filipinos lives. The “pandemic of human trafficking” has threatened thousands of Filipinos who “just want to provide a decent life for their families,” said Mendoza….
Throughout Abron Arrington’s decades-long incarceration in Colorado, he often found himself in solitary confinement—not because he was causing trouble, but simply because he refused to work. He didn’t see the point given he was paid 13 cents an hour and figured his time could be better spent learning physics. Before Arrington was incarcerated in 1989,…
Experts have said that Savannah has an acute sex trafficking problem. Compared to communities of similar size and population, Savannah is a target largely because of the ports, the I-95 corridor and the tourism industry, in addition to relatively close proximity to major sex trafficking hubs, such as Miami, Atlanta and Tampa. On Sept. 20,…
PRESS RELEASE: 19 September 2023 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WARNING: ACTIVISTS IN BRUSSELS WEAR HAZMAT SUITS AS THE INTERNET IS A DANGER ZONE FOR KIDS. A EUROPE-WIDE COALITION MARCHED ON THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT TODAY TO DEMAND ACTION ON CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE REGULATION The coalition’s aims are supported by a majority of European citizens according to new data…
The 2024 threat assessment from the Department of Homeland Security says domestic and foreign adversaries likely will continue to threaten the integrity of U.S. critical infrastructure—including the transportation sector—over the next year, in part because they perceive targeting these sectors would have cascading impacts on U.S. industries and the American way of life. “From attacks…
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