By Nancy Winston, Senior Director For Linda Smith, it all began with a filthy wisp of a girl, bold enough to cling to her skirt as she experienced India’s wretched brothels for the first time. Jolted into suddenly believing what had seemed just too far-fetched—that children were being sold for sex on the streets of […]
Walking Through History: Shared Hope Reflects on Women’s History Month Part 1
By: Shauna Devitt, Senior Communications Manager In March we celebrate Women’s History Month, a time to commemorate and celebrate women; women in history, women in the workforce, women who are breaking barriers, women working to eradicate sex trafficking. Women like Shared Hope International’s Founder and President, Linda Smith, who has been a pioneer legislator and […]
Pornography and Trafficking: Unpacking the Links
Written by Dr. Gail Dines, a Professor Emerita of Sociology and Women’s Studies In the 1970s and 80s, feminists argued that prostitution could not be separated from porn, or as Andrea Dworkin so succinctly stated, “porn is prostitution with the camera going.”[i] Over the ensuing decades, however, there have been both theoretical and political attempts […]
The Choice
Written by Pastor Nick and Jo Lembo A question asked by many Christians who care deeply about others, especially for the vulnerable and the oppressed is, “Why doesn’t God stop evil people who hurt children?” It seems there is a conflict between what we believe about our loving God (who knows us personally and gave […]
From Coppertone to Cuties
In Shared Hope’s 22 years of fighting against the sex trafficking of minors in the USA, we have watched the sexualization of children change with the culture. The 1950’s Coppertone billboard of the tan little girl with her dog pulling down her swimsuit, is now a tame discussion as we’ve watched ads for all sorts of products slowly slide towards the exposure of more […]
