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In February, Kansas Judge Michael Gibbens came under fire in national news for claiming that two girls, ages 13 and 14, acted as “aggressors” in a situation of exploitation in which a 67-year-old male, Eugene Soden, paid them to have sex. While public reaction to Gibbens ruling was appropriately...

She had an idea, and followed it! You start with your first invitation, and someone in the audience asks you to come to their group, and someone there asks you to their school, and the ripples multiply until you have to build a local team of Ambassadors to keep up!As...

        Joint Statement by Shared Hope International and Center for Combating Human Trafficking on Sentencing by Kansas Judge Michael Gibbens Under Federal and Kansas state law, persons who purchase sex from minors commit child sex trafficking; in fact, Kansas law specifically criminalizes such conduct as “Aggravated Human Trafficking.”...

There is a lot of work and time required of Ambassadors as they support the work of Shared Hope in communities across the nation. Regional Coordinator, Amy Ryan Rued, and her husband, Jack, work closely with the Ohio Ambassadors, and specifically Greg Pace: "Here in central Ohio we do everything we can...

This year the 2019 JuST (Juvenile Sex Trafficking) Conference will be hosted October 15 - 17 Cincinnati, OH! In the center of Cincinnati, a few blocks from beautiful views of the Ohio river, we'll gather anti-trafficking professionals, experts and advocates from around the country for 3 days of inspiring...

As a part of Human Trafficking Awareness we want to bring you the stories of Ambassadors of Hope, our trained volunteers, who are working hard on the ground to prevent sex trafficking. Follow our series, releasing every Tuesday this month! You can apply to become an Ambassador here. [easy-tweet tweet="Follow...

Giving Tuesday is here! We hope you’ll take part in this tremendous day of global giving on behalf of children like Ajay.As a little boy, he had no hope. Dreams of a future? Not for this little Nepalese child. School wasn’t an option … and he had to keep his...

On November 16 we released the 2018 Protected Innocence Challenge State Grades. This year, with our new tools, you can be a grassroots hero by sharing your state grade with your legislator! Click the Take Action button to visit our new Advocacy Action Center to tweet your legislator.If you don't have a Twitter account, you also...

PRESS RELEASE On the heels of a divisive mid-term election, a new report released today by Shared Hope International reveals an encouraging bi-partisan trend: individuals are coming together to fight child sex trafficking.  Shared Hope’s annual Protected Innocence Challenge State Grades analyzes state laws to protect juvenile sex trafficking survivors...