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Survivors of Child Sex Trafficking are Never the Aggressor
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...
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Progress Without Protection: How State Laws Are Punishing Child Sex Trafficking Victims
Over the past 7 years of the Protected Innocence Challenge, states have made substantial progress – 47 states have raised their grade, and while the majority of states were failing in 2011,...
Read MoreShared Hope to Oppose California AB 1402
Tomorrow morning, Tuesday, April 25th the Public Safety committee of the California Assembly will hold a hearing on Assembly Bill 1402. You can listen to the hearing here live, beginning at 8:30...
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Why does it matter?
Wrestling with the intersectionality of language and response As lawyers and activists, Shared Hope’s Policy Team is frequently fielding the question, “Why does it matter?” “Why does it matter what language we...
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California Recognizes Kids are Victims, Not Criminals
New law in line with national movement to protect juvenile sex trafficking victims California’s SB 1322 went into effect on January 1. This bill not only sparked a fiery discussion centered on one...
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