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The Swedish Approach to Prostitution, Part I
For the past eleven years, Sweden has taken a unique approach to prostitution. In 1999, the Swedish government passed a law making it a crime to pay for sex. The selling of...
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Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the U.S. House of Representatives
Linda Smith submits testimony to the US Helsinki Commission. Human Rights Commission of the U.S. House of Representatives
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Senate proposes legislation to address sex trafficking of American youth
In our own backyard, children are prostituted on main streets across America. Instead of shying away from the uncomfortable reality that over 100,000 U.S. children are prostituted every year within U.S. borders,...
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Why does the exchange of money for sex with a child convert a child rapist into a “john”?
A sex offender is a person convicted of a sexual offense, such as rape, sexual assault, or lewdness. Our society treats sex offenders as criminals. We try them in court, and if...
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Breaking the Silence against Child Sex Trafficking in America
There was a time when “domestic violence” didn’t exist. Merely forty years ago, society was silent when women were violated in the home; yet today, domestic violence is strongly prohibited, and programs...
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