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Policy|January 23, 2020

Shared Hope International Launches Institute for Justice & Advocacy in Washington, D.C.


New center is a home for education, research and training of advocates and stakeholders in the fight to end sex trafficking and eliminate bias against victims WASHINGTON, Jan. 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)...

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Policy|January 23, 2020

Shared Hope International Launches Institute for Justice & Advocacy in Washington, D.C.


New center is a home for education, research and training of advocates and stakeholders in the fight to end sex trafficking and eliminate bias against victims WASHINGTON, Jan. 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)...

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Awareness|December 20, 2019

When Difficult News is the Most Important News


Sometimes the most important news is the most difficult to hear. On the same day that Shared Hope International celebrated the release of our 9th annual Protected Innocence Challenge report cards, we...

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Commentary|December 3, 2019

States’ Laws Say “Kids Are Not Prostitutes.” So Why Are They Still Being Punished?


During the 2019 legislative session, nine states passed[1] critical legal reform measures to protect child sex trafficking victims from being prosecuted for prostitution, commonly referred to as “Safe Harbor” laws. However, as...

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Commentary|March 13, 2019

Child Victims of Sex Trafficking Receive Mixed Messages: If We Aren’t ‘Aggressors’ Then Why are We Arrested?


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...

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