On December 31, 2015 US President Obama proclaimed January 2016 as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention month. The proclamation asks us to “recognize the victims of trafficking,” and “resolve to build a future in which their perpetrators are brought Read More
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Tips for Survivors Seeking a Protective Order
Rebecca Shuflin is one of our past Live Your Dream Awards recipients. She’s a domestic violence survivor, mother of six, social worker, and Master of Social Work (MSW) Candidate. With her expertise and personal experience she helped us create this short video containing Tips for Read More
Breaking the Silence About Sexual Violence
If it is true that it never too late to be transformed by the power of a story, it is also true that there is no statute of limitations on our ability to become a transformer. In 1991, Florence Holway, Read More
#STOPtrafficking during the FIFA World Cup
Rose was just 11 years old when her mother sent her to the streets of Recife, a city in northeast Brazil, to beg for money. On the streets Rose, like other street children, was vulnerable to trafficking and soon became Read More
Watch Brave Stories of Domestic Abuse – TED Talks
Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury among women. And the abuse does not stop in the home. It follows women to work, threatening their productivity and safety, and the safety of their coworkers. Learn more about how domestic Read More
International Women’s Day: What is YOUR dream for women and girls?
More than 100 years ago, a woman named Clara Zetkin had a dream. Clara was the leader of the “Women’s Office” for the Social Democratic Party in Germany. At that time, women in most countries did not have the right Read More
Pay Equity May No Longer Be a Dream in California
For the last decade many of us have decried our inability to achieve true gender pay equity. Nationwide, women continue to earn 78% of what men do for comparable jobs. And in the last year, studies have shown dramatic gender-based Read More
Amnesty’s Misguided Resolution
On August 11 Amnesty International’s (AI) governing body adopted a resolution supporting the legalization of “consensual” sex work. You can read the press release regarding this decision here. Frankly, I’ve been a bit angry about it. I haven’t been a Read More
The Good, Bad and Ugly about FIFA Women’s World Cup
It was so exciting to see the U.S. Women’s National Team win the Women’s World Cup yesterday. I watched many Women’s World Cup (WWC) matches over the last few weeks (i.e., not just those involving the US) and noticed some Read More
Focus on Pay Equity, Not Work-Life Balance
Robin Abcarian in the Los Angeles Times highlights another pay equity lawsuit–this one filed by women lawyers who had been working for Farmers Insurance. The lawsuit claims not only were they paid less than men (some of whom had less Read More