http://www.somaly.org/news Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:03:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Somaly Mam joins activist Eve Ensler, actress Reese Witherspoon, Dr. Denis Mukwege, Ambassador-at-Large Luis CdeBaca, journalist Judy Woodruff, and experts in the field for a global summit on violence against women. The Global Partnership to End Violence Against Women Summit, which is being held during the week of March 8th in ... http://www.somaly.org/news/somaly-mam-leads-the-call-for-action-at-the-summit-to-end-violence-against-women/ by Bill Livermore When Idaho Baptist church members were recently arrested for trying to take 33 Haitian children out of the country without proper documentation, many here in the U.S. applauded the group for take-charge altruism in the midst of chaos. However noble the group’s intentions may have been, this action ... http://www.somaly.org/news/wrongheaded-rescue/ [caption id="" align="alignright" width="314" caption="Cambodian girls hold up glasses of the before and after water at the M'Lop Tapang Center for Street Children"][/caption] A Child's Right provides clean and affordable water to children in orphanages, street shelters, rescue homes, schools, and hospitals around the world.  The organization recently partnered with The ... http://www.somaly.org/news/water-is-a-childs-right/ [caption id="" align="alignright" width="314" caption="In-store campaign display"][/caption] The Body Shop stands as a model for how corporations can make a difference. The Somaly Mam Foundation has partnered with The Body Shop and their Stop Sex Trafficking of Children and Young People Campaign to raise funds and awareness to combat the epidemic ... http://www.somaly.org/news/the-body-shop-speaks-out-for-trafficked-children/ Dear Friends, I'd like to extend my deepest thanks to all of you on behalf of the victims that your support has helped rescue, shelter, and heal. The support has been a gift of life and new dreams for so many young women and girls. Srey Mai is one of these girls. ... http://www.somaly.org/news/please-support-survivors-of-human-trafficking-your-support-is-a-gift-of-life/ January 11th is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day and the month of January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month

. Show your support for survivors, buy a survivor-made Akun bracelet and wear it to tell the world about human trafficking!

 Please share this with your friends and family, together we ... http://www.somaly.org/news/monday-january-11-is-national-human-trafficking-awareness-day/ This holiday season, give an extra thoughtful gift - one that gives back to help support victims of child sex trafficking. The Body Shop has designed an inspirational collection of limited edition gift bags and gift boxes, which can be filled with your own selection of festive products for the ... http://www.somaly.org/news/shop-the-body-shop-and-support-us-when-you-get-a-gift-box-or-bag-this-holiday-season/ Long Pross, a human trafficking survivor who was sold into sexual slavery at the age of 13, will be featured on the Oprah Winfrey show on Tuesday December 1st. According to the Somaly Mam Foundation, a nonprofit organization committed to ending modern day slavery, human trafficking is a serious and ... http://www.somaly.org/news/slavery-survivor-to-be-featured-on-the-oprah-winfrey-show-tuesday-december-1-2009/ Each year the Foundation will award scholarships to survivors of sex trafficking. These funds, which are made available for a one-year period that begins on September 1 and ends on August 31, can be used for education, vocational training, advocacy programs, entrepreneurial enterprises, or other survivor-led initiatives or activities that ... http://www.somaly.org/news/somaly-mam-foundation-scholarship-trust-fund/ December 1st – As part of a two part series inspired by Pulitzer Prize winners Nicolas Kristof and his wife, Sheryl Wudunn's new book "Half the Sky," the Oprah Winfrey Show will feature the story of Long Pross, a victim of sexual slavery who survived horrific atrocities and now serves ... http://www.somaly.org/news/dec-1st-the-oprah-winfrey-show-will-share-the-story-of-sexual-slavery-survivor-long-pross/