I’m in Ohio for the 4th Annual Conference on Prostitution, Sex Work and the Commercial Sex Industry and here’s a few news links to read up on while I’m presenting here.
A federal trial is starting in California involving no less than 3 pimps who forced a 12 year old girl into prostitution on the streets [...]
I’ve talked with hundreds of adult youth workers in fields like foster care, juvenile justice, homeless and runaway youth, schools of all kinds, mental health inpatient and outpatient places, health clinics, substance abuse treatment programs who’ve met youth who are currently or have been involved in the sex trade. However most said they had no [...]
So usually I find five news items a week that catch my eye and post them here. But this week I just couldn’t make up my mind so here’s double the usual news items because there is a lot going on.
In Rochester, NY, a woman was charged with pimping a 13 year old family member.
In [...]
So a few months back I wrote about Ludacris being recognized for his song and work by the National Runaway Switchboard. My friend Victoria’s recent comments had me thinking about hip hop and youth work.
First I think on the practical side that if you work with young people involved in the sex trade (or even [...]
Often in workshops and discussions I’ve shared with teens about the sex trade, youth will try to explain that they know girls 11, 12, 13 years old who are having sex a lot with guys are much older who give the girls stuff too. But the girls don’t consider what they are doing to be [...]
Here are a few news links for the week.
Indiana is looking into homeless and runaway youth, especially rural youth are struggling even more. In Sacramento, CA though a local homeless youth center just got a wonderful new home. Take a look>>
A teen runaway is credited with bringing a woman running a escort service and recruiting [...]
Some of you have already heard that I’m working on a report on mandated reporting and how it affects youth workers working with youth impacted by the sex trade.
It’s a question I hear often - if you work with minors involved in trading sex for money - what do you do about mandated reporting?
Every state [...]
I’ve read some research and heard some people talk about youth having sex for designer or luxury items. I have a different perspective than most it seems on this issue. I recently had the chance to strongly present my case to someone and I thought I’d share my perspective here.
I believe strongly that youth desires [...]
Here’s the news that caught my eye this week.
While a major trial is happening in Vancouver for one serial killer, Winnipeg is coming to the conclusion they have more than one serial killer still targeting women and youth on the streets.
A seventeen-year-old young woman Fonasa Lynn Bruyere, who went missing in August, was just identified [...]
The Young Women’s Empowerment Project worked together with the Committee on Women, Population and the Environment to develop a booklet for youth on the issue of Gardasil.
A little while back Gardasil hit the market, newly approved by the FDA, as a vaccine against some types of the human papillomavirus (HPV). A few types of HPV [...]
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