Some new interesting sites I have found.

New movie due out this April-
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809420398/info- Watch the trailor

Updates-
http://www.oprah.com/tows/slide/200601/20060125/slide_20060125_284_111.jhtml

The Facts-
http://www.oprah.com/tows/pastshows/200511/tows_past_20051102_b.jhtml

General Information regarding Women and Children-
http://www.answers.com/topic/trafficking-in-human-beings

http://www.unfpa.org/gender/empowerment.htm

http://www.amnestyusa.org/women/index.do

http://www.unicef.org/media/media_37474.html

http://allafrica.com/stories/200612110011.html

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/domestic/women

Sponsoring another women who needs your help-
http://www.womenforwomen.org/index.htm?gclid=CIqvxt_auIoCFSfSYAodE046Og

http://care.org/getinvolved/women/?source=170740300000&WT.srch=1

Fight against female mutilation-
http://www.childinfo.org/areas/fgmc/

Stop trafficking NOW-
http://www.iast.net/
and
http://www.iast.net/howtohelp.htm

http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/trafficking

http://www.catwinternational.org/

http://www.america.cry.org/ChildRights.asp?gclid=CKPXy73cuIoCFSXLYAodkRvXOw

http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/9107.pdf- ADOBE version

http://www.hrw.org/about/projects/traffcamp/intro.html

http://www.polarisproject.org/polarisproject/

http://www.interpol.int/Public/THB/default.asp

http://www.protectionproject.org/aus.htm

http://www.oprah.com/uyl/volunteer/children/vol_children_atrisk_25.jhtml

Photos-
http://www.gtipphotos.state.gov/gtip.cfm?type=image&galleryID=542&id=1

Welcome to the NEW Empowering Women Blog!

My name is Jessica Boltze and I am 25 years old. Last year I saw an Oprah show, which featured Ricky Martin talking about how the children of the world were being sold as sex slaves. More recently I saw another movie on the topic and thought that I had to do something!! So we are...trying to get the word out and stop the monsters in their tracks. What can we do? Please leave your comments and check back frequently to discover ways we can all fight this global problem together!

Empower the women in your life or yourself!

Let's link together ladies and make this world a better place for us and our children! Knowledge is power!

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http://www.rickymartinfoundation.org/english/default.aspx
The difference between Human Trafficking & Human Smuggling:
Human smuggling refers to services provided to migrants in order for them to cross the borders illegally. While, smuggling is primarily understood as a crime against the state, and trafficking refers to the commitment of a crime against a person.
According to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime in 2002, “trafficking in persons’ shall mean the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another purpose, for the purpose of exploitation.
Exploitation shall include, at a minimum, the exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labor or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or the removal of organs”.