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On March 16, 2009, U.S. based television network MTV officially announced the release of a new anime video designed to raise awareness about human trafficking in Asia.

The international community is increasing efforts to end impunity for systematic rape and sexual slavery during armed conflicts.

It is widely recognized that human trafficking within Southern Africa is a bustling trade but, one that is difficult to track because of its clandestine nature.

Human trafficking is the modern day practice of slavery. Each year traffickers generate billions of dollars in profits at the expense of hundreds of thousands of people.

The third largest illegal market in the world, human trafficking is the current slavery that did not end with the civil war.

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LRA rebels and government officials have finally agreed on principles for handling accountability and reconciliation for offenses committed during Uganda's civil conflict

From the writer of The Motorcycle Diaries, this uneven movie delves into the sordid world of human trafficking.

Contemporary artist and UN Goodwill Ambassador Ross Bleckner curated the exhibition Welcome to Gulu benefiting children of Uganda's war-torn Gulu province.

Gulu Walk is a world-wide event aimed to raise awareness about the war in Uganda and to collect funds to help rebuild the region. The event takes place October 24, 2009.

The Japanese forced over 200,000 women into sexual slavery between 1932-1945.

New York Governor Eliot Spitzer hired a prostitute from New York to meet him in Washington, D.C. He may have violated a 1910 law protecting women from "immoral purposes."

In the novel Effigy, Alissa York cleverly weaves together a montage of plots, each driven by the main seven characters that reside in the Hammer Household.

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