Selling Girls on Craigslist
Following on from my article “On Human Trafficking,” this piece deals with child trafficking to the United States via sex ads that are posted on Craigslist, a much-visited website that is a clearing board for classified ads specific to different areas of...Conversations: About Human Trafficking
Over the next few blogs we will be exploring different issues raised by the Women in the World Summit held in March. What do you think of when you think of girlhood? Maybe you remember playing with friends, going on vacation with your family, or spending time in...Weighing on Baby Fat, Especially for Girls
The article, ‘Baby Fat May Not Be So Cute After All’, appeared in the New York Times on March 22. It summarizes several recent studies that have suggested that patterns of childhood obesity may form as early as infancy. Some of the experts quoted recommend...31 Heroines of March 2010: Harriet Tubman
To celebrate Women’s History Month, we invite people to submit their girlhood heroines for the Heroines Quilt Project. Read about Harriet Tubman!