slavery today


A cry for purpose

Nicole van Heerden | 16 March 2012 |
tags: Africa, idealism, Kony 2012
Young people want to be part of a cause, especially if it is one their elders have seemingly ignored.


Are babies prizes or gifts?

Margaret Somerville | 18 October 2011 |
tags: commercialism, IVF, slavery
A Canadian radio station created world-wide controversy recently when it ran a "win a baby" competition.


Tragic lives, to entertain you

Carolyn Moynihan | 18 February 2011 |
tags: celebrities, entertainment, liberal ideology, women
The actress Maria Schneider learned the error of exposing oneself in the name of art. Today’s celebrities need to listen to her.


The real harms of prostitution

Melissa Farley | 19 October 2010 |
tags: prostitution, trafficking
Why would we legalise what women who have experienced it call 'paid rape' and voluntary slavery'?


World’s oldest profession: Embrace it or banish it?

Barbara Lilley | 30 October 2009 |
tags: prostitution, self-control, sexualisation of children
Should prostitution be legal and supported by society or banished for good?


Ignoring the sins of our friends

Brigitte Pellerin | 04 October 2009 |
tags: ACORN, horror, progressive
ACORN looked to help set up child prostitution rings. Why are some still defending the group?


The curse of child slavery

Chinwuba Iyizoba | 14 July 2009 |
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Many busy professional couples in Nigeria find it handy to have a child slave to help around the house. Where are the family values in that?


Prostitution law: a South Sea model?

Andrea Mrozek | 28 November 2008 |
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Canadians should be wary of the much-touted legalised regime in New Zealand.


Legalised prostitution: a failed experiment

Pauline Cooper-Ioelu | 09 July 2008 |
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The Australian state of Victoria has sanctioned prostitution, turning it into a growth industry but doing nothing for women who want out of it.


The mighty fall and the media cash in

Carolyn Moynihan | 15 March 2008 |
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Why are newspapers gasping in scandalised horror over the misdeeds of Eliot Spitzer? They wrote the script.


The scourge of Brazilian slavery

Pedro Dutour | 06 April 2007 |
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Tens of thousands of debt slaves work in inhuman conditions in isolated ranches and plantations.


Britain’s sex slavery dilemma

Carolyn Moynihan | 26 March 2007 |
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Strategies against trafficking will fail as long as people are volunteering for the sex slave market.


Time to abolish the slave trade

Carolyn Moynihan | 08 December 2006 |
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If Tony Blair is really sorry about the slave trade he should try harder to abolish it.


Red card for World Cup hangers-on

Carolyn Moynihan | 13 June 2006 |
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Well-publicised protests against forced prostitution around World Cup venues avoid the real problem.


The ultimate free market: selling herself

Carolyn Moynihan | 08 December 2005 |
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Can there be anything wrong with transactions made between consenting adults, no matter how degrading? MercatorNet investigates arguments for legalised prostitution.


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