Two women who were forced to work as “comfort women” (read: sex slaves) for the Japanese army during World War II have publicly criticized the deal made between Japan and South Korea on their behalf.
At the end of World War II, an estimated 200,000 South Korean women were forced by the Imperial Japanese Army to work in brothels as “comfort women,” a euphemized term for sexual slavery, for the Japanese military. On Monday, South Korea accepted Japan’s reconciliatory apology and offer to contribute 1 billion yen…
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed legislation on Tuesday urging the city to build a memorial in remembrance of the approximately 200,000 women who were forced into sex slavery by the Japanese army during World War II. The decision puts pressure on the city to take on the project, but does not actually…
An unidentified Iraqi woman captured by ISIS and forced into sex slavery has killed one of the commanders of the terrorist organization. Three months prior, commander Abu Amas (his nom de guerre) forced her into marriage with several of his fellow militants. According to Saeed Mamouzini, spokesperson for the Kurdistan…
In an extensive investigative series called Pimp City: A Journey to the Center of the Sex Slave Trade, Fusion explores Tenancingo, Mexico, a town that makes virtually its entire living from sex trafficking, sending prostitutes forced into the trade all the way to cities around the U.S.
Authorities say a truck driver from Utah kept women as slaves in his truck trailer for months while he was on the road.
The family of a teenage girl is being credited with helping save her from a nightmare ordeal, after she was rescued from a Sacramento hotel room this week.
A Washington woman who forced teenage girls to have sex with paying clients she found on the internet has been given some superjustice and sentenced to one year of jail time. If you think that punishment is too harsh for a woman who benefitted financially from forcing kids to have sex, don't fret; she can serve 300…
• An adult filmmaker has announced plans to release a movie based on Jacyee Dugard's life, called Abducted Girl: An American Sex Slave. •
Sex slavery is a serious problem around the world, and more coverage of the issue may lead to better solutions. But as a recent article reveals, Marie Claire may not be the best place to start.
Frédéric Mitterrand, France's new culture minister and a vocal defender of Roman Polanski, is in danger of losing his job after right-wing politicians discovered references to "paying for boys" in his autobiography.
Though security is improving in Iraq, conditions for women have worsened according to two new studies. Many Iraqi women, according to reports, are suffering from mental illness, lack of necessities, and a flourishing sex trade.
A new study by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime shows that human trafficking is increasing in the world. But, in a bid for full equality, women are trafficking other women more, too.
Nita, far left, is 13 years old, and is readying herself to lose her virginity to a stranger and become a prostitute. The man who will eventually have sex with her for the first time could — her family hopes — pay as much as $1,200 for the "right" to her virginity, and, according to this article, "can have access to…
Great news! Our trade imbalance with other nations may be ever-widening, but demand for one American export is on the rise: our child sex slaves! A new State Department survey puts our fair nation in company with Jamaica, Japan, and the Netherlands which means our sex trafficking business is booming as if we were dirt…
It turns out that blaming atrocities carried out by soldiers on "independent contractors" may actually be older than the military-industrial complex itself! The NYT reports that the new Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (who sadly replaced the world leader most resembling an older Daniel Dae Kim last year) yesterday…
