Resources
Child Marriage Resource Articles
https://www.icrw.org/child-marriage-facts-and-figures/
United Nations, 10/07/2020: Report reveals linkages between human trafficking and forced marriage: https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/10/1074892
US 1/11/2019 Senate Report on Child Marriage https://www.bustle.com/p/this-senate-report-on-child-marriages-says-the-us-approved-thousands-of-them-15768868.
US: Horse across the US: 9/19/2018. https://www.swnewsmedia.com/jordan_independent/news/horse-and-rider-crossing-country-talking-about-domestic-violence/article_41ac0c69-0b51-5109-81fb-68a4777719a4.html
UNCHAINED at LAST, 8/20/2018, Why won’t California end child marriage: http://www.unchainedatlast.org/8-20-2018-why-wont-california-end-child-marriage/.
Tahirih Justice Center, 5/24/2018: https://www.tahirih.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/2018-State-Marriage-Age-Requirements-Statutory-Compilation.pdf.
WTVR: 5/12/2018 https://wtvr.com/2018/05/12/delaware-is-now-first-us-state-to-fully-ban-child-marriage/.
Human Rights Watch: 5/10/2018 https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/05/10/delaware-ends-child-marriage-49-go-and-counting.
Frontline, PBS: 5/9/2018 https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/delaware-becomes-first-state-to-ban-child-marriage/.
Delaware Online: 4/27/2018 https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/politics/2018/04/27/bill-outlaw-underage-marriage-divides-delaware-legislature/550569002/.
The Guardian, 2/6/2018: ‘It put an end to my childhood’: the hidden scandal of US child marriage https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2018/feb/06/it-put-an-end-to-my-childhood-the-hidden-scandal-of-us-child-marriage.
Human Rights Watch, 2/5/2018: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/02/05/florida-child-marriage-ban-hits-bump.
The patch, FL, 2/5/2018 https://patch.com/florida/across-fl/wed-rapist-11-florida-woman-fights-end-child-marriage.
The Economist, 1/3/2018: https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2018/01/03/why-america-still-permits-child-marriage.
Human Rights Watch, Global, and US: https://www.hrw.org/EndChildMarriage.
Tahirih Justice Center, 10/23/2017. https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/02/05/florida-child-marriage-ban-hits-bump.
PBS SOCAL, 9/14/2017: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/married-young-the-fight-over-child-marriage-in-america/.
Tahirih Justice Center, 8/2017: https://www.tahirih.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/TahirihChildMarriageReport-1.pdf.
NYTimes, 7/26/2017, Nicholas Kristof blog: https://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/07/26/despite-progress-child-marriage-is-still-legal-in-all-50-states/.
NYTimes, 5/26/2017, Nicholas Kristof: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/26/opinion/sunday/it-was-forced-on-me-child-marriage-in-the-us.html.
Child Marriage Globally
Africa:
UNHCR 1/15/2019 https://www.unhcr.org/news/briefing/2019/1/5c3d9cdd4/unhcr-partners-seek-us296-million-burundi-refugee-crisis.html.
The Guardian, 1/4/2019 https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/jan/04/poverty-drives-trade-child-brides-zimbabwe.
Daily News 12/30/2018 https://www.dailynews.co.zw/articles/2018/12/30/nine-year-olds-register-for-maternity-services.
Human Trafficking Resource Articles
1/2016 The Nature and Extent of Gang Involvement in Sex Trafficking in San Diego County https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MdcVGoDFpWEpCLnVCiwNiS3hodMJ512E/view?usp=sharing
1/16/2019 Tampa, FL http://www.fox13news.com/news/local-news/human-trafficking-study-sheds-light-on-misconceptions.
1/15/2019 Atlanta, GA https://www.wabe.org/human-trafficking-reaches-horrific-new-heights-declares-u-n-report/.
1/15/2019 Peoria, IL https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/local-physicians-amping-up-training-on-human-trafficking-and-sexual-assault/1705085253.
1/15/2019 WAUSAU, Wis. http://www.fox13news.com/news/local-news/human-trafficking-study-sheds-light-on-misconceptions.
1/15/2019 https://sociable.co/technology/uncovering-human-trafficking-tech-typologies/.
1/15/2019 Bryan, TX https://www.kbtx.com/content/news/Human-trafficking-case-discovered-on-Tinder-504396701.html.
1/15/2019 Atlanta, GA https://www.tmz.com/2019/01/15/super-bowl-53-human-trafficking-law-enforcement-fbi-ice/.
1/14/2019 CNN https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/14/perspectives/human-trafficking-fight/index.html.
1/14/2019 NPR https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/01/14/684414187/human-trafficking-reaches-horrific-new-heights-declares-u-n-report.
UNODC http://www.unodc.org/unodc/data-and-analysis/glotip.html.
UNODC Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2018 http://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/glotip/2018/GLOTiP_2018_BOOK_web_small.pdf.
1/14/2019 Tuscaloosa, AL https://whnt.com/2019/01/14/alabama-officers-form-task-force-to-fight-human-trafficking/.
1/14/2019 St. Petersburg, Florida https://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/seventh-suspect-surrenders-in-st-pete-human-trafficking-case-involving-two-teen-boys-20190115/.
1/14/2019 Cambodia http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2019/1/feature-fresh-start-for-survivors-of-human-trafficking-in-cambodia.
1/5/2019 Fort Myers, FL https://www.winknews.com/2019/01/05/running-human-trafficking-out-of-southwest-florida/.
1/5/2019 Raleigh, NC https://www.wral.com/raleigh-man-charged-with-trafficking-child/18104963/.
1/4/2019 Mclennan County, TX https://www.kwqc.com/content/news/Clinton-volunteers-work-to-end-human-trafficking-in-the-area--503884541.html.
1/4/2019 Atlanta, GA https://www.adweek.com/creativity/72-school-buses-became-a-mile-long-moving-billboard-about-the-scope-of-human-trafficking/.
1/4/2019 Grand Rapids, MI https://www.woodtv.com/eightwest/help-stop-human-trafficking/1686312545.
1/3/2019 Clinton, IA https://www.kwqc.com/content/news/Clinton-volunteers-work-to-end-human-trafficking-in-the-area--503884541.html.
12/23/2018- Bakersfield, CA https://www.kget.com/news/local-news/3-people-accused-of-human-trafficking-took-plea-deals/1673109745.
12/23/2018 Lake Worth, FL https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article223494995.html
12/23/2018 Contra Costa, CA https://kcbsradio.radio.com/media/audio-channel/contra-costa-county-creates-task-force-combat-human-trafficking.
12/23/2018 Manilla, Philippines https://businessmirror.com.ph/immigration-stops-human-trafficking-attempt-at-naia/
12/23/2018 Columbia. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/dec/23/child-sex-trafficking-rife-colombia-cartagena.
12/23/2018 Florida. https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/article223491080.html.
11/4/2018 South Africa needs to curb rise in Human Trafficking: https://www.iol.co.za/sundayindependent/dispatch/sa-needs-to-curb-rise-in-human-trafficking-17766404.
11/3/2018 Trenton, NJ 3 charged with Human Trafficking http://www.buckslocalnews.com/news/lower-makefield-restaurant-owner-among-three-charged-in-human-trafficking/article_76528034-ed92-536a-abf6-258854f15736.html.
11/3/2018: Trafficked Europeans may have to pay to stay in UK post-Brexit. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/03/protest-fees-trafficked-europeans-brexit.
11/3/2018 European victims of modern slavery risk being pushed back into exploitation after Brexit. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/brexit-latest-eu-slavery-victims-home-office-settlement-fee-a8616166.html.
10/19/2018:http://www.waff.com/2018/10/19/new-stats-new-law-al-combat-human-trafficking/
https://www.indeonline.com/news/20181018/north-canton-walk-to-raise-awareness-of-human-trafficking.
https://cyprus-mail.com/2018/10/17/sex-drugs-and-slavery-human-trafficking-hidden-in-uk-hotels/.
2018 trafficking in persons report: https://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/countries/2018/282675.htm.
2017 trafficking in persons report: https://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/countries/2017/271208.htm.
2016 trafficking in persons report: https://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/countries/2016/258787.htm.
Democratic Arabic Center, Human Trafficking and a Sexual Exploitation: Iraq as a case study, 8/24/2016: https://democraticac.de/?p=36202.
New Yorker, 10/5/2015, Out of Sight, A former prostitute tries to rescue Iraq’s most vulnerable women. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/10/05/out-of-sight-letter-from-baghdad-rania-abouzeid.
Reuters 2/17/2015: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-trafficking-women/iraqi-women-trafficked-into-sexual-slavery-rights-group-idUSKBN0LL1U220150217.
Focus Asia 10/10/2014 Report http://isdp.eu/content/uploads/2014/10/2014-Torres-Swanstrom-Slavery-and-Human-Trafficking-in-the-21st-Century.pdf.
8/6/2012 fact sheet about labor trafficking. https://www.acf.hhs.gov/archive/otip/resource/fact-sheet-labor-trafficking-english.
Time, 3/7/2009: Iraq's Unspeakable Crime: Mothers Pimping Daughters: http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1883696,00.html?xid=newsletter-weekly.
Chhaupadi (Menstrual Restrictions) Practice-Nepal
January 14, 2019, The Guardian, UK https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/jan/14/destroy-period-huts-or-forget-state-support-nepal-moves-to-end-practice-chhaupadi.
January 14, 2019 The Kathmandu Post, Nepal http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2019-01-14/the-chairperson-takes-action.html.
January 12, 2019, The Himalayan Times, Nepal https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/locals-pull-down-chhau-shed-in-bajura/.
January 11, 2019, ABC News https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-11/woman,sons-die-in-nepal-town-in-suspected-menstrual-exile/10706850.
January 10, 2019 Himalayan Times. https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/editorial-break-the-shackle/.
January 10, 2019 Sunday Express, UK https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1070268/nepal-period-huts-chhaupadi-womens-rights-meghan-markle.
January 9, 2019, New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/09/world/asia/nepal-menstruation-taboo.html.
January 5, 2019 Kathmandu, Nepal http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2019-01-05/criminal-code-ineffective-to-end-chhaupadi-practice.html.
December 22, 2018 Kathmandu, Nepal http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2018-12-22/chhaupadi-free-drive-ineffective.html
December 7, 2018, Nepali Times, Nepal https://www.nepalitimes.com/review/bloody-period/.
October 25, 2018, Nepali Sansar, Nepal https://www.nepalisansar.com/special-stories/chhaupadi-nepals-deadly-menstruation-practice/.
October 19, 2018 https://psmag.com/social-justice/inside-the-fight-against-menstrual-discrimination.
June 19, 2018. New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/19/world/asia/nepal-women-menstruation-period.html.
Annual Academic Assessment Report. Date submitted 6/4/2018. https://assessment.sites.unlv.edu/Reports_2017/2017_Report_CH_EOH_PublicHealth_PhD.pdf.
https://twitter.com/unwomennepal/status/991990525724110849
http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2018-01-09/woman-dies-in-chhaupadi-practice.html
January 10, 2018. In Rural Nepal, Menstruation Taboo Claims Another Victim. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/10/world/asia/nepal-woman-menstruation.html
https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/nepals-deadly-chhaupadi-custom/
July 10, 2017. Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nepal-women-menstruation/nepali-teenager-dies-after-being-banished-to-shed-during-her-period-charity-idUSKBN19V2E6.
June 12, 2017, Nepali 'menstruation hut' ritual claims life of teenage girl - CNN.https://www.cnn.com/2017/07/10/asia/nepal-menstruation-hut-deaths-outrage/index.html. Includes a video and a quote from Radha Paudel, the nurse we are working with to conduct “Train the Trainer” project.
April 5, 2017. http://untf.unwomen.org/en/news-and-events/stories/2017/04/stopping-chhaupadi-a-harmful-traditional-practice-in-nepal.
February 17, 2017, Chaupadi, a tradition in Nepal, turns menstruating women into untouchables. https://www.statnews.com/2017/02/17/nepal-tradition-chaupadi-menstruation/
November 28, 2016 https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/11/28/503155803/a-young-woman-died-in-a-menstrual-shed-in-nepal.
August 11, 2014.The 'Untouchables': The Tradition of Chhaupadi in Nepal | Time.com http://time.com/3811181/chhaupadi-ritual-nepal/. Time Pictures
December 15, 2015 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5419759/.
UN, April 1, 2011. https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Water/ContributionsStigma/others/field_bulletin_-_issue1_april_2011_-_chaupadi_in_far-west.pdf