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Human trafficking, commercial sexual exploitation, and technology

March 28, 2012

posted in: CALCASA

Last week a New York Times article “Online Sex Trade is Flourishing Despite Efforts to Curb It” brought renewed attention to the role that technology plays in human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation. Under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, “sex trafficking” is the “recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for the purpose

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Legislative update: Yee announces bill to protect sexually exploited minors

March 1, 2012

posted in: Public Affairs

CALCASA has been working with Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco/San Mateo) on legislation to support minors who are victims of trafficking and prostitution. SB 1349 will amend the current California penal code to state that a person under 18 years of age who has been exploited through prostitution, loitering for the purpose of prostitution, or engaged

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From Local to Global: Working With Human Trafficking Survivors

August 4, 2011

posted in: CALCASA

At the 2011 Leadership Conference in Sacramento, Calif., CALCASA will host a variety of workshops dedicated to Intervention/Advocacy for advocates working with survivors of sexual violence. Among those workshops is From Local to Global: Working With Human Trafficking Survivors. Human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery where people profit from the control and exploitation

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Friday Policy Update – Week of July 4th

July 8, 2011

posted in: CALCASA,Public Affairs

Week of July 4, 2011 Below is a summary of actions filed on legislation that CALCASA is currently tracking as of July 4th. The list includes bills that CALCASA is supporting and opposing. We included links to each bill, so that you can read the text. Help CALCASA push our legislative agenda by signing up and Taking

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Friday Policy Update – Week of June 27th

July 1, 2011

posted in: CALCASA,Public Affairs

Week of June 27, 2011 Below is a summary of actions filed on legislation that CALCASA is currently tracking as of June 27th. The list includes bills that CALCASA is supporting and opposing. We included links to each bill, so that you can read the text. Help CALCASA push our legislative agenda by signing up and Taking

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Friday Policy Update – Week of June 20th

June 24, 2011

posted in: Public Affairs

Week of June 20, 2011 Below is a summary of actions filed on legislation that CALCASA is currently tracking as of June 20th. The list includes bills that CALCASA is supporting and opposing. We included links to each bill, so that you can read the text. Help CALCASA push our legislative agenda by signing up and Taking

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