Member of ‘150 Women Who Shake the World’ in Australia with a powerful message American documentary-maker and Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC) expert Libby Spears arrives in Australia today with a powerful message. “Commercial exploitation of children is not just a third world problem. “The USA has a thriving child sex industry. The same […]
UPDATE: Brisbane Screening October 2 In addition to screenings in Sydney (October 7) and Melbourne (October 9), ‘Playground’ will also be shown in Brisbane October 2. Details and bookings here.
My story is as isolated an incident as the existence of Walmart stores There’s this idea that trafficking happens ‘over there’ somewhere, in some God-forsaken hellhole. There is little understanding that the selling of girls happens every day in so-called enlightened Western liberal democracies. Carrie Bailee’s story of being sold by her father into a […]
Her story is remarkable. Her suffering indescribable. Her resilience and love for life unmatchable A year ago I wrote about the amazing reunion I had with a woman who I’d been privileged to help find safety and protection in Australia. Carrie Bailee had escaped a paedophile/pornography ring run by her father in Canada. She described […]
On Monday I ran here a guest blog post by Caroline S. Taylor, Foundation Chair in Social Justice and Head of the Social Justice Research Centre at Edith Cowan University, on the case of the 12-year-old Tasmanian girl forced into prostitution by her mother and her mother’s boyfriend, while in the care of community protection […]
