MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'human trafficking'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:58:26 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3362369&cid=t_100316_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fjunk-food-in-schools-child-abuse%2F What do human trafficking, “The Lovely Bones,” and school cafeterias have in common? In varying degrees, they all involve a bit of child abuse. Bear with us: We’re not living out childhood antagonism against the mean lunch lady here. We’re talking about food that kids eat when they’re at school, and that’s everyone’s responsibility. The story goes like this: School budget cuts lead to lunch budget cuts lead to unhealthy fast food in cafeterias. Right now, the U.S. Department of Agriculture gives an average of $2.68 per day for each student’s school lunch. When was the last time you made a nutritious, filling meal for less than three bucks?  Well, schools can’t do it either. The french fries, sloppy joes, nachos, and sugary drinks served in sch... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3362369 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:55:40 +0100 3362369 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2473533&cid=t_100316_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F06%2F12%2Fthe-situation-of-human-trafficking-abstract%2F This article suggests that a central reason for the limited success in preventing human trafficking is the dominant conception of the problem, which forms the basis for law developed to combat human trafficking. Specifically, the author argues that “otherness” is a root cause of both inaction and the selective nature of responses to the abusive practice of human trafficking. Othering operates across multiple dimensions, including race, gender, ethnicity, class, caste, culture, and geography, to reinforce a conception of a virtuous “Self” and a devalued “Other.” This article exposes how this Self/Other dichotomy shapes the phenomenon of human trafficking, driving demand for trafficked persons, influencing perceptions of the problem, and constraining legal... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2473533 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:01:54 +0100 2473533 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2039812&cid=t_100316_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F12%2Fwhy-isnt-this-news-anti-slavery-law.html The Discovery Institute's embryonic Center for Human Rights and Bioethics--of which I am a part--is very concerned with working to prevent slavery and human trafficking. That is why we were so pleased that the William Wilberforce Trafficking and Victim's Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 has passed Congress and will be signed into law. Considering the importance of this issue to human freedom, it is puzzling that Google and Yahoo searches found zero news stories.The law--that will be in effect until 2011--focuses on trafficking within the United States and throughout the world; it greatly strengthens the role and authority of the Trafficking in Persons Office and greatly enhances the tools available to domestic criminal prosecutors of traffickers. It also increases protections availab... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2039812 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:02:00 +0100 2039812 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1711719&cid=t_100316_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F08%2Fwill-san-francisco-voters-protect-human.html Usually my wife Debra J. Saunders--better known as Secondhand Smokette--and I plow different fields in our writing. But once in a while, our interests converge, as in a few weeks ago when she wrote a splendid column about animal rights violence directed against researchers in Santa Cruz, the issue of assisted suicide--which she first criticized before I was ever onto the issue--and today in her vivid take down of a proposed San Francisco initiative that, if passed, could have the effect of taking the legal heat off of human traffickers and those who exploit children in commercial sex. From her column in today's San Francisco Chrnonicle:Yet the San Francisco ballot measure completely ignores the prostitution of children. The measure simply states, "Law enforcement agencies shall not allocat... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1711719 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:16:00 +0100 1711719