On October 22^nd, 2011, D.C. Stop Modern Slavery held the 3^rd annual Stop Modern Slavery walk with over 2,000 walkers and supporters. Shared Hope International, along with many other organizations and individuals, joined on the National Mall to support the anti-slavery movement .

Every year in the United States, officials estimate that 100,000-300,000 children are at a heightened risk for being forced into the sex industry, particularly children that run away or are abandoned by their families. In a country plagued by sex trafficking and modern day slavery, can American truly be labeled “The Land of the Free”? Learn more about how Shared Hope International’s Protected Innocence Initiative will work to strengthen states response through the criminalization of domestic minor sex trafficking.

In 2000, the federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) was enacted to provide a strong legal platform to bring justice to victims. Though this resource is a vital component in our federal legislative framework, most cases of domestic minor sex trafficking are declined for federal prosecution. That is why Shared Hope International launched the Protected Innocence Initiative.

On October 22, 2011 Shared Hope International and thousands of supporters of anti-slavery efforts will gather on the National Mall for the 3rd Annual DC Stop Modern Slavery Walk—and we want YOU to join us!!

A recent study, “Comparing Sex Buyers with Men Who Don’t Buy Sex,”  reveals the differences between men who buy sex (johns) and those who don’t (non-sex buyers), and the results are astonishing. This study takes a hard look at the characteristics of johns and their non-sex buying counterparts. The honest and graphic accounts of the john’s experiences purchasing sex may be shocking, but it could also be exactly what the anti-sex trafficking world needs to end modern-day slavery.