by pskadmin | Jun 21, 2023 | News
By Danielle Baron Vulnerabilities to all forms of human trafficking can be a consequence of gender-based violence (“GBV”), and common forms of GBV, such as sexual violence and intimate partner violence, are often used as a means of coercion in sex trafficking [1]. As...
by pskadmin | May 16, 2023 | News
By Mary Ameringer The Murder in Big Horn documentary brings to light the epidemic of Missing/Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) in and around Big Horn County, Montana. The county sits just outside of Billings, Montana and overlaps with the Northern Cheyenne and Crow...
by pskadmin | Nov 15, 2022 | News
If you were not able to attend the September 8th Amara Honors Event, there is an opportunity to view the recording, donate, and purchase a signed copy of Barbara Amaya’s Book, Nobody’s Girl! We were fortunate to have Andrea Bertone as our Master of Ceremonies. Ms....
by pskadmin | Sep 26, 2022 | News
By Olivia Mania, Legal Intern at Amara Legal Center “The story of Pieper Lewis, an Iowa teenager, is all too familiar . . . Lewis is not the first trafficking survivor to be penalized by the criminal legal system as a result of her victimization. For Lewis and for all...
by pskadmin | Aug 10, 2022 | News
By Sarah Kolick, Former Amara Legal Intern, George Washington University of Law Graduate, Smith College Graduate *All views expressed in this blog are my own and do not necessarily represent those of Amara Legal Center. **Trigger Warning: This blog post contains...