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Sexual slavery is slavery for the purpose of sexual exploitation. Sexual slavery may involve single-owner sexual slavery; ritual slavery, sometimes associated with certain religious practices, such as ritual servitude in Ghana, Togo and Benin; slavery for primarily non-sexual purposes but where non-consensual sexual activity is common; or forced prostitution. Concubinage was a traditional form of sexual slavery in many cultures, in which women spent their lives in sexual servitude. In some cultures, concubines and their children had distinct rights and legitimate social position.
The Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action calls for an international response in order to attempt to eradicate sexual slavery on the basis that it is a human rights issue. The incidence of sexual slavery by country has been studied and tabulated by UNESCO, with the cooperation of various international agencies.
The Rome Statute (1998) (that defines the crimes over which the International Criminal Court may have jurisdiction) encompass crimes against humanity (Article 7) which includes "enslavement" (Article 7.1.c) and "sexual enslavement" (Article 7.1.g) "when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population". It also defines sexual enslavement as a war crime and a breach of the Geneva Conventions when committed during an international armed conflict (Article 8.b.xxii) and indirectly in an internal armed conflict under Article(8.c.ii), but the courts jurisdiction over war crimes is explicitly excluded from including crimes committed during "situations of internal disturbances and tensions, such as riots, isolated and sporadic acts of violence or other acts of a similar nature" (Article 8.d).
Morality in Media, Inc. (MIM), now known as the National Center on Sexual Exploitation, is an American, non-profit organization that was established in New York in 1962. MIM seeks to raise awareness about what they regard as the harms of pornography and other forms of obscenity to individuals, families and society. MIM also works through constitutional means to curb traffic in material they consider obscene and uphold what they view as Judeo-Christian standards of decency in media. The president is Patrick A. Trueman, who is a registered federal lobbyist.
MIM was launched by an interfaith group of clergy in the Upper East Side of Manhattan (NYC) in 1962 after grade school children were caught with hardcore pornography. MIM was first formed by Father Morton A. Hill, Rabbi Julius Neumann, and Rev. Robert Wiltenburg (a Lutheran pastor) as a neighborhood organization under the name Operation Yorkville. They were soon joined by Rev. Constantine Volaitis of the Greek Orthodox Church.
The International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE; pronounced in-co-see) is a non-profit membership organization dedicated to the advancement of systems engineering and to raise the professional stature of systems engineers. INCOSE is the world’s largest Professional Network of Systems Engineers.
Founded in 1990, INCOSE has over ten thousand members representing a broad spectrum – from student to senior practitioner, from technical engineer to program and corporate management, from science and engineering to business development. Members work together to advance their technical knowledge, exchange ideas with colleagues, and collaborate to advance systems engineering.
The organization's mission is to advance the state of the art and practice of systems engineering in industry, academia, and government by promoting interdisciplinary, scalable approaches to produce technologically appropriate solutions that meet societal needs.
INCOSE is governed by a Board of Directors. Its technical activities are led by a Technical Operations board with oversight over thirty-nine working groups operating under seven technical committees focused on Education & Research, Modeling & Tools, Process & Improvement, SE Management, SE Initiatives, Standards, and SE Applications. It publishes periodicals, manuals and instructional materials; sponsors conferences; develops standards; and works to promote education and registration of systems engineers.
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Public health refers to "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals." It is concerned with threats to health based on population health analysis. The population in question can be as small as a handful of people, or as large as all the inhabitants of several continents (for instance, in the case of a pandemic). The dimensions of health can encompass "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity", as defined by the United Nations' World Health Organization. Public health incorporates the interdisciplinary approaches of epidemiology, biostatistics and health services. Environmental health, community health, behavioral health, health economics, public policy, insurance medicine and occupational safety and health are other important subfields.
The focus of public health intervention is to improve health and quality of life through prevention and treatment of disease and other physical and mental health conditions. This is done through surveillance of cases and health indicators, and through promotion of healthy behaviors. Examples of common public health measures include promotion of hand washing, breastfeeding, delivery of vaccinations, and distribution of condoms to control the spread of sexually transmitted diseases.
http://endsexualexploitation.org Patrick Trueman is saying Merry Christmas to all of the supporters of the National Center on Sexual Exploitation. "I think we are winning this war!" He says. NCOSE has had several victories this year, changing policies at multiple hotels and getting Walmart, FoodLion, and RiteAid to change some of their policies as well. When we get results, we think of you, because without your support all of our victories would not be possible. Please give a year end gift to the National Center on Sexual Exploitation to ensure that we can continue to do the great work of fighting pornography and sexual exploitation.
https://mim.kindful.com/?campaign=8050 What makes Giving Tuesday special? Giving Tuesday is one day in the year dedicated to donating to your favorite community organization or non-profit. As you make your choice about who to support this coming Giving Tuesday, we want to share with you just why our organization is a unique opportunity to make a difference in this world with a generous (tax deductible) contribution. The National Center on Sexual Exploitation’s is committed to a world where “all individuals have a right to be free from the effects of pornography and all other forms of sexual exploitation.” No other organization is doing what we are doing! In 2015 alone we played a central role is changing 15 corporate policies that contributed to or facilitated sexual exploitati...
http://endsexualexploitation.org/ebsco/ UPDATE: EBSCO executives contacted NCOSE the evening of February 21st and have shared that they are concerned about the explicit and pornographic content accessible via their database and that they are actively working to develop new algorithms and better filtering systems. While EBSCO remains on the Dirty Dozen List until these improvements have been implemented system-wide and verified, NCOSE is encouraged by EBSCO's response and will collaborate with the company in their process to better protect school children using their products. EBSCO Information Services offers online library resources to public and private schools (K-12), colleges and universities, public libraries, and more. In its advertising for schools, it promises “fast access to cur...
endsexualexploitation.org The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) is the leading national organization addressing the public health crisis of pornography and exposing the links between all forms of sexual exploitation. NCOSE embraces a mission to defend human dignity and to advocate for the universal right of sexual justice, which is freedom from sexual exploitation, objectification, and violence. To this end, NCOSE operates on the cutting edge of policy activism to combat corporate and government policies that foster exploitation, to advance public education and empowerment, and to foster united action through leading the international Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation. NCOSE has instigated policy changes at institutions like Google, the Department of Defense, Walmart, Hi...
endsexualexploitation.org/briefing/ Science and research now show a wide range of harm caused by pornography, including direct links to increased demand for sex trafficking, child sexual exploitation and violence against women. Pornography affects the developing brains and shapes the sexual templates of children. It also contributes to the rise in sexual dysfunction now experienced by many young men and can be tied to the normalization of dangerous sexual behaviors. It is time to address the public health crisis resulting from pornography. National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCSE) hosted an influential symposium right in the U.S. Capitol building July 14, 2015, presenting compelling research and arguments about the public health crisis from pornography. The room was packed to the maxim...
This past decade has seen a drastic rise in the acceptance of sexual exploitation. What used to be seedy backroom discussions and displays have become popularized and mainstream, supposed human rights groups support the decriminalization of sexual exploitation, and mainstream tech and product companies are openly selling and offering obscene pornographic material for anyone to access. Such a rise in mainstream obscenities make communities and families feel vulnerable and helpless. But there are innovative legal solutions that can be implemented and enforced in communities and states to combat the rise of sexual exploitation to eliminate it from our society. Savanah Lawrence joined the NCOSE team as a Legal Fellow from Brigham Young University in March 2016. Savanah has a passion for soci...
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http://endsexualexploitation.org. Arguably the most popular smartphone app used by Millennials and teens, Snapchat is frequently used for sexting and the sharing of self-produced child sexual abuse images. Additionally, the built-in feature Snapcash has enabled Snapchat and users to monetize and profit from the exchange of pornography. Snapchat’s business model facilitates sexual exploitation yielding hefty profits for the company without any regard for the associated harms. While NCOSE has been warning of the dangers of Snapchat since its early days, we felt that with the launch of Snapcash and surveys indicating that its development is commonly used to monetize sexually exploitive messages, that Snapchat now belongs on the Dirty Dozen List of leading contributors to sexual exploitation ...
Addiction is most commonly discussed in the context of substance abuse, but in recent years, mental health professionals have also recognized other compulsive, destructive behaviors as warranting the designation. Recently, over the protest of those who advocate for radical sexual license, leading experts across a variety of disciplines agreed that pornography use is, in fact, addictive and a public health crisis. It is now evident that what has long been classified as a harmless, personal expression of sexuality is actually a behavior that is destructive not only to the addict, but also to his or her community. From an addict’s spouse to a trafficked teen on the other side of the country or the world, pornography consumption and addiction makes victims of many, degrading and commodifying ...
On October 23, 2015, National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) joined the day of global protest against Amnesty International by organizing a protest at their Washington, DC office together with Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW). WHY THE PROTEST? Amnesty International’s International Board is developing a policy document that it is believed will support full decriminalization of prostitution. Decriminalization of prostitution is one of the world’s most disastrous approaches to the sex trade because: 1) it is a gift to pimps and sex buyers allowing them to carry out their activities as mere “sex business operators” and “customers,” and 2) it normalizes sexual violence and exploitation as a “job.” If approved, Amnesty’s support of decriminalized prostitution will undermine...
http://endsexualexploitation.org/ We were able to get 15 victories that were facilitating sexual exploitation. These include victories at major corporations like Walmart, JetBlue, McDonald’s, Starbucks, InterContinental Hotels Group, and more! These policies changed because 19,085 individuals took 80,372 actions in our 106 active campaigns this year! Here is a look back at some of our incredible victories from 2016. . . The Hotel Industry Transformed! In the past 18 months, Hilton Worldwide, Hyatt Hotels, Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG), and Starwood Hotels all changed their policies across all of their worldwide brands thanks to our leadership and your assistance. This means that as of December 31, 2016, two million hotel rooms worldwide no longer offer on-demand hardcore pornogra...
Jeanice Barcelo live at Free Your Mind 4, April 2016. This talk outlines the deliberate and methodical manipulation of human sexuality during the 20th century. Beginning with the Rockefeller-funded "research" of Professor Alfred Kinsey, a well known sadomasochist and pedophile, and continuing on with the introduction of pornography which now saturates our world and has been moved into kindergarten classrooms, our children, our relationships, and even our ability to love is under direct assault. In less than one hundred years, the Luciferian forces have succeeded in manipulating us to such an extent, that our sexual behavior and attitudes have been radically altered, as well as our ability to create happy families and enduring human love. It is imperative for us to understand the mechanis...
endsexualexploitation.org/sssl/ This video is part of the National Center on Sexual Exploitation’s Campaign to combat the pornographic and sexually explicit material children are being exposed to in school. Because young children are so impressionable, exposure to graphic sexual material can have a drastic and lasting effect on their development. Every child deserves a safe school environment where they can learn without having to worry about coming across pornographic material. Schools and libraries are fostering unsafe, unhealthy learning environments for children by supplying unfiltered devices and Internet and using online school databases filled with violent, graphic sexual material. One of the most popular databases schools utilize is known as EBSCO Information Services. This databa...
https://cornerstone.cc/ncose/ We are very excited to announce that the National Center on Sexual Exploitation has switched to Cornerstone Payment Systems for all of its credit card processing services. Cornerstone has created a payment processing service that is distinct and separate from the rest of the industry. They are committed to ensuring that their organization will NOT process credit card transactions for ANY morally objectionable business – such as companies that profit from pornography and other forms of sexual exploitation. Moreover, Cornerstone has agreed to partner with us on a program called, “Processing with a Purpose.” Through this unique partnership with Cornerstone we are actively recruiting other companies and organizations to convert their credit card processing n...
http://endsexualexploitation.org/donate You can make a difference in the movement to defend human dignity. The National Center on Sexual Exploitation is dedicated to addressing the full spectrum of social harms that emerge from the production, distribution, and consumption of pornography. Members of this movement confront those organizations, individuals, and companies contributing to or facilitating sexual exploitation. We use our united voices to demand changes in policies, actions, and attitudes. In 2015 alone, NCOSE's efforts have led to changes in 16 major corporate policies that facilitated sexual exploitation. This movement gets results! Your support enables NCOSE to be a resource for grass-root activists, for those who are struggling with exploitation, for children and families, a...
http://endsexualexploitation.org. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) refuses to enforce existing federal obscenity laws against pornography despite the fact that these laws have been upheld by U.S. Courts and previously enforced. Pornography is a public health crisis and DOJ must not be on the side of pornographers. Federal law prohibits distribution of obscene adult pornography on the Internet, on cable/satellite TV, on hotel/motel TV, in retail shops, through the mail, and by common carrier. The U.S. Supreme Court has also repeatedly upheld obscenity laws against First Amendment challenges, explaining that obscenity is not protected speech. Join us in expressing continued alarm and astonishment regarding the U.S. Department of Justice’s abject failure and outright refusal to enforce ...
http://endsexualexploitation.org A new age in the hotel industry is dawning. And it doesn’t include pornography. NCOSE has been working to get the hotel industry out of the business of selling pornography, and we are having tremendous success! We want to thank all of these hotel chains that are removing pornography, and let them know it's the right choice! InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), an international hotel company, has worked the past few months with the National Center on Sexual Exploitation to ensure that none of its hotels will get away with selling on-demand pornography. IHG’s renewed commitment to enforcing a brand standard that prohibits selling pornography will affect all of its brands, including Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza. We are grateful to IHG for working with the N...
http://endsexualexploitation.org/freedomagenda/. For the last 7 years, we at NCOSE have worked hard to make sure officials in Washington, DC recognize the importance of these issues. In an effort to show Washington that there is overwhelming support for their action, we have also united the movement, changed the discussion in the media, and ignited energy and hope in thousands of Americans through very successful advocacy! We understand how the Trump victory has caused many to have unsettling feelings about the new administration, but we, of course, must look for every opportunity to advance our cause of ending exploitation! We see many possibilities and because of this, NCOSE has developed a plan of action for the immediate future and for the next four years. We ask that the Trump Adm...
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