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Podcast Alert: Poppy Cultivation

info@iwf.org (Allison Kasic) — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:22:00 EST

Over at the podcast page, Halima Karzai and I talk about poppy cultivation in Afghanistan. Give it a listen here.

The paper we reference in the podcast is available here.

IWF Podcast: Human Trafficking

info@iwf.org (Allison Kasic) info@iwf.org (Halima Karzai) — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:55:00 EDT

One of the biggest issues facing women around the world is human trafficking, which is often described at modern day slavery. IWF international policy expert Halima Karzai joins podcast host Allison Kasic to discuss this important matter. Listeners may be surprised to find out that this isn't just a problem happening in other countries, it's happening within the United States as well.

1590 AM The Connection: Human Trafficking

info@iwf.org (Halima Karzai) — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:18:00 EDT

Halima Karzai joins 1590 AM The Connection to discuss human trafficking.

The Human Face of Sex Trafficking

info@iwf.org (Allison Kasic) — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 09:01:00 EDT

Check out Donna Hughes' heartbreaking tale of two Russian women, trafficked into prostitution in Germany:

Both women are educated professionals: Masha is a lawyer; Irina is an engineer and an accountant. Both left Russia for Germany with the promise of employment as either a housekeeper or waitress. Masha was seeking an opportunity to see the world and learn a new language; Irina was in debt and wanted a better paying job.
Their stories are typical trafficking stories: When they arrived in Germany, they were met by members of the Russian mafia; their passports were taken away; and they were informed that the jobs they expected didn't exist and they would be prostitutes instead. They were told it was futile to resist and that the police would not help them because the pimps worked under police protection.