Eradicating human trafficking and creating a free world for all is near and dear to our hearts at ENTIRE Magazine. When we found Beauty For Freedom we knew we found the real game changers who we could be hands-on with in New York City and...
Beauty for Freedom is honored to announce that “Illuminate”, our children's photography book featuring the incredible photographs of the youth of Newlight Kolkata has a brilliant feature in better photography this month! The photography workshops Beauty for Freedom taught to the youth of New Light Kolkata in India culminated in a photography book...
Some New Yorkers go kayaking for a cause, drawing attention to the problem of human trafficking. As NY1's Lindsay Tuchman reports, there is a reason why the advocates decided to make their point on the water. It's a beautiful day for a kayak ride, but for...
Over 1.2 million children are exploited in prostitution throughout India today. Almost 20,000 women and children were victims of human trafficking in India last year. India, alone is home to 40 percent of the world's estimated over 45.8 million slaves. Survivors of trafficking are not...
30 Portraits - June 23rd - July 12th 2017 STATEMENT Project Overview To sustain and grow their empowerment initiatives through the arts, NYC based anti‐trafficking non‐profit Beauty for Freedom, in collaboration with Ghanaian anti‐trafficking organization Challenging Heights, will be producing a series of art, music and photography workshops...
Beauty for Freedom is trying to be a leading voice in the fight against child trafficking. "Raising awareness" is a slippery phrase. It can connote empty shows of solidarity rather than actual work, like performatively changing a profile pic after a tragedy. There's a good amount of...
DIASPORA—Today marks the 15th annual World Day Against Child Labor, launched in 2002 but the International Labour Organization as a call to action to help eliminate forced child labor globally. Millions around the world, including civil activists, labor unions, government leaders and everyday citizens are working to...
Our world is definitely not lacking in problems, whether they be political, social, environmental or humanitarian. And while the media mostly centers its emphasis on the U.S. political climate or the war on terrorism, one pressing concern might not be getting the attention it deserves: human trafficking. One...
“I am not free while any[one] is unfree, even when [their] shackles are very different from my own.” —Audre Lorde World Day Against Child Labor (WDACL) is on June 12, and the issue of human trafficking is once again taking center stage. In support of WDACL, anti-trafficking organizations around...
Beauty for Freedom x Denim Day Rally in Foley Square Raises Awareness about Sexual Assault https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfxRDB8SV1s April is Sexual Assault Awareness month and today, a rally to highlight the plague of sexual violence. Many demonstrators wear jeans, to make the point that there is no excuse and...