Online Resources to Help End Sexual Exploitation

July 16, 2008 — -- If you're a viewer wondering how to help women or girls entrenched in the sex industry, or if you know someone who needs support, there are several online resources available.

Visit the following Web sites to learn more about programs in your area, and to find out what you can do to help end commercial sexual exploitation.

It educates communities around the world, testifies before lawmakers, documents sex trafficking, and raises awareness in the United States and abroad about sexual exploitation.

It is a children's rights organization aimed at protecting kids from commercial sexual exploitation via "education, advocacy and the passage and enforcement of strong laws."

According to its Web site, 90 percent of young women involved in prostitution were sexually abused as children.

Nicholas Kristof's blog at NYTimes.com. Kristof, winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, has been an Op-Ed columnist for The New York Times since November 2001. CLICK HERE to read his March 16 posting about prostitution. CLICK HERE to read a follow-up posting from March 19.