GEMS in the News
FEATURED ARTICLES:
2013
“The Mumbai/New York Photo Project: Education Heroes”
–The New York Times/International Herald Tribune, April 2013
“Teaching Rachel Lloyd’s Girls Like Us on the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children”
– FeministTeacher.com, March 2013
—- Women’s WorldWide Web, March 2013
Google+ Hangout with Nick Kristoff, Rachel Lloyd, and Somaly Mam
2012
– Women’s WorldWide Web, December 2012
“Sex trafficking education from Rachel Lloyd, a girl like us”
– MichelleLiTV.com, December 2012
“‘Prostitute’ label ignores victimhood”
– lohud.com, December 2012
“American girls are sold for sex and made to believe they wanted it“
–WECT.com, November 2012
“To Do Wednesday: Girls’ Night Out“
– New York Observer, October 2012
“Demi Moore and Arden Wohl Host an Evening to Benefit GEMS“
–The Sacramento Bee, October 2012
“Against Our Will: Poetry From Survivors of Human Trafficking“
– HuffingtonPost.com, October 2012
“Empowering Women and Girls in the United States and Abroad”
– The White House Blog, September 2012
“GEMS: Fighting Domestic Trafficking One Girl at a Time“
— GirlsGlobe.org, September 2012
–ESSENCE Magazine, September 2012
“In America, Really? Human Trafficking in the United States“
–ICOSA, June 2012
–Rachel Lloyd on TedxUChicago, May 2012
OVC Highlight on GEMS from GEMS GIRLS on Vimeo.
–OVC Highlight on GEMS, April 2012
“Exposing Sex Trafficking in America”
–Melissa Harris-Perry on MSNBC, April 2012
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“Backpage.com Tests Ethics of Sex for Sale”
–www.bbc.co.uk, March 2012
“Social Media Week Keynote: Rachel Lloyd”
–Livestream, March 2012
“Review: Girls Like Us by Rachel Lloyd”
–Jennylovestoread, March 2012
“The Rumpus Interview with Rachel Lloyd”
–The Rumpus, February 2012
“America’s Most Wanted Sex Trafficking Resources”
–America’s Most Wanted, February 2012
“Girls Like Us—Rachel Lloyd’s Memoir Illuminates the Sexual Exploitation of Children”
–Huffington Post and Fem 2.0, February 2012
“Here’s the Thing: Rachel Lloyd”
–WNYC, February 2012
“Urban Legends and Hoaxes: How Hyperbole Hurts Trafficking Victims”
–HuffingtonPost.com, February 2012
“ ‘Girls Like Us’—Rachel Lloyd’s Memoir Illuminates the Sexual Exploitation of Children”
–Mgyerman.com, February 2012
“mtvU Attempts to Combat Slavery”
–The Daily Reveille, February 2012
“Can Digital Innovation Stop Modern Slavery? MTV Hopes So”
–Mashable US & World, January 2012
“Minn. Foundation Becoming National Model Against Teen Sex Trafficking”
–NonprofitQuarterly.org, January 2012
“Spotlight on GEMS: Girls Educational and Mentoring Services”
–Queen in Heels and StyleBistro.com January 2012
“Girls For Sale: Changing the Conversation on Exploited Kids in the US”
–Forbes.com, January 2012
“Haute Culture: New York’s Emmanuel Fremin Gallery Hosts Art of Beauty Experience”
–HauteLiving.com, January 2012
2011
“Brigit’s Year End Giving Guide 2011”
–FuelChange.net, December 2011
–The Wall Street Journal, December 2011
“Voices from the Field: Rachel Lloyd”
–National Clearinghouse on Families & Youth, December 2011
–NeueMagazine.com, November 2011
“Cops Say Missing Bronx Girls Often Lured Through Social Networking Sites”
–NYDailyNews.com, November 2011
“Teaching Feminism in High School: Moving from Theory to Action”
–OnTheIssuesMagazine.com, Fall 2011
–HuffingtonPost.com, October 2011
–MarketWatch.com, Sacramento Bee, U.S. Politics Today, Virtual Press Office,
SunHerald.com, istockAnalyst.com, SYS-CON Media, PR Newswire,
and DigitalJournal.com, September 2011
“MTV Launches Multiplatform Campaign Against ‘Modern-Day Slavery’”
–HollywoodReporter.com, September 2011
“‘Fashion’ Victims: E!’s ‘Streetwalker’ Goes Too Far”
–NYPost.com, August 2011
“Should Fashion Police End Its ‘Starlet or Streetwalker’ Segment? One Social Action Group Thinks So”
–Glamour.com, August 2011
“Joan Rivers’ Fashion Police Under Fire”
–Fashion.telegraph.co.uk, August 2011
“The Power Behind Policing Fashion”
–HuffingtonPost.com, August 2011
“New Law to Help Sex Trafficking Victims Rebuild Their Lives”
–SunTimes.com, August 2011
“The Village Voice’s Numbers Game”
–MsMagazine.com, August 2011
–HuffingtonPost.com, July 2011
” ‘Girls Like Us’ Author Rachel Lloyd Talks About Her Path Out of Exploitation”
–Kare11.com, July 2011
“Hope, Healing and Wellbeing–Healing from Commercial Sexual Exploitation with Rachel Lloyd”
–WebTalkRadio.com
“Sex Trafficking Trend Raises Concern”
–NBC.com, July 2011
–TheDailyBeast.com, July 2011
“New State Department Report Fuels Push to End Slavery in America”
–TIME.com, June 2011
“Sex Trafficking in America: One Woman’s Effort to Keep Girls Off the Street”
–CNN.com, June 2011
“City Explores Social Services for Sexual Exploitation Victims”
–TheEpochTimes.com, June 2011
“Seattle’s Sex-Trafficking Problem Brought to Light”
–South Seattle Beacon, May 2011
“Sex Trafficking of Americans: The Girls Next Door”
–VanityFair.com, May 2011
“Countrywide Efforts Raise Awareness of Human Trafficking”
–GenEllynPatch.com, May 2011
“Broad Stage to Host Human Rights Watch Benefit”
–LATimes.com, May 2011
“Girls Like Us: The Hidden Stories of Human Sex Trafficking in America”
–TakePart.com, May 2011
“Activist Rachel Lloyd on ‘Inside City Hall’”
–NY1.com, April 2011
“Is the Media Reporting on Human Trafficking Accurately?”
–SocialJusticeUSA.org, April 2011
“Sex Trafficking in the U.S. Called ‘Epidemic”
–WashingtonTimes.com, April 2011
“The Complexities of Sex Trafficking, and Some Simple Solutions”
–COLORLINES.com, April 2011
“Escaping the Sex Trafficking Industry”
–Alternet.org, April 2011
“Rachel Lloyd: Girls Like Us | The Diane Rehm Show from WAMU and NPR”
–TheDianeRehmShow.org, April 2011
“Five Books for Mothers, and Others”
–USAToday.com, April 2011
“What About American Girls Sold on the Streets?“
–NYTimes, April 2011
“Long Island Serial Killer’s Body Count Reaches Ten”
–The Takeaway.org, April 2011
NY1 Online: Activist Rachel Lloyd On “Inside City Hall”
–NY1 Online, April 2011
“Review of Rachel Lloyd’s New Book Girls Like Us–Girls Like Us Book Review”
–MarieClaire.com, March 2011
“Not Oprah’s Book Club: Girls Like Us”
–Feministing.com, March 2011
–TheHuffingtonPost.com, April 2011
“Child Sex Trade Subject of Washington Heights Forum and Film Screening”
–Dnainfo.com, March 2011
“The Dignifying Power of Design”
–Feministing.com, March 2011
2010
“Jailing Girls For Men’s Crimes”
–Ms. Magazine, Summer 2010
“Investigating Nail Salons as Cover for Sex and Labor Trafficking”
–The Take Away, July 2010
“WGBH Investigates: Sexual and Human Trafficking in the Boston Area (Part Three)”
–WGBH/NPR Boston, July 2010
“Youth Survivors Host NY Anti-Trafficking Day”
–Ms. Magazine, June 2010
“NYC Event Aims to Shed Light and Stamp Out Exploitation and Human Trafficking”
–Tonic.com, June 2010
“The Pimps of America’s Underage Sex Trade”
–The Daily Beast, June 2010
“Lawrence Taylor Underage Rape Case”
–Hot 97 Street Soldiers, May 2010
“Guiding Young Girls to Better Lives”
–Parade.com, May 2010
“Demi Moore: Child Sex Trafficking Is a Dirty Secret We Need to Confront”
–Parade.com, May 2010
–Bronxnet TV, May 2010
“Kids For Sale – Child Prostitution in our Region”
–Richard French Live, May 2010
“Lawrence Taylor, the Media, and Human Trafficking”
–The Huffington Post, May 2010
“An Open Letter to Jim Buckmaster”
–The Huffington Post, May 2010
“An Open Invitation to Rachel Lloyd”
–The Huffington Post, May 2010
“Sex Ads Seen Adding Revenue to Craigslist”
–The New York Times, April 2010
“Budget Deficit Threatens Teen Sex Worker Safe Harbor”
–Citylimits.com, April 2010
“Voice of the People for Jan. 27, 2010 – Letters to the Editor”
–New York Daily News, January 2010
“Advocating for Women: Girls Educational & Mentoring Services”
–The American Prospect, March 2010
“Demi Moore Beats Kevin Bacon To Win Pepsi Celebrity Challenge”
–The Huffington Post, March 2010
“Corporate Sponsor Pimping Plays Role in US Human Trafficking”
–The Grio, January 2010
“GEMS Combats Sex Trafficking”
–TheDailyTell.com, January 2010
2009
–CNN.com, December 2009
–CNN.com, December 2009
–Billboard.com, October 2009
“Interview – Rachel Lloyd, GEMS Founder”
–Philborges.com, October 2009
“A Teenage Girl Trafficked for Sex Tells Her Story”
–Essence.com, October 2009
“Caught Caring: Halle Berry and GEMS”
–People Weekly, October 2009
“‘Very Young Girls’: New York’s Children Left Behind”
–New York Sun, July 2009
2008
“Child Sexual Exploitation in the USA: Not Just a Problem for Developing Nations”
–Unicef.org, November 2008
“Helping Girls as Victims, Not Culprits”
–The New York Times, July 2008
2007
–New York Magazine, April 2007
