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Girls Educational and Mentoring Services' (GEMS ) mission is to empower young women,
ages12-
GEMS’ Girls Are Not For Sale Campaign & Documentary
Very Young Girls is an expose of human trafficking that follows thirteen and fourteen year old American girls as they are seduced, abused, and sold on New York’s streets by pimps, and treated as adult criminals by police. Read More
Since we've come from not
having the power to do what
we want or say what we want,
they show us that there is a
chance to be a leader at our
age, as youth -
Facts about Commercial Sexual Exploitation (CSEC):
• The average age of entry into the commercial sex industry is now 11-
• Approximately 325,000 children in the United
States are subjected to sexual exploitation each year
• According to a 2007 report from the NYS Office of Children and Family Services, over 2,200 children are victimized through commercial sexual exploitation in NYC
The White Paper Project
Hear directly from youth survivors of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC) and domestic trafficking about their experiences with leadership at GEMS, how they view these experiences, what they feel they have learned and what they need in order to feel supported in their development.
“As sincere as it is heartbreaking … indicts not only the direct exploiters but also a society that jails 15–year–old girls for prostitution.”
– Vanityfair.com
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