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...tourism, whether targeting children or adults, creates huge monetary incentives for human traffickers, according to Siddharth Kara, a board member of the Washington-based NGO Free the Slaves and author of the 2008 book Sex Trafficking. Even within the exploding slavery industry, which according to Kara generated $152.3 billion in revenues in 2007, trafficked sex workers are by far the most profitable of slaves - although they constitute only 4.2% of the world's slave population, trafficked sex workers contribute 39.1% of slaveholders' profits. Destination countries often turn a blind eye to sex tourism because of these enormous revenues. The International...
...That sends a strong signal to Indian gay rights activists, who cheered not just the decision but the principle affirming homosexuals as part of Indian society. "It's the first judgment of its kind," says Siddharth Narrain, an attorney with the Alternative Law Forum in Bangalore. "It looks at the concept of inclusiveness, not just life and liberty." (Read: "The Battle Over Gay Marriage...
...Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi on fighting myths and ignorance: Rumors are hard to kill, and are especially deadly when they involve AIDS. Explaining why a promising young filmmaker refused treatment after being diagnosed with the disease, Shanghvi writes: "The more time he spent on the net, the more he grew vulnerable to rumors that AIDS was only a conspiracy unleashed by pharmaceutical giants to make money off homosexual men." 4. Sonia Faleiro on stigmas and labels: Of a Bombay sex worker, Faleiro writes, "If she talks to me she may call herself a 'sex worker' and 'social worker,' terms...
...Crimson dropped another nailbiter, this time to Princeton, in the CSA semifinals, failing to set up a much-anticipated rematch with the Bantams in the final. Nevertheless, Harvard players flexed their muscle at Individuals, with Ilan Oren ’07 making it to the final four and Siddharth Suchde ’07 capturing the national title...
...season. Being undefeated heading into December is no new trick for Crimson Squash. Both the men’s and women’s squad have started at least 4-0 each of the past six seasons. However, on the shoulders of former heavyweights like individual national champions Siddharth Suchde ’07 and Kyla Grigg ’07, those victories were usually to the tune of 9-0 or 8-1. This season, hampered by injuries to top upperclassmen, and with the women starting six freshmen and the men three, the margin of victory is less important...