Having just recently had my second child, I was very much saddened and drawn to Judy Golding’s article in The Week[1]. I regret that it has taken me such time to write about this but the demands and emotional needs of a four year old and now sixteen week old have somewhat consumed my time. …
Earlier this year, I wrote an article on home grown trafficking (http://sharonbenningprince.com/articles-events/home-grown-trafficking) whereby I considered the case of the gang of men imprisoned for the grooming, trafficking and abuse of young girls. At the time, there were many stories in the media, provided by young girls who had fallen prey to the gang, and it …
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“Consider your origin – you were not born to live like brutes.”[1] I have had a longstanding love affair with Italy, its beauty and people for many years and have been travelling there since I was four years old. Upon one such visit, almost twenty years ago, I was with my family in Rome …
The raising of awareness of women’s and children’s rights has always been a passion of mine, but my passion has become more focused since the birth of my daughter and the world has become, for me, a more complicated and scarier place. Whilst I like to think that many of the issues that I …
The first man to be convicted of trafficking females out of the UK, in a case involving two Nigerian girls, has been jailed. Anthony Harrison, 32, was sentenced to 20 years for four trafficking offences as well as two of false imprisonment. At Woolwich Crown Court, Harrison, of Stratford, east London, was cleared of two …
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The U.S. government (through Section 1603) provides 30% of the investment in a solar project – in cash – within 45 days of installation. There is no maximum or minimum size of the project, nor does it matter if they are ground or rooftop projects. So long as the project connects and delivers power through …
25th March 2011. In August last year the Government asked Lord Davies to investigate the reason why there were so few women at board level in the UK’s larger companies and to make recommendations to increase gender equality. Lord Davies’ report, “Women on Boards”, was published on 24 February 2011. Companies will no doubt …
For those who carefully consider and monitor the subject of trafficking, Ross Kemp’s Extreme World episode on trafficking[1], whilst interesting, did not provide anything new on the plight of victims and the number of women trafficked into the United Kingdom However it did again remind viewers, who are not so aware, that there is a …
Please read the below article on the causes of re-trafficking: 11th March 2011- Causes of Re-Trafficking
Having finally read through Lord Davies’ “Women-on-Boards” report, http://www.bis.gov.uk/assets/biscore/business-law/docs/w/11-745-women-on-boards.pdf, it was good to see that Lord Davies did not advocate specific percentage quotas but recommended that UK listed companies in the FTSE 100 should be aiming for a minimum of 25% female board member representation by 2015 and that FTSE 350 companies should be …
