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Key findings of the report include that more than a quarter of missing girls in Hawaiʻi are Native Hawaiian and that members of the U.S. military play an outsized role in the sexual exploitation of children in the state. HPR's Zoe Dym has more on the findings.
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The Office of Wellness and Resilience will provide comprehensive care to children and families who experienced trauma, including domestic violence, sex trafficking and homelessness.
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HB1700 would provide funding for nonprofit or nongovernmental organizations to operate sex trafficking emergency shelter for children during the next fiscal year. The bill passed its hearing with the House Committee on Health, Human Services, and Homelessness.
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State lawmakers are trying to pass a bill that would require the Department of Education to train teachers and school counselors on sex trafficking prevention and response. Senate Bill 1347 would ensure school staff have knowledge of how to identify and help a victim.
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The CDC is inviting residents to report on the health impacts of the Red Hill water crisis; Honolulu wants to know how you think it should spend its recovery funds; A new pilot program will match victims of sex trafficking to host homes; A local musician uses the erhu to communicate with her family divided by the pandemic.
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A recent report on sex trafficking in Hawai?i found that one in eleven men buy sex online. This snapshot of what’s driving demand for Hawai’i’s sex…