Girls Educational and Mentoring Services (GEMS) is a non-profit organization that provides services to commercially sexually exploited and domestically trafficked girls and young women, typically underage youth exploited by pimps and traffickers. The organization is based in Harlem, New York City,[1] which is one of the most common places for trafficking and child exploitation.[citation needed] The work of GEMS is the subject of the 2007 documentary Very Young Girls.[2] In 2007, their founder, Rachel Lloyd, wrote her autobiography, entitled Girls Like Us, that presents her personal background and her efforts to establish the GEMS organization.[1]
Organizational backgroundedit
GEMS was founded by Rachel Lloyd in 1998, who continues to serve as the organization's executive director. The organization has helped several hundred young girls transition out of the sex industry and get back to their full potential.[1] They also participated in lobbying for passage of the Safe Harbor Act for Sexually Exploited Youth, which provides that girls under the age of 16, who are arrested in New York for prostitution will be treated as victims, rather than criminals.[3] The bill was signed into law in September 2008.[4]
Referencesedit
^ abcFeldman, Cassi (April 24, 2007), "Report Finds 2,000 of State's Children Are Sexually Exploited, Many in New York City", The New York Times
^Catsoulis, Jeannette (July 4, 2008), "Children Without Childhoods", The New York Times
^Haberman, Clyde (July 8, 2008), "Helping Girls as Victims, Not Culprits", The New York Times
^, September 26, 2008, archived from the original on April 23, 2010
External linksedit
Official website
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