GEMS (Girls' Educational and Mentoring Services) "mission is to empower girls and young women, ages 12–24, who have experienced commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking to exit the commercial sex industry and develop to their full potential. GEMS is committed to ending commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking of children by changing individual lives, transforming public perception, and revolutionizing the systems and policies that impact sexually exploited youth." (Extracted from their vision & mission page, here.)
Ending commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking is something we feel passionate about here at The Wise and Wearfores. We're also art admirers and supporters of creative expression, especially when it's used to give people a voice that are otherwise voiceless to share their experiences. So when we saw GEMS art book: Breaking the Silence we knew it was a unique way to support them as our W&W10 partner for April.
