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Bernstein, Elizabeth (2010). "Militarized Humanitarianism Meets Carceral Feminism: The Politics of Sex, Rights, and Freedom in Contemporary Antitrafficking Campaigns". Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. 36 (1): 45–71. doi:10.1086/652918. ISSN 0097-9740.

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this article seems undeservingly negative. what's the problem with such monies going to ijm. if they are willing to get out there and do the work, they are being effective. no one company or organization is going to put an end to the aids epidemic. we should commend them for their work and not let the fact that they are a fath based organization cause us to discredit their work in the world. --Focus on time (talk) 02:00, 3 September 2006

Sometimes undeserved negativity is how you know you're winning. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.88.216.200 (talk) 23:53, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

NPOV Sourcing Issues

I think the sources on this article... Could use some work to say the least. I will admit that my views on this organization are not particularly neutral, so I don't think that I am the ideal person to fix this. However, these are some sources that I find questionable with regards to this article:

IJM itself—Obviously. I think the biggest issue is when it's discussing its endowment, but in general, I think that we should avoid citing IJM itself whenever possible.
Christianity Today—Described as an "evangelical Christian media magazine'. Frankly, while I recognize that they are well-respected in evangelical circles, I do not think it can be reasonably relied upon when discussing the organization/activities of a deeply controversial evangelical organization.
The Heritage Foundation—A "conservative think tank" who were the designers of Project 2025. Does not strike me as an unbiased or reliable source.
PR Newswire—See WP:PRNEWSWIRE.
Forbes—See WP:FORBESCON.
The Christian Post—Same as Christianity Today: a "non-denominational, conservative, evangelical Christian online newspaper".
whitehouse.gov—In this particular case. See WP:PRIMARY.

I am also going to remove the section about "A Just Brew". The citation leads to some sort of online gambling website now, and the original text reads as being WP:PROMO.

Overall, I feel comfortable adding a BSN template. If anyone has any interest in working on this, feel free to do so. Spookyaki (talk) 21:46, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

COI Edit Request

This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest has now been answered.

Hi everyone, I have a conflict of interest with IJM and have some suggestions to improve the accuracy and balance of the article's lead section.

The introduction is quite outdated - IJM's efforts against sex trafficking are not the "bulk" of its work, historically or now, but to start I would suggest altering the final sentence of the introduction as follows (with changes in bold and strikethrough):

"In the 2000s, IJM's close coordination with third-world police agencies with the intention of bring trafficking victims to safety, and ~~the resulting~~ some subsequent arrests and deportations of sex workers by police, ~~have~~ generated criticism from some human rights and sex worker organizations over its mission and tactics."^[1]

^ Winter, Kari J.; Castillo, David R. (November 21, 2011). "Imperious Freedom: The Tangled Narratives of Anti-Human Trafficking Discourse". Left History. 15 (2). York University: 66–67.

Changes and explanation:

I've added a timeframe and a description of the work IJM was coordinating with local authorities to better indicate what this sentence refers to.

Actions taken by the national police of relevant countries are presented as if they were taken by IJM, so I’ve clarified this.

On another point, while there were certainly some organisations which made the criticisms referenced, this was by no means the universal position. A qualifier like "some" should help demonstrate the level of criticism more accurately at a glance.

I also suggest removing two of the citations used to support this sentence. The SHAN Women's Action Network reference leads to an empty page while the Elizabeth Pisani reference is not relevant.

Thanks for helping and please let me know if you have any questions or feedback! GlossyCassandra (talk) 09:58, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I entirely agree with the above and think the suggested edits improve the lead's accuracy, objectivity, and measuredness. I have made this change, and also removed the superfluous and inaccurate line mentioned above about the bulk of IJM's work being in sex trafficking. The remaining list of activities and their citations are sufficient to describe the work of IJM. Many thanks @GlossyCassandra! Alex IslaCara (talk) 11:27, 11 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Going to have to strongly disagree with the phrasing "with the intention to bring trafficking victims to safety". My understanding is that critics view IJM as unfairly targeting sex workers, including sex workers that are not "trafficked," because they view all sex work as inherently exploitative. The sentence also just reads weird. I might suggest:

In the 2000s, IJM's close coordination with third-world police agencies with the intention of bring trafficking victims to safety, and some subsequent arrests and deportations of sex workers by police, generated criticism from some human rights and sex worker organizations over its mission and tactics. → Some have criticized IJM for its targeting of sex workers, including through brothel raids, as well as its collaboration with law enforcement, with some alleging that its quota-driven prosecution requirements have led to misidentified targets in their rescue operations.

This more closely aligns with the text in the body, which, it should be said, includes examples of criticism continuing into 2023. Spookyaki (talk) 12:18, 11 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I also prefer Spooky's framing, based only on what is in the text. The lead needs to summarize the rest of the article (see WP:LEAD. @GlossyCassandra @Alex IslaCara if you disagree, please first suggest source-based changes to the text in the article, and then changes to the lead to reflect the new article content. Note that I have removed the source as the content should be sourced in the body. Rusalkii (talk) 23:15, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

[York_University-1] Winter, Kari J.; Castillo, David R. (November 21, 2011). "Imperious Freedom: The Tangled Narratives of Anti-Human Trafficking Discourse". Left History. 15 (2). York University: 66–67.

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