Posts by: Human Trafficking Search

Slavery’s Legacies in Human Trafficking Advocacy
December 15, 2014

Slavery’s Legacies in Human Trafficking Advocacy

Amid the recent uproar over the unprosecuted deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner in the United States, two history …

December 8, 2014

Toward Sustainable Anti-Human Trafficking Solutions: The Power of Reliable Information

In the early 2011, I embarked upon a fascinating but rather daunting assignment. I was tasked with evaluating Nepal’s efforts …

December 1, 2014

Arizona’s Human Trafficking Problem

This week, Arizona launched End Sex Trafficking AZ, a public awareness campaign and study aimed at combating sex trafficking. The …

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Sustained Effort to Eliminate Child Slavery
November 24, 2014

Sustained Effort to Eliminate Child Slavery

10696263_1515703668678354_3614213108823739386_n Four years ago, I attended a forum in Washington, DC, sponsored by the International Labour Organization (ILO), entitled A …

November 17, 2014

Human Trafficking as a Social Movement

Social change emanates from people working together towards a greater good. Some of the greatest historical movements engaged student activists …

November 10, 2014

ISIS Continues to Engage in Sex Trafficking

Over two months have passed since Dr. Haleh Esfandiari’s groundbreaking piece highlighting ISIS’s cruelty towards women and the little media …

November 4, 2014

Top 4 States for Human Trafficking

While the United States has robust anti-trafficking efforts on national and local levels, it is still a major source and destination country, with high …

October 20, 2014

Successful Reintegration Takes Care

Armine* – a poor, single mother of three children living in a destitute multi-generational household in rural Armenia – was …

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October 13, 2014

Student Convening Signals a New Era of Human Trafficking Activism

The National Center for Civil and Human Rights has a two-prong approach. One, to tell the stories of brave individuals …

October 6, 2014

Male Child Trafficking in Afghanistan

Being normal. Going to school. Coming home. Playing with friends. It might not seem very glamorous, but every child deserves …