Posts by: Human Trafficking Search
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Successful Reintegration Takes Care
Armine* – a poor, single mother of three children living in a destitute multi-generational household in rural Armenia – was …
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 …
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 …
Does pornography drive demand for sex trafficking?
The relationship between pornography and sex trafficking continues to be a controversial topic. As we have addressed previously at HTS, …
Protecting Minor Victims of Sex Trafficking in DC
The Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) clearly defines that any minor under the age of 18 years old does not …
ISIS’s Human Trafficking Crimes Get Little Attention
In the wake of U.S. President Obama’s announcement last week of his plan to combat ISIS, press attention around the …