Posts by: Human Trafficking Search
The Definition of Trafficking: How Abuse Survivors Realize They Have Been Trafficked
Blog Post by Calion Smith for Artworks for Freedom It isn’t always obvious to a survivor that they have experienced …
BIPOC Trans Women and Girls: The Missing Narrative in Human Trafficking
The Black Lives Matter protests from the past year have sparked renewed conversations about who is afforded justice and who …
Fast Fashion in Your Closet: What Your Clothes Say About Your Choices
In the early 2000’s the term “fast fashion” became a common term as low-cost fashion became easily accessible to the …
Anti-Trafficking Holiday Shopping Guide 2021
The season for finding special gifts to show you care is upon us. While most of us enjoy shopping for …
Organ Trafficking: The Squid Game Choice
By Abby Leonard: Human Trafficking Search Research Fellow, Yale- Robert C. Bates Postgraduate Fellow, Yale grad (’21) In the record-setting …
Cultural Considerations in Assisting Survivors of Human Trafficking: A Free E-Course
A free, interactive, web-based course on cultural considerations when assisting survivors of human trafficking. The course explores how cross-cultural differences …
Tourist Tips: Combatting Sex and Labor Trafficking While Traveling
Why do tourists need to be aware? As the world slowly begins to reopen and tourism resumes, it is more …
Images in Absentia- Gender and Human Trafficking: The Pictures We Are Missing
The meaning of the words “human trafficking” has expanded over time to include a wide range of crimes, victims, and perpetrators. But if you do a search on Google Images for “Human Trafficking Victims” or even “Human Trafficking” you will get a visual narrative that falls short of the diverse reality for this term. Almost all the images that come up include women and girls, beaten, chained, and/or gagged. What are we missing with these pictures?
T visas: Intent and Reality- Immigration Attorneys Share Challenges to ‘Humanitarian’ Approach
The T visa was created to allow human trafficking victims immigration relief. Generally viewed as a positive approach to immigration relief, aspects of the application process are cause for concern. Many attorneys consider themselves reluctant participants in the application process due to repeat trauma, language barriers, and processing times.
United Way’s Center to Combat Human Trafficking: A Global Center to Accelerate Action
Human trafficking is one of the world’s most prolific injustices and profitable crimes. It is illegal everywhere, yet happens everywhere, …