Child Trafficking

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 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 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 …

September 22, 2014

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 …

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September 8, 2014

Unaccompanied Migrants & Human Trafficking

Congress returns today, September 8 to unfinished business: trying to pass a budget and respond to the President’s request for …

Demanding Justice
August 25, 2014

Demanding Justice

DemandingJustice A small 16 year old girl with a black eye enters a hotel room where the man who solicited …

July 22, 2014

Bolivia Legalizes Child Labor

While many countries in the developing world are banishing domestic child labor practices, the government of Bolivia went in the …

June 17, 2014

Building Safety Nets for Survivors of Child Sex Trafficking

At the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC), child sex trafficking is a high-priority issue because children who …

June 9, 2014

Beyond Boko Haram: Human Trafficking in Nigeria

The radical Islamic group Boko Haram, whose name loosely translates to Western Education is Forbidden, is most well known for …

Communities Vulnerable to Human Trafficking: Children Without Biological Families
December 23, 2013

Communities Vulnerable to Human Trafficking: Children Without Biological Families

In the third blog of the three part series on communities vulnerable to human trafficking, we discuss children living without …