Child Trafficking
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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
DemandingJustice A small 16 year old girl with a black eye enters a hotel room where the man who solicited …
Bolivia Legalizes Child Labor
While many countries in the developing world are banishing domestic child labor practices, the government of Bolivia went in the …
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 …
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
In the third blog of the three part series on communities vulnerable to human trafficking, we discuss children living without …