Child Trafficking
What Can Be Done to Prevent Sex Trafficking of Girls in Foster Care?
Protecting our kids from perilous exploitation in sex trafficking is an urgent concern of child protective and child welfare agencies. …
Human Trafficking and the Rohingya Refugee Crisis
Since August 2017 over 650,000 Rohingya have fled their homes in Myanmar to seek safety in neighboring Bangladesh. Driven from …
Forced Marriage: A Form of Modern-day Slavery
The International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates that 40.3 million people are enslaved around the world. Of those, 15.4 million are …
Trafficking in Tribal Nations: the impact of sex trafficking on Native Americans
January 22, 2018 In the United States, January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. In support of this …
The Foster Care-Human Trafficking Nexus
January 16, 2018 In the United States, January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. In support of this …
30 Actions | 30 Days
January 8, 2018 This week’s blog is guest authored by Michele Clark, former Director of ArtWorks for Freedom. Human Trafficking is …
Top Countries for Modern-Day Slavery: Part II
January 2, 2018 Our December 18th blog detailed the five countries where modern-day slavery is most prevalent. In Part II …
Human Trafficking Around the World
December 26, 2017 This week’s blog highlights news on human trafficking and modern-day slavery from around the world. Hotels are …
Rating State Efforts to Combat Child Sex Trafficking – A Review of the 2017 Protected Innocence Challenge
How effectively does your state address child sex trafficking? Shared Hope International’s Protected Innocence Challenge grades each state and the District of Columbia on their efforts to combat child sex trafficking; the HTS Blog reviews these grades and national progress to end child sex trafficking. Encourage your state to #raisethegrade
What’s in Your Chocolate this Halloween?
The majority of candy to be handed out this year is chocolate. But did you know that despite generating over $110 billion a year, the chocolate industry has a century-long history of forced and child labor?