A Call for Catalytic Investment in Prevention and Strategic Global Leadership in Anti-Trafficking Efforts
The administration of Joseph R. Biden, Jr. and Kamala D. Harris has the opportunity to spearhead a major turning point in the counter-trafficking in persons (C-TIP) movement at a critical moment in the United States....
Nebraska, Utah Vote to Eliminate Slavery as Punishment for a Crime
Slavery or involuntary servitude as punishment for a crime is legal in the United States and that must end. The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude for most, but...
Is Freedom for India’s Children Only a Temporary Respite?
The children traveled on foot. And by train. Desperate to return home to Bihar, the children fled factories in Jaipur, where some had toiled in forced labor. COVID-19 spurred this migration of children...
The Department of State’s 2020 Trafficking in Persons Report
In June, the 2020 US Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP) was released. The TIP Report is the United States government’s principal diplomatic tool to engage foreign governments on human trafficking. Although other trafficking reports...
State-level Guidance Relating to COVID-19 and Foster Care
Human Trafficking Search conducted research on the intersection of foster care and human trafficking. There are many reasons a child ends up in foster care, the most common according to our research are parental...
Spotlighting Action: Migrants Empowering Migrant Guestworkers through the Power of Information and Technology at Contratados.org
Contratados.org is a portal, made by immigrants, for immigrant guestworkers, that provides secure anonymous employer reviews. This allows migrants in the guestworker program to regain some power in the inherently employer-favored power dynamic that the...